Douglas County Economic Development Forum - April 5, 2011 Results
Entrepreneur Essentials: Learn how to start and run a business
The Arapahoe/Douglas Works! workforce center invites interested citizens to register now for no-cost entrepreneur academies designed to give participants the skills necessary for starting and managing a business. The two-week, intensive academies will be held 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, May 16-27.
In order to participate in “Entrepreneur Essentials”, a citizen must have been laid off from employment through no fault of their own anytime in the previous five years and have received unemployment insurance benefits. You may currently be employed, as long as you meet these criteria for prior unemployment and have a high desire to start your own business.
Participants will learn how to integrate marketing, product and service development, operations, strategies planning, financial and human aspects of a new enterprise. The course also will address funding sources to start a business. Classes will be facilitated by 360 Solutions, Inc., a provider of employee training services. You do not need to already have a business concept in mind to attend.
Following each academy, participants will have access to six months of bi-weekly coaching and mentoring by local entrepreneurs through 360 Solutions Inc. Participants also will receive three undergraduate credits at Arapahoe Community College, applicable toward a certificate or associates degree.
The location of the academies will vary between the Aurora Chamber of Commerce and the Arapahoe/Douglas Works! workforce center in Greenwood Village.
Space in the academies is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information or to register for the academies, please call Workforce Specialist Brie Weger at 303-636-1227. To learn more about the Arapahoe/Douglas Works! workforce center’s free services for businesses and job-seekers, please visit www.adworks.org.
Douglas County is investing in economic development with a leading-edge economic development strategy gaining interest throughout the United States – Economic Gardening.
An Economic Gardening strategy focuses on growing the local economy by helping local entrepreneurs succeed. Economic Gardening services are most effective for businesses that have been established for one to two years or more. Economic gardening is a complimentary strategy to the traditional business recruitment or “economic hunting” strategy.
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Commissioners seek public input for Countywide Economic Development Plan. A collaborative, countywide Economic Development Plan is the ultimate goal of the Douglas County Economic Development Forum, hosted by the Douglas County Commissioners on Tuesday, April 5, from 7:30 – 11:00 a.m., at The Wildlife Experience in Parker.
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