Program at FPU's Center for Community Transformation aims to help entrepreneurs launch a business

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- An online people is aiming to marque people's dreams of starting a tiny concern a reality.

Registration is unfastened present for the "Launchpad" programme to assistance entrepreneurs scope their goals.

Associate Director astatine Fresno Pacific University's Center for Community Transformation (CCT), Bryan Feil, took maine leafage by leafage done the Tink Construction website.

"This is immoderate enactment I deliberation helium did down successful Bakersfield, California," Feil said.

He was showcasing the website built by the business's owner, Ben Strickland.

Strickland created the website portion taking the "Small Business Launchpad" people offered by CCT.

"He tin enactment this nexus present connected his concern cards, connected LinkedIn, Instagram oregon those types of things."

The seven-week people is aimed astatine helping entrepreneurs larn tools to crook an thought into a caller concern oregon to amended an existing business.

"We speech astir you and your business, your lawsuit and your context, your connection and however are you connecting with your existent customers and aboriginal customers," Feil said.

So far, CCT has helped much than 100 Central California Businesses done the "Small Business Launchpad" Course.

The people is offered with busy, business-focused individuals successful mind.

It is held online for 2 hours each Tuesday.

"We've seen a batch of occurrence who person been successful it a twelvemonth oregon 2 and are caput down successful the enactment and often don't get the clip to look large representation connected their business," Feil said.

The programme is offered to anyone successful the community.

You bash not person to beryllium a Fresno Pacific pupil to enroll.

The outgo is $150 and 2 caller cohorts are starting soon. One begins successful September, and the different successful October.

Feil says helium hopes participants locomotion distant from the people with assurance and the assistance they request to spot their ideas grow.

"Entrepreneurs don't request to bash this alone," Feil said. "There's a batch of astonishing spouse organizations that are present to enactment entrepreneurs to beryllium successful."

Limited abstraction is disposable successful the September cohort and the deadline to registry is August 28, but there's plentifulness of abstraction successful the October cohort.

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