Entrepreneurial Training Program - Fall 2024 -Virtual (Zoom)

**Class Dates: Wednesdays – Sept 25 - Nov 20, 2024 | 6:00-9:00 p.m.

Online via Zoom

This Virtual Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP) is offered in collaboration of the Wisconsin Small Business Development Centers: UW-Stevens Point and UW-Green Bay. The course meets virtually for 8 weeks. The curriculum provides an easy to follow, step by step process that shows you how to:

• Answer the question – "Will people buy my product or service?"
• Appeal to more customers
• Develop a lender-ready business plan
• Use time, money, and resources wisely

Through instruction and guest speakers, the course serves those who are considering starting a business, owners of existing businesses struggling to get a handle on all the details, and those with successful companies they want to grow.

Find out if ETP is right for you!

Want to know what the Entrepreneurial Training Program is all about? You're in luck! We are hosting an orientation for those interested in the program and for those that have already registered. Meet the instructors and and get an overview of the program, curriculum, and grant scholarship requirements. Most of all, find out how this program can help you reach your business goals. Register for FREE Orientation.

ETP Course Registration Information

ETP Course Fee: The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation is offering qualified applicants Entrepreneurial Training Grants that cover 75% of the $1,000 course fee, reducing participant's cost to $250. For this virtual course, the fee is $200. Online course participants will need to purchase their own book (approx. $50).

Grant recipients must meet attendance requirements and complete and submit a quality business plan within 2 weeks of completion of the course. Non-completers will be responsible for the remaining $750.

Registering for the Virtual Entrepreneurial Training Program: Space in the course is limited and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. The ETP grant is only for businesses in the state of Wisconsin, for "for-profit" businesses or those wanting to start a "for-profit" business. Non-profits are not eligible for the ETP grant.

Contact the Small Business Development Center-UWGB if you have questions.