Upcoming VGCC Small Business Seminars accessible at four campuses
Vance-Granville Community College’s Small Business Center will soon offer a pair of free seminars of interest to entrepreneurs, and through the use of technology, the classes will be available at four locations at once.
The “Business Plan Basics” seminar is scheduled to be held on Thursday, August 29, from 2 until 4 p.m. on VGCC’s South Campus in Granville County, and “Ten Steps to Starting a Business” will follow on Tuesday, Sept. 10 from 6 until 9 p.m. on the college’s Main Campus in Vance County.
In both cases, the seminars will take place in the specially-equipped “V-Net” classrooms on those campuses, which will allow participants to virtually attend the class from a V-Net room on any other campus, via two-way audio-visual connections. The V-Net rooms are located in room 7216 of Building 7 on the college’s Main Campus in Vance County (pictured above), room 5214 on the Franklin County Campus near Louisburg, room G151 on South Campus (located between Creedmoor and Butner), and room 408 on the Warren County Campus in Warrenton. The V-Net system, which is used for a variety of VGCC courses, employs technology and fiber-optic cable to allow students at one campus to learn from an instructor on another campus in real time. All participants, no matter their location, have the ability to see, hear and interact with their counterparts at other campuses.
In “Business Plan Basics,” participants will learn the key elements of developing a business plan and why it is important to have such a plan. The instructor will be Melissa Rivera-Terrell of the Women’s Business Center, a program managed by the North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development. The “Ten Steps to Starting a Business” seminar covers what an entrepreneur should know before committing themselves and their financial resources to starting a small business. The information discussed in class should help participants make a feasibility assessment and understand the minimum start-up requirement, licensing, market and financial and tax requirements. Jess McLamb of the Roper Group will serve as the instructor.
“We’re looking forward to using the V-Net technology to help our local business owners and students save time and money by letting them choose the campus that is most convenient for them,” said Tanya Weary, director of the VGCC Small Business Center .
For more information and to reserve a seat in either free seminar, call Tanya Weary at (252) 738-3240 or e-mail her at wearyt@vgcc.edu .
