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If you have an innovative idea and have been wondering how to turn it into a business opportunity, or have wanted to take your current business to new levels, then it’s time you get down to business with the NIACC John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center’s FastTrac® classes. The John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center and the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at North Iowa Area Community College will hold a FastTrac® NewVenture™ class starting in April. The course will be held on the NIACC campus.

FastTrac® NewVenture™, scheduled to meet Tuesday and Thursday evenings beginning April 1 and ending May 1, is designed for the start-up entrepreneur. Through the course participants will evaluate and design a business concept and write a feasibility plan. Approaches to marketing, creating a market penetration strategy, understanding the customer, and pricing methods will be discussed along with various other topics.

FastTrac® entrepreneurial training began in North Iowa ten years ago. FastTrac graduates have started over 225 businesses in North Iowa and today 78% of these business are still going strong today.  Participants will receive two hours of credit for the course.

To register for FastTrac® NewVenture™, call 422-4208 or 1-888-GO NIACC, ext. 4208.  If you have any questions on the class, call the NIACC John Pappajohn Center at 422-4111 or 1-888-GO NIACC, ext. 4111.

The John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center is located on the North Iowa Area Community College campus in Mason City, Iowa, and provides college level courses and degree programs in entrepreneurship, as well as consulting services for business and existing industries in the North Iowa region.  NIACC’s John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center – The VISION to see where you’re heading, The KNOWLEDGE to take you there.   

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