COCC’s Small Business Development Center is now accepting early applications for their popular Small Business Management program (SBM) coming up in 2019. This well-established, yearlong program offers a unique combination of one-to-one business advising, customized to individual business needs, and practical, hands-on classroom instruction.
Participants will:
Develop a plan for sound growth or expansion
Understand their market and marketing plan
Plan for greater profit and returns for owners
Analyze their operations for better management
“Jim has been an excellent resource to us, and has opened my eyes to the broader picture of being a business owner.”
— Dawn Strout, Crab Grab (SBM Year I 2016 & SBM Year II 2017)
The SBM program is open to Central Oregon businesses that are at least one year old with at least one employee. Cost is $999 and classes start in February 2019; instructor approval is required. For more information and an application form, call 541-383-7290 or go to https://www.cocc.edu/sbdc.