Course teaches ins, outs of business
The Warren County Extension Service will be offering the “2004 Small Business College” this year for the first time in Warren County, though the college has been held previously in several area counties.
The program will run for nine consecutive Thursday nights from April 15 through June 10. The course will be taught at the Tennessee Technology Center and runs for two hours each night.
“It is being sponsored through the University of Tennessee,” said Chamber of Commerce president Lea Chrisawn, who is helping with planning. “It is everything you need to know on how to start a business.”
University of Tennessee Extension Area Specialist Jack McDaniel is setting up the event and will be recruiting specialists in several business-oriented fields to teach the classes.
“The first thing is how to write a business plan,” Chrisawn said. “It will talk about marketing. It’ll be about taxes, how to pay your taxes, who you’re supposed to pay your taxes to. It will cover permits that you might need, those kind of things, so you’ll know who to contact. It will talk about personnel, how to hire, how to fire, benefits, what things you have to do if you hire contract labor. It covers everything.”
The course costs $50, which Chrisawn says is a real bargain compared to other similar seminars. The fee is mainly to cover the costs of course materials. Once the course is complete, there will be a graduation ceremony on the last class date of June 10.
Enrollment is limited to 20 people, but since the class is not filled yet, Chrisawn said there is still time to enroll. Monday, April 12 is the last day to reserve a spot.
“It’s a great wealth of information,” Chrisawn said, “and we would love to see this class get started, but if we don’t get enough people we’ll have to cancel and right now we don’t have enough.”
For more information, or to enroll, contact the Chamber at 473-6611 or the Warren County Extension Office at 473-8484. Checks to cover the fee should be made out to the Warren County Extension Office.