Our new Cohorts have been making a tremendous IMPACT in downtown Great Falls. The Fall Cohort completed their three-month experience on December 19th. The participants felt that this was so useful, they have decided to continue meeting monthly through April. Within our current cohort format, there are six group sessions that happen throughout a 3-month time. The group sessions are broken into three
parts:
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Sips—A time to connect as business owners around a common theme or topic related to our businesses.
- Skills—A business skill or concept is taught and often there one of the business owners serves as an “avatar” to see the skill in “real-life application” on the spot.
- Solutions-- This is where we will use our group think tank to help our businesses develop solutions. Participants are asked in advance if they have anything that could use a “solution” and we allocate time in each group meeting for this.
Another bonus of the cohorts is that we have each group session in one of the business owner’s locations. This gives us an opportunity to see other businesses!
In addition to the group format, all participants receive up to SIX 1/1 sessions with Deb McGregor, the Regional Director for the Small Business Development Center! This time can be used for a multitude of things related to each business owner and current needs.
The Winter Cohort will start on January 28th and meet every other Tuesday from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m.
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