FastTrac NewVenture Series for Start-Up Businesses

***In respect for Rosh Hashanah holiday, we are delaying the start of the Series to Sept. 20th, and the last session will be on Dec. 6th***

Leading Edge NewVenture Series -- a FastTrac Program certified by the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurship

Sponsored by the City of Longmont and LEGI

Presented by the Boulder Small Business Development Center (SBDC)

The NewVenture Series is a hands-on, step-by-step business planning program for new, startup and pre-startup businesses.  Through this 10-part Series -- with expert help all along the way -- you can test the feasibility of your idea or business model.  You can finish the series with an actionable business plan for the next year -- to access potential financing and/or to use as a road map to manage your business launch.

The NewVenture Series makes you an active participant in a program designed for (and with) new entrepreneurs just like you. Facilitators and guest presenters are knowledgeable entrepreneurs and specialists who are attuned to the issues you will face every day. They make the program meaningful by applying this knowledge to your business.  Thoughtful, insightful, and above all practical, the NewVenture Series provides a forum that allows you to:

• Develop an effective marketing plan

• Create meaningful financial projections

• Understand legal and organizational issues

• Use research for competitive advantage

• Understand the financing options to help you access capital to grow your business

“After 6 years of being a business owner, I still feel that taking this SBDC Series was the best investment of time and money that I have spent,” says SuzAnn Brown, Partner in Launchpad Interactive.

This comprehensive business series includes:

• Business specialists as guest speakers

• Entrepreneur panelists sharing their start-up and growth experiences

• Facilitator to keep you on track and match you to the resources you need

• Unlimited consulting with a wide range of business specialists

• All the support you can ask for to reach whatever goal you set

In addition to the 10 program sessions (Fall 2011, Tuesday nights, 6-9pm, begininning Sept. 13th), you schedule specialized one-on-one meetings all along the way -- to stay on track to finish the series with an actionable business plan for launch and growth in the next year.

Series Regular Cost: $495

Boulder or Longmont Chamber members: $445

Partner or spouse attending from same business: $110

Price for entrepreneurs who qualify for City of Longmont/LEGI Scholarship*: $110

Location: Longmont Chamber of Commerce

              528 Main St. Longmont, CO 80501         

TO REGISTER CLICK HERE

*In order to qualify for a City of Longmont/LEGI scholarship for the NewVenture Series, applicants should meet the following guidelines:

• Plan to launch a new business in the City of Longmont within the next two years

• Have a new business (less than one year) that is currently in operation within the City of Longmont

• Have growth goals that may lead to jobs being created (even if planned for the future)

• Partner or spouse of LEGI scholarship recipient may attend the series at an additional fee of $110 (does not include 2nd Manual)  

Small Business Development Center Network (Colorado SBDC) is partially funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).  The support given by the SBA through such funding does not constitute an expressed or implied endorsement of any of the co-sponsors' or participants' opinions, products or services.  The Colorado SBDC is a partnership between the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, the SBA, Colorado's Institutions of higher education, and local development organizations.