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EIU Offers ‘How to Start a Business’ Workshop in Mattoon, Pana

Two professional workshops focused on starting or expanding a business in Illinois will be offered in the summer.

The Sustainable Entrepreneurship through Education & Development (SEED) Center of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´will offer another round of business workshops to help combat the 80 percent of small businesses that fail within the first five years.

The “How to Start a Business” workshops will cover topics such as an individual’s personal financial situation, evaluating a business concept, finding a market, establishing operational strategies, creating financial statements and obtaining funding for a business venture.

The next two “How to Start a Business” workshops will be offered at:

• Mattoon - 6 – 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 28, 2015 at the Coles County Emergency Communications building - 10500 State Hwy 16, Mattoon, Ill. (the brick building next to the airport fire station, across the highway from Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center).
• Pana – 6 – 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 23, 2015, at the Peoples Bank & Trust - 200 S. Locust St., Pana, Ill. (Peoples Bank & Trust is also granting four $25 fee scholarships available to Pana residents. The scholarships for the class are first come, first served.)

The workshops will cost $25 per person and $35 per couple. Registration is required by noon on the day of the class. Registration is available online here. 

For more information please call 217-581-2913, email here or visit the website here.