This program is designed for anyone who has a need for entrepreneurship training and education. It may include introductory small business education and present entrepreneurial concepts as an introduction to management education. Entrepreneurship classes will train both potential and existing entrepreneurs through a series of practical and condensed entrepreneurial education and training sessions.

Recent data shows more new business starts are happening more in non-urban and rural areas, similar to the geographic region served by NCTC, than in urban settings. In particular, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development’s SEED Initiative, which is designed to spur entrepreneurial activity in Greater Minnesota illustrates the growth of small business throughout the state.
The following statement is from the DEED website explaining the SEED program:
Job creation and growth depends on the success of small businesses. From 2002 to 2004, companies with fewer than 100 employees added more than 58,900 jobs while firms larger than that lost 38,000 jobs.

The importance of small businesses is more pronounced in rural Minnesota. More than 98 percent of companies in Greater Minnesota have fewer than 100 employees. Investing in small business development will bring lasting value to the rural communities that most need economic growth. That means providing more tools to build new businesses and grow existing businesses. Stimulating rural venture capital sources, providing a larger network of information and technical services, establishing micro lending sources, providing funding to implement new technology and products, and providing public infrastructure that support community leadership and physical, capital investment are all elements of that tool kit.

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The College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, (800) 621-7440, 30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2400, Chicago, IL 60602-2504.

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