FastTrac New Venture™ Training Helps Dislocated Workers
Turn Business Ownership Dreams into Realities
Kansas City , Mo. — Are you being downsized and want to control your own destiny as an entrepreneur? Then FastTrac New Venture business training is for you.
This leading entrepreneurship education program, overseen by the Kauffman Foundation, has assisted more than 165,000 people across the country and abroad start or expand a business. In FastTrac New Venture you will look at all aspects of your proposed company including start-up issues, the competition, legal matters, marketing and financial aspects. While working on your own business idea you will learn how to develop a viable business plan.
"FastTrac New Venture for dislocated workers is fast-paced and energizing, using guest speakers and lots of activities," says facilitator, Susan Henson. These sessions, offered through a partnership between the Missouri Small Business and Technology Development Centers and the Missouri Career Options Project, are taught in an accelerated format to give dislocated workers a jumpstart on business planning and start-up.
Dislocated workers include Missouri residents or workers who have lost jobs due to downsizing by former employers or who have taken early retirement. The program also covers those individuals who have been let go and are now in jobs for which they are overqualified or underemployed. The $300 training fee is covered by the Missouri Division of Workforce Development.
After the session participants may continue their business development training through one-to-one counseling with a business development specialist. Upcoming sessions start as soon as Oct. 3 in Kansas City. Later sessions begin January and April 2008.
For more information on the FastTrac New Venture dislocated worker training or for an application, call Susan Henson, business development specialist at 816-407-3492 or email: hensons@missouri.edu. Information is also available online at www.missouribusiness.net/career/fasttrac_dislocated_flyer.pdf.
