Winthrop Regional Small Business Development Center: online programs for veterans

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

New Programs to Help Veterans & Families

Operation Endure and Grow -- A program specifically for National Guard and Reserve soldiers and their families. An 8-week intensive training program to offer cutting-edge, experiential training in entrepreneurship and small business management to National Guard and Reserve soldiers and their immediate family members. Funded in part by the SBA. $75 fee for this online course. Click on the link for more details.

V-Wise -- Program for Women Veterans -- 3-Phase program: 35-day online, self-study course focused on the basic skills of entrepreneurship and the language of business; a 3-day conference to expose participants to accomplished entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship educators from across the US; and ongoing support and mentorship online through a network of mentor partners. For more information, click on the V-Wise link.

Winthrop Region Small Business Development Center, Rock Hill, SC

The SBDC Office located at Winthrop University in Rock Hill is the region office serving 15 counties in South Carolina: York, Chester, Lancaster, Union & Cherokee Counties served through:

-- Our Rock Hill regional office serving York, Chester, Lancaster and Cherokee; and a satellite office in Union, SC serving Union County
-- Our Myrtle Beach/Conway Area office serving Georgetown and Horry Counties;
-- And our Florence Area SBDC servingFlorence, Marion, Dillon, Darlington, Marlboro, Chesterfield, Williamsburg and Lee Counties.

We assist both existing and start-up businesses with a variety of free services, and offer dozens of business workshops and seminars throughout our region at very low cost. We are funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration, the State of SC, and our hosting universities.