FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feb. 2, 2007

Small Business Resource Workshop offered at MUW

By Jill D. O’Bryant
  
COLUMBUS, Miss. -- The Women’s Center for Entrepreneurship at Mississippi University for Women will host the Golden Triangle Small Business Resource Workshop on Thursday, Feb. 8.
   
This free workshop, which is co-sponsored by the Women’s Center for Entrepreneurship, NEMS Contract Procurement Center, Columbus Air Force Base and Mississippi State University’s Small Business Development Center, will be held in MUW’s Cochran Hall from 2-4:30 p.m.
   
Topics of discussion for the workshop are marketing, financing, business plan, business management, market research, start-up, procurement/government contracting, community and economic development and resources available to small businesses.
   
“Many small business owners or those who might be considering starting a business often struggle needlessly because of a lack of knowledge about how much help and assistance is available and geared specifically to them and their needs,” said Lucy Betcher, director of the Women’s Center for Entrepreneurship. “This workshop will educate them as to the extensive number of agencies and programs which are here to serve them.
   
Betcher said the attendee will have the opportunity to learn about which groups provide services, training, funding, support and guidance that can contribute to their success. Each speaker will give a brief overview of their program and how they can be accessed and then be available so that each individual participant can ask the questions most pertinent to their own business needs.
   
The Women’s Center for Entrepreneurship, which has the motto “small businesses are in business for themselves, but not by themselves,” is funded by a grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration.
   
For more information about the workshop and to register, please contact the Women’s Center for Entrepreneurship at (662) 241-6277.