Business Planning for New and Established Entrepreneurs

This twelve-week (36 hours) class is an opportunity for business owners to complete a business plan for starting and susaining a business. Developing a business plan can save time, resurces and minimize the risk involved with expanpding a current business or starting a new one. This class provides an opportunity to reexamine or explore a new product or direction for an existin business. New enterprises can gain a better understanding how to start a business. A business plan is also used for obtaining financing. The instructor, Amy Shapiro, MBA, Business Assistance Director, Franklin County CDC, has been teaching for five years and brings personal experience as a business owner and was raised in a family business.

Topics include: exploring your business idea and entrepreneurship, analzing personal resources, developing a mission statement, legal strucures, market research tools, marketing strategies, financial oversview, income expense projection, cash flow projections, balance sheet projections, financing altermatives, executive summary and supporting documents. Guest speakers complement the material. Individual assistance is provided. This class will also be offered in the spring at Franklin County CDC in Greenfield.

Made possible by a grant from the USDA Rural Business Enterprise

Tuesdays, September 22-December 8, 2009

Time: 6:00-9:00 PM

Place: Generation Sustain

           3rd Floor, McCusker's Market

           Shelburne Falls, MA 01370

Cost: $250.00 with sliding fee

To register, please call Amy Shapiro at 413-774-7204 ext 107 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it