Introduction to Entrepreneurship 

If you’re considering becoming a small business owner, you’ll want to attend this seminar to learn what it takes, what challenges and pitfalls you can expect, and what proven steps you can take to greatly increase your chance of success.  In this 2 hour seminar, you’ll explore how to test the feasibility of your idea to ensure it’s the RIGHT one.  You’ll find tips for researching the market and your competitors, securing needed funds, and projecting your business results.   Various legal business entities will be defined, and you’ll learn about resources that can help you with licenses, permits, and other registrations needed for your business.  And hopefully, you’ll leave confident that you’re well positioned to take those critical first steps toward entrepreneurship. 

Speaker Biography
David Grant graduated from the University of Toronto in Computer Science. During his working career, he has held various manufacturing assignments as Plant Manager, VP of Materials and VP of Global Supply Chain, and Information Technology assignments as VP System's Development, VP Operations and CIO. All of these were with large companies. After his retirement 12 years ago, he has been very involved as CEO of a small company that developed a solution for tracking Alzheimer's residents in Assisted Living Homes, owned his own Painting company, reorganized a major airline's repair operations, taught for NC State, and been a SCORE volunteer counselor for the last 7 years.