Seminar July 24: How to Start a Business

The Small Business Development Center will offer a seminar on how to start a business July 24 at the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce from 3 to 6 p.m. [read more]

Student Business Plan Competition

http://www.mtsu.edu/businessidea/rules.php 

Students can submit ideas for a business to be entered in a competition for cash prizes. Deadline is Friday, November 15. [rules and entry form]

Microenterprise Loans Can Have Big Impact

Microenterprise Loan Fund: Small business lending is available from federal grant money through the City of Murfreesboro working with Community Development Department and Tennessee Small Business Development Center. 

"The Small Business Development Center ... provides free consultation on starting businesses to any resident.... Gene Osekowsky, a 15-year counselor at the Small Business Development Center that leases an office at the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce, ... examines marketing and sales potential, record keeping and what kind of money is needed to get the business started.... Part of his service will include following up with those getting loans to make sure they're carrying out their business plan or if they need assistance in revising the plan." 

[Daily News Journal article]