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NebraskaEDGE®

PK EDGE - Holdrege

Serving Phelps and Kearney Counties



Course Schedule:

Date Session Topic
9.8.09 1 Introduction, Overview & Entrepreneurship
9.15.09 2 Planning & Research: Entrepreneurial Essentials
9.22.09 3 Organizational Matters: Mgmt & Legal Structure
9.29.09 4 Marketing - Analysis & Understanding
10.6.09 5 Marketing - Strategies, Tactics & Implementation
10.13.09 Break BREAK One-on-One Assistance, by Appointment
10.20.09  6 Financial Overview: Books, Records & Controls
10.27.09 7 Managing Your Money:  Financial Planning
11.3.09 8 Managing Your Money:  Cash Flow Projections
11.10.09 9 Understanding & Using Your Financial Statements
11.17.09 10 Financing Your Business: Alternative Sources
11.24.09 Break One-on-One Assistance - By Appointment with Instructor
12.1.09 11 Deal Making:  Negotiating in the Real World & Managing Growth,
12.8.09 BREAK No Class - Business Plans DUE
12.15.09 12 Celebration

Course Currently already in Session, for information on the next offering contact Jean Issler at 308.995.2347 for educational opportunities in your area.

Coordinator Contact Information:
Jean Issler

Registration Cost: 
Cost for the course is $375, after August 7, $425. 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 Coordinator:  Jean Issler, Holdrege
Jean Issler has a BS in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. As Employment Services Coordinator at Nebraska Workforce Development she assisted small and large businesses with labor market information research, labor law information, writing job descriptions, and employee recruitment. She is a graduate of EDGE and credits her experience in EDGE with giving her the confidence and information needed to start her own Virtual Assistant business.

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
Holdrege Chamber of Commerce


Silver Sponsors
TierOne Bank First National Bank Holdrege Kearney County Economic Development
First Bank & Trust Co. Furnas/Harlan Partnership Phelps County
Development Corporation


Bronze Sponsor Benefactor Sponsors In-Kind Sponsors
Allmand Bros., Inc.
Bank of Bertrand
Minden Exchange Bank and Trust Co.
FirsTier Bank 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: Jean Issler, 308.995.2347 or Kara Mueller, Holdrege Chamber of Commerce, 308.995.4444