Small Business Class Starting in Cape Coral on January 26

CAPE CORAL, Fla. - Jan. 13, 2015 - PRLog -- The Goodwill Southwest Florida MicroEnterprise Institute is seeking entrepreneurs for its upcoming class, to be held in Cape Coral at the Nicholas Annex Community Room (815 Nicholas Pkwy East) on January 26.

The Goodwill Southwest Florida MicroEnterprise Institute is a training program to help emerging entrepreneurs start new ventures and grow small businesses. Graduates complete a business and management training course and work with mentors who are successful businesspersons.

“Through this program, 171 of our graduates have gone into business, employing a total of 185 people,” says Elliott Rittenhouse, Goodwill MicroEnterprise program director. “This course is an opportunity for people to become independent.”

The classes will be held, in partnership with the City of Cape Coral, on Monday and Thursday evenings from 6:00p.m. to 9:00p.m. and will cover everything from accounting to marketing, insurance to funding. After the completion of the course, eligible participants may apply for a microloan collateral guarantee from Goodwill.

To apply visit www.goodwillswfl.org/microenterprise or call (239)995-2106 ext. 2219 for more information. The session is $80; applicants that meet certain income guidelines are eligible to attend the course without cost.

The Goodwill Southwest Florida MicroEnterprise Institute is administrated by Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida and is part of Goodwill’s mission of providing life-changing opportunities to independence for those with disabilities and disadvantages. For more information about Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, visit www.goodwillswfl.org.

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