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    PRESS RELEASE:
    September 16, 2016 - Release Date: Immediate

    Course Provides Business Basics for Existing and Potential
    Entrepreneurs
          
    The NYS Small Business Development Center is offering its Entrepreneurial
    Training Course in two versions this fall.  The classroom course will be held
    over seven weeks on Thursday evenings from October 6 through November 8,
    2016 at Jefferson Community College in Watertown.   A 14-week online version
    of the course will begin on October 3 and run through January 8, 2017.  It
    covers the same materials in seven modules, but participants have two weeks
    to complete each section and work at their own pace and location. The courses
    are co-sponsored by JCC’s Continuing Education Department, Jefferson
    Country Economic Development (JCED), Watertown Local Development Corp.
    (WLDC) and AmeriCU. Either course costs $195.

    The courses are open to everyone in the north country and cost $195.  For
    these two fall courses, the SBDC is able to offer free tuition to veterans, military members and spouses through a special program income
    funding
    opportunity.                                                                                                                                                                                                     

    The purpose of the Entrepreneurial Training Course is to provide guidance and
    support to individuals interested in starting or expanding a small business.   
    The course takes entrepreneurs through all aspects of starting and running a
    small business and features speakers from professional fields such as
    accounting, law, insurance and advertising.  The course also includes a one-
    on-one discussion with an SBDC Advisor to discuss each participant’s specific
    business project.

    The course will cover how to check credit reports and how to address any
    related problems.  Attendees will learn what goes into a business plan, what
    types of loans to apply for, what types of insurances are recommended as well
    as information on contract agreements, marketing, the micro-enterprise loan
    program and bookkeeping.

    Upon successful completion of the course, qualified participants starting or
    operating a business locally will be eligible to apply for a low-interest, micro-
    enterprise loan of up to $40,000.    North country residents have access to a
    number of funding sources including JCED, WLDC, Lewis County Economic
    Development, Development Authority of the North Country (DANC) and
    Adirondack Economic Development Corporation (AEDC).  Two other loan
    programs include the NYS Excelsior Growth Fund SmartLoan and the North
    Country Veteran Business Loan Fund (through AEDC).
                                                                                                                                                                             
    Pre-registration with payment is required, by cash, credit card or checks made
    payable to SBDC/JCC.  Call the SBDC at 315-782-9262 or send your
    registration to: SBDC/JCC, 1220 Coffeen Street, Watertown, NY 13601. There
    is no refund after the class begins unless the course is cancelled. The deadline
    to register for the classroom version is October 3.

    For the online course, the registration deadline is September 30 and can be
    paid by a credit or debit card at http://oct16etc.eventbrite.com or by calling 315-
    782-9262.   If participants are veterans, military or spouses, they should not
    pay online but should call the SBDC directly.

    This program is funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the US
    Small Business Administration.  Reasonable accommodations for persons with
    disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance.
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