Entrepreneur Program COMES to Bristol!
Business owners and potential entrepreneurs encouraged to attend
 
Business owners and potential entrepreneurs from Bristol and the surrounding area are invited to attend Entrepreneur Express: Moving Your Business Forward, a workshop designed to deliver practical, hands-on training and provide information on available business resources. The workshop will be held September 17 from 9 a.m. - Noon at the King College Student Center Complex, Bristol, TN. 
 
An economic downturn is a time of increased stress on business owners of all sizes, most severely on small business owners. The Bristol Chamber of Commerce has partnered with the Virginia Department of Business Assistance to host a workshop focused on helping new and existing businesses connect to resources to help "weather the storm," and keep businesses going in the region. With nearly a dozen resource providers in one location, the workshop will provide the boost business owners need to get out of neutral and move forward, or launch a new business.
 
The workshop is designed to provide information on available business resources and deliver practical, hands-on training covering key elements of business practice, and will feature strategies to build sales, including information on how to start and operate a business, grow an existing business, develop a marketing strategy, obtain financing and find available resources.
 
Admission is free and pre-registration is required. Attendees with specific interests or resource needs will receive follow-up attention from the workshop's participating partner organizations. 
 
The lead partner for Entrepreneur Express is the Virginia Department of Business Assistance, working with the Virginia Tourism Corporation, Virginia Cooperative Extension, SCORE, People Inc., Virginia Economic Bridge, and the Virginia Small Business Development Center Network. The workshop marks the first Tennessee/Virginia Entrepreneur Express collaboration, and the second collaboration with the Bristol Chamber.
 
For more information or to register, visit www.vastartup.org or contact Karen Witcher, Bristol Chamber of Commerce, 423.989.4850.