"Greenhouse": FastTrac Training for Entrepreneurs

The Greenhouse program is designed to help entrepreneurs successfully start up and operate all types of new businesses. This exciting 20-week program includes lectures, guest speakers, discussion, peer networking and individual business counseling. Using award-winning business planning materials, you will create a business plan to take you through each phase of starting up, funding and managing a successful business venture.

Session topics include:

• Management and legal structure
• Marketing analysis, strategies, tactics
• Understanding financial statements
• Keeping better books and records
• Financial planning and budgets
• Developing and using cash flow projections
• Financing, alternative sources of money
• Negotiating in the "real world"
• Managing growth

Here's what some past participants in the Greenhouse program have said:

"Tim Shea is a good teacher -- he makes this class fun and interesting."

"The class pace has coincided with our business growth and helped us make some critical decisions."

"Although I am not in business yet, it helped me to do the research to figure out if it's viable for me or not."

"Tim Shea is completely helpful, knows his stuff and has a lot of experience/advice."

"Wanting to expand to a larger business entails so much -- this class has helped me to look at areas I didn't think of before."

"Helped me look more strategically overall at the business picture."

Group meetings are on Tuesday evenings. Individual counseling is by appointment.

Fee includes all course materials.

One additional person from the same business may participate free of charge.

For registration information,

call 503-656-4447

or e-mail bizcenter@clackamas.edu