Mission Statement:
To contribute to a growing reservation economy by assisting in the creation, development and/or expansion of small business.
Entrepreneurial Center
Technical Assistance, Workshops and Community Education
- The plan for distance learning technical assistance, classes and workshops for small businesses will consist of five options:
- Provide technical assistance by phone conversations
- Q&A sessions by E-mail
- Zoom; Entrepreneurial Center will be the host
- Use of distance education versions of Ag Borrower Training and Entrepreneurship Training to provide technical assistance
- One-on-one office conference or classroom presentations for workshops and community
- Education (This option requires a full opening of the college)
Community Education classes
- Entrepreneurship Training-8 modules, 28 instruction hours
- Ag Borrower Training-8 modules-21 instruction hours
- Technical Assistance topics or Group Workshops These topics can be specialized components of Entrepreneurship Training, Ag Borrower Training or other workshops or presentations developed by the Entrepreneurial Center
- Hours of instruction
Small Business
- Financial Projections-6 hours of instruction
- Product Pricing-2 hours of instruction
- Service Pricing- 2 hours of instruction
- Market Analysis- 2 hours of instruction
- Market strategies-2 hours of instruction
- Business Accounting-3 hours of instruction
- Business Product and Service-1 hour of instruction
- Strategic Planning (Planning an enterprise based on values the individual or organization considers important)- 3 hours of instruction
- QuickBooks-7 hours of instruction
- Loan Application Process-3 hours of instruction
- Taxes-3 hours of instruction
Agriculture
- Strategic Planning (Planning an enterprise based on values the individual or organization considers important)- 3 hours of instruction
- Farm & Ranch Accounting 3- hours of instruction
- Risk Management-2 hours of instruction
- Agricultural Financial Projections-3 hours of instruction
- Non-conventional Agricultural Enterprises-3.5 hours of instruction
- Loan Application Process-3 hours of instruction
- Taxes-3 hours of instruction
Personal Money Management
- Personal Budgeting-1 hour
- Personal Financial Decision Making-1 hour
- Credit Reports-1 hour
- Savings-1 hour1
- Home Purchase or Rent-1 hour
- Scams-1 hour
- Charitable Giving-1 hour
- Loan Application Process-3 hours of instruction
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Client Services
- Offer one on one consultation with business people and individuals contemplating starting or expanding a business.
- Assist individuals in preparing business plans including access to business planning software and assistance in using software.
- Assist small business enterprises and potential enterprises find financing that is appropriate to their needs and financial position.
- Offer Entrepreneurship Training to business people and individuals contemplating starting a business and assist it in the application process.
- Operate a business incubator.
- Make available to business clients books, publications, how-to manuals, and videotapes dealing with business issues.
- Conduct workshops on specific business topics.
- Network with other business resource providers, both technical and financial, and utilize these resources to assist business enterprises on the reservation.
- Develop additional financing sources for small businesses on the reservation.
- Research specific business related issues.
- Conduct outreach to farmers and ranchers in the two county area. Provide business planning services to farmers and ranchers.
- Small business loans and Credit Builder loans through Oyate Community Development Corporation