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Find Your Business Success
Local Business Owners Find Success in Small Business Classes
For the year of 2009 the Chamber and City of Big Bear Lake Improvement Agency have partnered to offer free businesses classes for the community through the Inland Empire Small Business Development Center.
These classes are offered in two sessions: Firsts session is January – June, and a repeat session is July – December. The classes are held the second Thursday of each month from 9am-noon at the Big Bear Lake Performing Arts Center. Topics include marketing, cash flow, business strategic analysis, forecasting, and more.
In the last four months, over 40 local businesses have participated in these classes and overwhelmingly the response has been that these classes are helping their businesses. “Though I am attending these classes to learn how to start a business and don’t own one currently, I have found them unbelievablely helpful,” said local resident Dixie Madden.
Correy Design On The Mountain owner Hoppy Gross said that the classes have completely changed the way he does business. “We are entirely redesigning our business model because of these classes, including a possible name change.”
The classes are held in a workshop setting where participants discuss current problems and find solutions by brainstorming with other classmates.
The classes, though available individually, are best taken as a set since they each build off the previous ones, making it a complete examination of your business., “You definitely get the most out of these free classes if you spend the time and do the whole series instead of individual classes,” Hoppy said.
In addition, workshop presenters provide free consulting on afternoons following the class sessions. These consultations are completely free and confidential.
If you are interested in signing up for the next session of business classes from July – December, please call the Chamber at (909) 866-4607 and reserve your space.
Sara Russ,
President/CEO, Big Bear Chamber of Commerce |
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| PO Box 2860, Big Bear Lake, California 92315 • 909-866-4607 |
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