Seminar on Strategic Planning for Entrepreneurs | Eastern NC Now

For Immediate Release:

   Business and Industry Services at Beaufort County Community College will offer a seminar on strategic planning for those considering or starting a venture into self-employment who want to improve the odds of a great start.

   The seminar, Bursting Out of the Blocks, will be 2 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, in Room 828 of Building 8 on the BCCC campus. Instructor Gregg Pilburn will help participants probe issues that are often ignored in the early stages of starting a business. Pilburn, owner of Leader's Edge Consulting, Inc. in Colorado, will teach a process for strategic and tactical planning and philosophies for staying balanced in the first stages of self-employment, among other topics.

   Attendance is free of charge but pre-registration is recommended in order to reserve seating and to allow the college to adequately prepare materials. To register, contact Eva Peartree at BCCC's Business and industry Services at (252) 940-6375 at evap@beaufortccc.edu or Lentz Stowe, director of Business and Industry Services, at (252) 940-6306. The seminar is co-sponsored by the Washington/Beaufort County Chamber of Commerce.

   For more information about other services offered by BCCC's Business and Industry Services, visit BCCC's Website at www.beaufortccc.edu and click on Business and Industry Services in the drop-down box, followed by "Go."

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