How to Start and Operate a
Business in East Texas

 

 OFFERED IN LONGVIEW, MARSHALL AND GILMER!
 Longview: Thursdays, March 29 - May 17
Kilgore College - Longview, LH 107
 
Marshall: Tuesdays, March 27 - May 15
MCAT Building
 
Gilmer: Tuesdays, March 27 - May 15
ETEX Telephone Co-Op
 
All classes from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
$ 99 Fee includes 8 weeks of instruction, 350 + page entrepreneurial workbook and course material

 

This is an 8 week course designed to help the person already in business, or one who wishes to begin a business.  Attendees will take a step-by-step approach to gain the valuable knowledge needed to begin operation, and keep it running smoothly!  This course is a practical approach, as opposed to theoretical or academic. Hear from a professional in their field of expertise each week.These are CEU accredited courses with a certificate of completion after all 8 classes are completed.
Week 1: Making the Decision to Go into Business
Longview and Marshall Instructor: Ron Collier - Collier Consulting Group
Gilmer Instructor: Henry Troell - State Farm Insurance 
 
Week 2: Insurance Requirements/Choosing the Legal Form of Business
Longview Instructors: Larry Clemens - Brown, Cook 
& Taylor Insurance and Casey Goolsby - Attorney at Law
Marshall Instructors: Mike Brady - Kirkland Brady Insurance and Dean Searle - Attorney at Law
Gilmer Instructors: Larry Clemens - Brown, Cook & Taylor Insurance and Dwight Brannon - Attorney at Law
 
Week 3: Planning for Tax Savings
Longview and Gilmer Instructor: Jason Cooner - Cooner & Cooner, P.C.
Marshall Instructor: Mac Abney - Abney, Simmons & Co.
           
Week 4: How to Prepare a Business Plan
Longview Instructor: Heath Hamberlin - Texas Bank & Trust
Marshall Instructor: Cathy Cisco - Capital One Bank
Gilmer Instructor: Ken George - Capital One Bank
 
Week 5: Financing a Small Business
Longview Instructor: Troy Moore - BancorpSouth
Marshall Instructor: Alan Grantham - BancorpSouth
Gilmer Instructor: Heath Hamberlin - Texas Bank & Trust
 
Week 6: Marketing Your Small Business
Longview and Marshall Instructor: Ron Collier - Collier Consulting Group
Gilmer Instructor: Gary Hegar - The Country Mailer
 
Week 7: Bookkeeping Basics
Longview and Gilmer Instructor: Jason Cooner - Cooner & Cooner, P.C.
Marshall Instructor: Julie Simmons - Abney, Simmons & Co.
 
Week 8 : Beginning Your Business: Start-Up Overview
Longview and Marshall Instructor: Brad Bunt - KCSBDC
Gilmer Instructor: Virgel Conner - KCSBDC

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To register, call the Kilgore College SBDC at (903) 757-5857 or (800) 338-7232 or print registration form here!

 
Visit our website, www.KilgoreSBDC.com for more class information.