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GODFREY LAKE, Business Incubator Student 2006.
Many people dream of starting their own business but do not know the decisions that are necessary to insure success. SMCC's certificates in Entrepreneurship & Business Ownership focus on a business's start-up and early growth stages, and allow students to choose additional course based on background and interest, including marketing, new product and service design, financial accounting, principles of management, and advertising.
A unique option is to enter the college's student incubator and earn credit while actually starting a new enterprise. Students in the incubator program receive rent-free office space in the Entrepreneurial Center, professional advisors, and use of office equipment including a laptop computer and a dedicated business phone.
Business Start-up Certificate
The six-credit Business Start-Up Certificate offers two important "getting started" courses: Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Growing Your Business. The courses are ideal for students who are enrolled in the technical trades and hope to start their own enterprise in plumbing, computer science, construction technology, landscaping or many other trade areas. The courses will focus on the key elements of a business plan and even offer a limited opportunity for students to begin their business ventures on campus.
Certificate of Business Ownership
This 15 credit certificate aligns well with the business or general studies major who seeks more comprehensive knowledge of business ownership skills. Courses include Introduction to Entrepreneurship, Growing Your Business, Product Design, Marketing, Sales, Managing Your Money and more.
Non-credit Courses in Entrepreneurship
The Entrepreneurial Center offers non-credit courses for business start-ups on a regular basis. These courses are designed for both degree-seeking and non-degree seeking students who wish to develop various elements of their business knowledge
SMCC Incubator Students:
2008
Michael Moran, Titan Vending (2008 KeyBank Student Entrepreneur of the Year Award)
Hannah Schulz, Southern Maine Aquatic Center
Bobbie Lee Russell, Colori Designs
2007
John LaFosse, Gardener Johngo (2007 KeyBank Student Entrepreneur of the Year Award)
2006
Laurie Reynolds, Blossoms of Windham (2006 KeyBank Student Entrepreneur of the Year Award)
2005
Godfrey Lake, Lake Electric (2005 KeyBank Student Entrepreneur of the Year Award)
For more information please contact:
Michelle Neujahr
The Entrepreneurial Center
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, 207-741-5936
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