A well-written business plan can open doors for funding as well as provide guidance for business management. A workshop, “Writing a Winning Business Plan,” aims to teach participants to do just that.
The workshop, offered by offered by the Inland Empire Women’s Business Center, a program of the Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship at Cal State San Bernardino, in collaboration with the Corona Business Assistance Program, is scheduled for 6-8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 22, at the Corona Innovation Center at the Corona Civic Auditorium, 815 W. 6th St., Suite 145 in Corona.
The workshop is free to residents of Corona; non-resident cost is $20. To register, visit the IEWBC website.
“A well-written plan is an opportunity to present your business at its best,” says IEWBC director Nicole Kinney. “It’s where your business vision and goals are translated into action and financial projections that show how you can make your business not only viable, but successful as well.”
Participants will learn the basics of writing a business plan, how to define and quantify business goals and objectives, how to develop operational and marketing plans, where to go to gather information, and how to streamline the planning process.
The Inland Empire Women’s Business Center, located at 3780 Market St. in Riverside, is a program of the Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship at Cal State San Bernardino.
Housed in the College of Business and Public Administration, IECE, which administers the program in collaboration with the U.S. Small Business Administration, is inland Southern California’s leading organization dedicated to supporting and promoting entrepreneurship. The IEWBC provides business counseling, training and mentoring designed for women business owners.
Corona business owners and residents have access to the Corona Business Assistance Program as a resource partner in their pursuit of small business growth and success. The CBA program offers monthly start-up workshops and provides free business counseling by appointment only.
The Inland Empire Women’s Business Center hours are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday by appointment only. For more information, visit the IEWBC website or contact Nicole Kinney at (909) 890-1242.
Set in the foothills of the beautiful San Bernardino Mountains, CSUSB is a preeminent center of intellectual and cultural activity in inland Southern California. Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2015-2016, CSUSB serves more than 20,000 students each year and graduates about 4,000 students annually. CSUSB is listed among the best colleges and universities in the western United States, according to The Princeton Review, Forbes, U.S. News and World Report and Money Magazine.
For more information on Cal State San Bernardino, contact the university’s Office of Strategic Communication at (909) 537-5007 and visit news.csusb.edu.