Business Plan Workshop
Offered by TAMIU SBDC Aug. 31

All businesses need a business plan. Learn to write one with a business plan workshop offered by the Texas A&M International University Small Business Development Center (TAMIU SBDC).

The workshop will be held on Friday, Aug. 31, from 9 a.m. - noon at the Laredo Development Foundation, 616 Leal Street. Fee for the seminar is $20 and each participant will receive Linda Pinzon's “Anatomy of a Business Plan: a Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Business and Securing your Company's Future.”

Business plans are an important part of successful business. This workshop will help prospective business owners interested in:

• Starting or buying a business
• Financing or refinancing his or her business
• Raising debt or equity capital.

A business plan helps identifies hidden business flaws and helps entrepreneurs think carefully about each phase of business.

Business plans help owners gain in-depth knowledge about their business that will make it easier to answer lenders' questions. The process of writing a business plan will clarify what is involved in making a business work successfully.

To register call the TAMIU SBDC office at 956. 326.2827, or e-mail sbdc@tamiu.edu

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