Creating a comprehensive, thoughtful business plan toward ensuring a successful start for any new enterprise will be the focus of a June 20 workshop, offered by the Inland Empire Women’s Business Center, a program of the Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship at Cal State San Bernardino, in collaboration with the Corona Business Assistance Program.
“Writing a Winning Business Plan” will be held from 6-8 p.m. at the Corona Innovation Center at the Corona Civic Auditorium, 815 W. 6th St., Suite 145 in Corona. The workshop is free to residents of Corona; non-resident cost is $20. To register, visit the IEWBC website at www.iewbc.org.
The workshop will help entrepreneurs create action plans for their businesses and learn the steps necessary for sustainable business planning. Participants will learn the basics of writing a business plan, how to define and quantify business goals and objectives, how to develop operational and marketing plans, where to go to gather information, and how to streamline the planning and writing process.
The Inland Empire Women’s Business Center, located at 3780 Market St. in Riverside, is a program of the Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship at Cal State San Bernardino.
Housed in the College of Business and Public Administration, IECE, which administers the program in collaboration with the U.S. Small Business Administration, is inland Southern California’s leading organization dedicated to supporting and promoting entrepreneurship. The IEWBC provides business counseling, training and mentoring designed for women business owners.
Corona business owners and residents have access to the Corona Business Assistance Program as a resource partner in their pursuit of small business growth and success. The CBA program offers monthly start-up workshops and provides free business counseling by appointment only.
The Inland Empire Women’s Business Center hours are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday by appointment only. For more information, visit the IEWBC website at www.iewbc.org or contact Nicole Kinney at (909) 890-1242.
Set in the foothills of the beautiful San Bernardino Mountains, CSUSB is a preeminent center of intellectual and cultural activity in inland Southern California. The university serves more than 20,000 students each year and graduates about 4,000 students annually. CSUSB is listed among the best colleges and universities in the western United States, according to The Princeton Review, Forbes, U.S. News and World Report and Money Magazine.
For more information on Cal State San Bernardino, contact the university’s Office of Strategic Communication at (909) 537-5007 and visit news.csusb.edu.