Are you ready to take the next step to kickstart your small business?

MicroEnterprise Training Orientation

See our schedule and register today  or call us at (503) 399-5088.

MicroEnterprise Training

Our training course uses experiential learning to teach basic business concepts to people interested in starting their own businesses. The Kauffman Foundation curriculum will provide you with many of the essential skills and tools you need to run your business and assists you with writing a business plan.

Former MERIT client, Dawn Barry, owner of DLB Process and Paralegal, is a guest speaker in a MERIT class discussing business legal structures.

• Budgeting and basic record-keeping
• Allocating income and planning
• Selling for profit
• Selling on credit and managing risk
• Generating financial statements
• Costing and pricing a product or service
• Knowing your competition and markets
• Understanding the components of a business plan

There is NO COST to those who are income qualified. Call for current income limits. In return, you must be willing to commit to all of the training sessions plus follow-up business advising.

NO CATCH – This program is about helping people get the training they need to become successful business owners.

Self-employment is a proven way for people to increase income and assets and become economically self-sufficient. If you’ve thought about self-employment, now may be the time! Sign up today!

REGISTER for our next orientation, or contact us at  (503) 399-5088 for questions, information and registration.

     The MERIT program is a part of the Chemeketa Small Business Development Center.