Many business owners find that sneaking away to dedicate time to developing a business plan and projections can be difficult. Beginning Sept. 7, the Mid-Plains Center for Enterprise at North Platte Community College will offer a class that was designed to give business owners an opportunity to learn the “ins and outs” of a business plan and receive written feedback in your own time, whether it’s over lunch or at 2 a.m.

This class combines on-line instruction, written critiques to your businesses plan, interaction and advice from a local on-site business coach and an opportunity to network and learn from other successful entrepreneurs.

The online portion of the workshop will run from Tuesday, Sept. 7, through Nov. 23. On-site meetings with business coaches and guest speakers will take place on Sept. 7, Sept. 18, Oct. 2, and Nov. 6

Cost of the class is $450. Scholarships are available for those who qualify. A free workshop to get comfortable with on-line learning will be available to all participants.

For more information, contact Nicole at (308) 535-3715 or hamptonn@mpcc.edu.

Omaha attorney Milo Alexander is leading a financial and legal issues workshop Sept. 8 at the Mid-Plains Community College extended campus in Imperial. The workshop is set for 6-8 p.m.

“As business owners, we want to prepare ourselves with knowledge that will save us from headaches later down the road,” said Doug Joyce, Area Dean of Economic Development and Training at the Mid-Plains Center for Enterprise.

“This workshop will educate you on financial and legal concerns that are common in small business.”
Topics include: Employment eligibility issues; contract labor vs. employment; grounds for firing; unemployment benefits; written agreements between partners; and organizing the legal structure of a business.

This is a free workshop you can pre-register by logging onto register.centerforenterprise.com. Or for more information contact the Center for Enterprise at 345-8122.

Alexander is the Director the Community Economic Development Clinic at Creighton University School of Law.
At Creighton, he directs law the school’s clinical program representing micro-entrepreneurs and nonprofit organizations in rural areas and underserved urban communities across Nebraska and western Iowa. He also teaches and supervises up to eight senior-certified law students providing such services each semester. Each year, he conducts community education workshops and collaborates with nonprofit groups providing small business education and micro-loans.

From 2004-2008, Alexander was an attorney for Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) represent and advising DHHS in cases involving abused, neglected, status offender, or delinquent children and their families.