UMKC Small Business & Technology Development Center Offers
Year-long Mentoring Program to Small-Company Leaders

Kansas City, Mo. — Applications are being accepted for a year-long mentoring and professional development program aimed at chief decision makers of small established businesses.

The second annual "CEO Coaching & More ..." is set to start in January 2008, according to Carmen DeHart, director of the Small Business & Technology Development Center at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

"This program offers world-class training, networking, analysis and strategic coaching services to help entrepreneurial CEOs take their high-potential companies and careers to new heights," says DeHart.

To qualify for the program participants must be their company's chief decision maker. Also the company must be at least two years old, have a minimum of three full-time employees, and generate $400,000 or more in annual sales. The program costs $99 per month and requires a one-year commitment.

Among the benefits, participants will receive monthly one-on-one assistance from expert coaches; design a custom professional development plan; participate in six high-impact training seminars; form a peer-to-peer group of fellow entrepreneurs for networking and peer coaching; and receive a progress update.

For more information or to apply contact the UMKC SBTDC, 4747 Troost, Kansas City, MO 64110; phone 816-235-6063; e-mail umkcsbtdc@umkc.edu or visit www.ceocoachingandmore.com.

Deadline for applying is Dec. 1, according to DeHart.

The program is a collaborative effort of the UMKC SBTDC, the Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program and the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at UMKC.