Entrepreneurial & Small Business Development Strategies Training Course
http://www.iedconline.org/?p=Training_ESBDS_AK

Date: February 1-2, 2010
Location: Anchorage, AK

This class is conducted in partnership with The University of Alaska Center for Economic Development (UACED).

Register by Monday, January 18 and save with our Registration Price Break
Course registration fees increase by $40 after Monday, January 18.
http://www.iedconline.org/?p=Training_ESBDS_AK#registration

Entrepreneurs and small businesses stimulate job creation, develop crucial innovations in both products and services and promote the diversification of the economic base. As large businesses downsize, communities must encourage new business startups and design viable support systems for smaller businesses. In this course, you will learn the financial and managerial tools economic developers use to create a climate that encourages entrepreneurial and small business development. Also, practitioners will examine the barriers they face and how communities can leverage their economic development resources to help entrepreneurs and small business network and grow.

Course Highlights:
• Characteristics of entrepreneurs and small business owners
• Identifying and addressing the needs of entrepreneurs
• Providing technical assistance to small business owners
• Development and management of business incubators
• Urban- and rural-focused entrepreneurial and small business development
• Micro-lending programs, SBA programs, venture capital and developing the right financing tools to encourage entrepreneurship and small business growth

View the agenda: http://www.iedconline.org/?p=Training_ESBDS_AK#agenda

Instructors' biographies: http://www.iedconline.org/?p=Training_ESBDS_AK#instructors

Register today: http://www.iedconline.org/?p=Training_ESBDS_AK#registration

INSTRUCTORS
Jennifer Korfiatis, MBA
Administrator
North Central Washington Economic Development District

Rick Wolk
MBA Program Director and Assistant Professor Marketing & Entrepreneurship
University of Alaska Southeast (UAS)

Tim Strege
Executive Director
William Factory Small Business Incubator

ACCOMMODATIONS/TRAINING LOCATION
The Hotel Captain Cook
939 West 5th Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501
(907) 276-6000 or (800) 843-1950
Website: www.captaincook.com
IEDC room rate: $99 single/double
Cut-off date: Monday, January 4, 2010