Lone Star College System’s new Entrepreneurial Certificate program launched this fall to provide local potential business owners a leg-up on their competition.
The new certificate program kicked off with the 2009 Entrepreneurial Conference hosted in Sept. at the new Lone Star College Conference Center.
“This was the first conference to be hosted at our new facility and it was a huge success,” said Linda Head, associate vice chancellor for workforce development.
“We had nearly 100 registered participants attend the conference to hear leading business experts share their secrets of entrepreneurial success,” said Head.
Fred Caldwell, president and CEO of Caldwell Companies, served as the keynote speaker. Caldwell along with other presenters tackled topics pertaining to entrepreneurship including how to get started, legal issues, financing, marketing, human resources, how to create a successful business plans and more.
One participant shared he was recently laid off and after attending the conference he has decided to start his own business and will pursue the full Entrepreneurial Certificate Program now available through the LSCS Continuing Education division.
The new Entrepreneurial Certificate Program is available at LSC-CyFair, LSC-Kingwood and LSC-Montgomery.
"Working for yourself can help to keep you in control of your career destiny and for many fulfill a lifelong dream," said Sal Mira, LSCS Small Business Development Center director.
Consisting of 40 hours - eight hours a week over five weeks - the Entrepreneurial Certificate Program is a prudent investment and is recommended for anyone thinking about starting, buying or growing their own business. Registration is underway for the spring semester. The schedule, including course descriptions, times and locations, is posted at LoneStar.edu.
For more information regarding the Entrepreneurial Certificate Program contact a campus Continuing Education department directly at:
Lone Star College-CyFair: CFCE@LoneStar.edu or 281.290.3200
Lone Star College-Kingwood: LSCKCE@LoneStar.edu or 281.312.1660
Lone Star College-Montgomery: LSCMCE@LoneStar.edu or 936.273.7446
Lone Star College System consists of five colleges including LSC-CyFair, LSC-Kingwood, LSC-Montgomery, LSC-North Harris, and LSC-Tomball, six centers, LSC-University Center, LSC-University Park, Lone Star Corporate College, and LSC-Online. With more than 59,000 students in credit classes this fall, LSCS is the largest institution of higher education in the Houston area and third largest community college system in Texas. To learn more visit LoneStar.edu.
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