Serving Phelps and Kearney Counties

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Course Schedule: Date Session Topic 1.9.12 1 Introduction, Overview & Entrepreneurship 1.16.12 2 Planning & Research: Entrepreneurial Essentials 1.23.12 3 Organizational Matters: Mgmt & Legal Structure 1.30.12 4 Marketing - Analysis & Understanding 2.6.12 5 Marketing - Strategies, Tactics & Implementation 2.13.12 Break BREAK One-on-One Assistance, by Appointment 2.20.12  6 Financial Overview: Books, Records & Controls 2.27.12 7 Managing Your Money:  Financial Planning 3.5.12 8 Managing Your Money:  Cash Flow Projections 3.12.12 9 Understanding & Using Your Financial Statements 3.19.12 10 Financing Your Business: Alternative Sources 3.26.12 Break One-on-One Assistance - By Appointment with Instructor 4.2.12 11 Deal Making:  Negotiating in the Real World, Managing Growth, Plan Completion, Going Green, Succession 4.9.12 BREAK No Class - Finish up Business Plans 4.16.12 BREAK No Class - Completed Business Plans Due 4.23.12 12 Celebration

 

 

Registration Cost: 
Cost for the course is 400, after December 15, $450. Registration fee covers two individuals involved in the same business, additional attendees for that business will be assessed additional fees. Fees also include one set of NxLeveL Entrepreneur books.

Course Instructor:  Lois Thom
Lois Thom, has a Bachelor of Science and Masters of Business Administration from the University of Nebraska of Kearney. As Assistant Director for the Nebraska Business Development Center, she consulted with a multitude of small businesses, and she has also taught Business Consultantship at UNK. She and her husband live and farm south of Minden, where she is an active partner in the operation. She also works as an independent contractor on Receivership Cases. She has taught the NebraskaEDGE “Entrepreneurship” course and the agricultural-version, “Tilling the Soil of Opportunity”.

Course Sponsors & Supporters:  
Thank you to the many organizations and individuals that sponsor the PK EDGE Coalition.  Through these sponsors, PK EDGE is able to provide high quality business training for our area businesses at reduced rates.  We also thank the Sponsors for their leadership and time dedicated to this program.

Lead Agent & Silver Sponsor Silver Sponsors

Other Level Sponsors Bronze Sponsors Allmand Bros., Inc. Bank of Bertrand Minden Exchange Bank and Trust Co. Benefactor Sponsor FirsTier Bank In-Kind Sponsor Central Community College, Holdrege Minden Chamber of Commerce NE Workforce Development-Dept of Labor Principal Financial Group Rural Enterprise Assistance Project - REAP South Central Economic Development District South Central NE RC&D

For more information on the PK EDGE Coalition and Entrepreneur Training Course, contact: Sharon Hueftle, sharonh@scedd.us or telephone: 308.995.3190.