(February 24, 2010) The Small Business Center (SBC) at Stanly Community College (SCC) presented certificates of completion to its first FastTrac® NewVenture™ graduating class on February 18. FastTrac® NewVenture™ is a practical, hands-on business development program designed to help budding entrepreneurs develop a business idea and plan the steps to a successful business launch.
This program is part of FastTrac® LaunchPad, an initiative offered in partnership with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and Deluxe Corporation Foundation to support aspiring entrepreneurs who may be facing challenges in the current economy. With additional funding provided by Governor Perdue's Charlotte Regional Economic and Workforce Recovery Initiative, this program, valued at several hundred dollars, is offered at no cost to North Carolina residents who are unemployed or underemployed and want to pursue business ownership as a career.
SCC will offer the next FastTrac® program on Tuesdays and Thursdays, March 9 – 25, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. at the Albemarle campus. To apply for admittance, go to www.fasttrac.org and complete the online application. Click on Entrepreneurial Training "Program Locator – Get Started” and enter your zip code. Select the Charlotte Region Programs for Displaced Workers then follow the link for Stanly Community College. The application deadline is Friday, March 5.
For more information, contact Kathy Almond, Director of the Small Business Center at Stanly Community College at 704-991-0182 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Pictured above are those that completed the 33 hour training program. Seated (left to right):- Clarice Moore, Loretta Bundy, and Bridget Kolda; Standing - Tom Ramseur, President & CEO, Stanly Co. Chamber of Commerce, Thelma Thorne-Chapman, Stephen Kuhn, Wendy Caputo, Karen Smith and Kim West, FastTrac® Facilitator and MBA Instructor, Stanly Community College.
