Provides

• tools and insight to help people start their own business.
• Primary focus is on business planning.

Key Programs include:

-- Workshops

- Conducts half-day monthly workshops for individuals who are interested in starting their own business.

Each workshop includes

• presentations by local attorney,
• accountant,
• banking,
• insurance, and marketing professionals.

Topics cover business plan, business organization, marketing plan, financial plan, etc.

Times vary with some workshops held in the morning and some held in the afternoon.

There is no cost to participate.

Call to obtain a schedule or make a reservation.

-- One-On-One Consulting - Provides

• initial interviews in which client's needs,
• problems, and opportunities are diagnosed, and a plan is developed to fill those needs.

A consultant will analyze the specific situation and assist in solving specific issues or will arrange a consulting session with other experts.

-- Seminars, Conferences, and Workshops

- Offers workshops and conferences that address a variety of topics such as financing a business, basic management techniques, business planning, marketing & sales, purchasing, recordkeeping, law & risk protection, specific industry issues, international trade, computerization, and many others depending on requests.

-- Access to Information & Experts

- Offers a library of information on specific issues.

Co-sponsors the Indiana Business Fax-on-Demand system which has over 1,000 business-related documents and forms available to anyone in Indiana via touch-tone phone and fax.

Call toll-free number 1-800-726-8000 to receive a catalog of available documents.