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Small Business Training Courses
Sequoyah Fund and the EBCI Department of Commerce offer a Small Business Start-Up course several times each year. 2025 dates will be announced soon.
Time: All sessions will take place from 9am - 2pm each day.
Location: Ginger Lynn Welch Complex Large Conference Room.
The class provides insight on what it takes to start and run a business. This will help you develop your skills, create a mission statement, lay out business goals, and build a business plan.
Cost is $65 (includes course materials)
In the news
Character-Based Lending More Important to CDFIs than Credit Scores - Tribal Business News
The Role of Community Colleges and CDFIs - National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship's "Forward with NACCE" podcast.
Growing Rural America Through Start-Ups - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond's Econ Focus Magazine
Native American CDFIs Want Bankers to See Them as Partners, Not Rivals - American Banker Magazine
Taken for Granted: Radical Grantmakers Lift Up Rural Artists and Culture Bearers - The Daily Yonder