NxLevel

Big Sky Economic Development • 222 N 32nd Street, Suite 200 • Billings, MT 59101 • www.bigskyeconomicdevelopment.org

Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. All opinions, conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disa-bilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact Big Sky EDA, 222 N. 32nd St., Billings, MT 59101, (406) 254-6014.

 

Helping Entrepreneurs Reach the Next Level of Success

Join the Billings SBDC & Community Education for NxLeveL™ for Entrepreneurs course (formerly known has FastTrac) which is a 12-session intensive training pro-gram designed to encourage business expansion in a community. It focuses on teaching the art of better business practices while producing a comprehensive busi-ness plan to guide business expansion decisions and activities.

Through the course of 12 weeks you will learn how to: •Analyze your business and understand the market •Learn Key Financial Statements •Understand the best ways to access the resources you need to succeed •Build and maintain competitive advantage •Plan for strategic and sustainable growth

Our facilitators include Dick Sire, retired from Roscoe Steel, and Jim Mourich, an ex-perienced CFO and previously a VP with TrueNorth Steel. They are both highly experi-enced business professionals who are excited to share their knowledge and exper-tise. Stockman Bank has been a key sponsor of NxLevel the past few years, and has pro-vided great support for making this training possible to our small business commu-nity.

Course Schedule: This 12–week course will be held Tuesday evenings January 22nd — April 9th from 6:00 — 9:00 PM.

Location: The event will be held at Big Sky Economic Development, 222 N. 32nd St., Yellow-stone Conference Room.

Cost: $500 for 12-week session; includes materials. Call to find out about possible IWT scholarship opportunities or payment plans.

To Register: Call (406) 281-5010 to register. Class size is limited to 25, and spaces are offered on a first come, first serve basis. Cancellations must occur 3 business days prior to class start date to receive full refund.

Location: The event will be held at Big Sky Economic Development, 222 N. 32nd St. Yellowstone Conference Room.

What past students have to say:

“I’ve really enjoyed the clas-ses. They’ve forced us to take a good look at our business and see the many areas we need to work on to make it better.” -Destynee Trevino, Trevinos Tortillas “I loved the direction the class took. All of the pieces started fitting together within our business.” -Erin O’Leary, Hanser’s Automotive “I am very satisfied-we now have draft one of our business plan for 2012-the first for a 45 year old company.” -Terry Sukut, JGA Architects

Previous Guest Speakers: John Klaman, SBA Michael Morrisson, CPA Eric Nord, Attorney Al Jones, Consultant Dustin Bretz, Sales Randy Hafer, High Plains Ar-chitect Cindy Henderson, Cynroc Wayne Nelson, Stockman Bank Brenda Segna, Blast Creative Dale Detrick, MMEC