Tips & Techniques on Starting Your Own Business

Publish Date: Dec. 18, 2014

Have you always wanted to run your own business but not known where to start? Or perhaps you've already started a small business and need more inspiration to know how to move forward?

Crafton Hills College will offer a course in entrepreneurship in Spring 2015.   The redesigned course, BUSAD 105 Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, will introduce you to fundamentals of business ownership, assist you in creating your own entrepreneurial opportunities and excite you toward the prospect of being your own boss. 

Students in the course will learn how to evaluate business concepts and effective strategies for developing a business plan.  The course will include opportunities to  brainstorm opportunities, develop business concepts, better understand financial issues, identify sources of capital, and craft a solid marketing strategy—all skills necessary to building a successful business.  Each student who successfully completes the course will leave with a comprehensive business plan.

BUSAD 105 will meet on Wednesday evenings from 7 – 9:50 p.m. on the Crafton Hills College campus in CNTL-217.  Spring semester begins January 12.

The instructor, Heather Barger, has over twenty years of senior level management experience in technology, public relations, marketing, sales, business development and communications.  Prior to serving as an independent business consultant, Ms. Barger served as the Vice President of Marketing and Sales in the technology industry.  In this position, she served as the senior liaison for business development where she helped drive sales through partnership initiatives and marketing activities.  She holds a Master of Arts in Management from the University of Redlands and received her bachelor’s degree in business administration from Cal Poly Pomona.

You can apply and register now.