{"id":1896,"date":"2010-03-30T11:41:14","date_gmt":"2010-03-30T11:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2010\/03\/30\/delta-state-to-offer-a-series-of-small-business-first-steps-workshops\/"},"modified":"2013-09-09T14:08:07","modified_gmt":"2013-09-09T14:08:07","slug":"delta-state-to-offer-a-series-of-small-business-first-steps-workshops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2010\/03\/delta-state-to-offer-a-series-of-small-business-first-steps-workshops\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta State to offer a series of small business &#8219;First Steps workshops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\">Delta State University&rsquo;s Small Business Development Center (SBDC ) and the Greenwood-Leflore-Carroll Economic Development Foundation will hosta workshop titled &ldquo;Starting a Small Business Series: First Steps&rdquo; on Thursday, April 8, from&nbsp;noon to 1 p.m. at the Greenwood-Leflore-Carroll Economic Development Foundation, 402 highway 82 bypass in Greenwood.<\/font><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-weight: normal;font-size: 10pt\">This workshop will outline the basic steps to start a business and will include regulations such as licenses and permits; legal forms of business ownership; basic marketing concepts to help analyze the revenue potential; lending terminology; and other resources to assist in starting a business.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-weight: normal;font-size: 10pt\">The Starting a Small Businessseries will also include the following two workshops at the same location on the following dates and times.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-weight: normal;font-size: 10pt\">May 5: Developing a Business Plan from noon to 1 p.m.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-weight: normal;font-size: 10pt\">June 2: What the Banker Wants from noon to 1 p.m.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Registration is required for all workshops.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-weight: normal;font-size: 10pt\">Delta State University&rsquo;s SBDC is a member of the Mississippi Small Business Development Centers which has assisted Mississippi businesses since 1981. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance by calling (662) 846-4236 or by mail to the Delta State University MSBDC at P.O. Box 3235, Cleveland, MS 38733, Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. <\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-weight: normal;font-size: 10pt\">The workshops are free and open to the public. If you would like to attend and to reserve a seat, contact the Delta State SBDC at (662) 846-4236 or e-mail <u><span style=\"color: #0000cc\">jstarks@deltastate.edu<\/span>.<\/u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delta State University&rsquo;s Small Business Development Center (SBDC ) and the Greenwood-Leflore-Carroll Economic Development Foundation will hosta workshop titled &ldquo;Starting a Small Business Series: First Steps&rdquo; on Thursday, April 8,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-general"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1896"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38709,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1896\/revisions\/38709"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}