Small Business Development Center hosts start-up seminar

If you are thinking of starting your own business, there is a lot you need to know. A free seminar to be presented March 25 by the Tennessee Tech University Small Business Development Center can help start you in the right direction.

“How to Start a Business” is the title of the seminar being presented from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 25, at the Oldham Theater on Liberty Square in downtown Sparta. This event is co-sponsored by the Sparta-White County Chamber of Commerce.

Led by Vicki Henley, director of the TTU Small Business Development Center, the seminar will address topics of interest to potential entrepreneurs and new small business owners.

Those topics include business start-up basics, business structures, challenges for startups, business planning, cash needs, financing options, and more.

Although admission is free, registration is encouraged and can be done by visiting the web site at www.cookevillesbdc.org or calling the TSBDC’s office at TTU at (931) 372-3706.

The TSBDC is a community outreach initiative of TTU’s College of Business, and it is among a network that operates statewide to assist the small business sector by providing free counseling to potential entrepreneurs and small business owners.

 

The Tennessee Small Business Development Center is partially funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Tennessee Board of Regents, and the State of Tennessee.  The support given by the U.S. Small Business Administration through such funding does not constitute an expressed or implied endorsement of the co-sponsors or participants’ opinions, findings, recommendations, products or services.  All TSBDC programs are non-discriminatory. Arrangements for persons with disabilities can be provided, where possible with advance notice.

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