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Gain an EDGE for your business!
Running a business is hard work and somewhat of a gamble – starting or expanding one can be even more difficult. How do you turn that gamble into a well-calculated investment? Where do you turn for assistance to ensure your ideas will work? Who can help if you’re already in business and need to hone your skills?
The PK Partnership will be offering the EDGE (Enhancing, Developing and Growing Entrepreneurs) Class in the Fall of 2016. This 10-session course covers legal structure, marketing, financials, and operations. The interactive classroom setting fosters networking and participation from start-up and existing businesses. Guest speakers such as attorneys, marketing researchers, bankers, accountants and successful entrepreneurs bring added insights to the weekly classes.
Gain insight about starting, expanding, and managing a small business.
The class is limited to 15 students.
Don’t miss this opportunity!
The 10 week EDGE course begins on August 22 and meets on Mondays from 6:00pm to 9:30pm.
Only $400
if you register
by Aug. 1!
DETAILS and APPLICATION
- COURSE FEE:
$450$400 for a limited time! (Includes up to two individuals per company) - SIZE LIMITS: Limited to the first 15 students registered
- LOCATION & TIME: Minden Exchange Bank, 448 N Minden Ave, Minden, NE | 6:30-9:00 p.m.
- Print Registration Form
FREE with Each Registration:
Resource Materials
College Level Textbooks and Other Materials
Est. Value: $150
Expert Consultation
Professional Consulting Including Attorneys, Accountants, Lenders, & Others
Est. Value $2000
Customized Business Plan
Detailed Plan Ready to Share with Your Lender
Est. Value: $800
Networking
Connect with area experts and other small business owners
Est. Value: Priceless!
Meet Our Instructors
Ben Loberg
Ben graduated from Morningside College in Sioux City, IA, with a degree in Business Finance and Economics. Ben is a Financial Advisor with FSB Investment Center, the financial services arm of First State Bank in Holdrege. Previously, Loberg was in Commercial and Ag lending, assisting individuals as well as small and large businesses with financing. He is also an active member of the community serving on the Holdrege Chamber Board, Member of the Holdrege Rotary Club, Chair of the PCDC Loans and Incentives Committee.
He and his wife, Rebecca, live in Holdrege and have three children.
Lois Thom
Lois has a Bachelor of Science and Masters of Business Administration from the University of Nebraska of Kearney. As Assistant Director for the Nebraska Business Development Center, she consulted with a multitude of small businesses, and she has also taught Business Consultantship at UNK. She also works as an independent contractor on Receivership Cases. She has taught the NebraskaEDGE “Entrepreneurship” course and the agricultural-version, “Tilling the Soil of Opportunity.”
She and her husband live and farm south of Minden, where she is an active partner, and have three children and two grandchildren.
“The EDGE class provided me with the tools to formulate a business plan which was key to buying into my business.”
“I increased both my business and, even better, my profits.”
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||The course sounds good, but I can't afford the fee.||
When you take the EDGE course, area businesses are investing in you, also. The actual cost per student for the course runs about $1200, but to make it more affordable for you, the PK Partnership solicits scholarship donations from area businesses and financial institutions. Thanks to our generous donors, your cost for the course is $450.
||I'm too busy to take a course!||
EDGE classes are conveniently scheduled on Monday evenings when most businesses are closed. By meeting only once a week, you can continue to manage day-to-day operations of your business.
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