Entrepreneurs Can Avoid Business Killers

Mistakes can be great learning tools; but for a businessperson, they can mean disaster. An upcoming seminar offered by Southwestern Community College is designed to steer entrepreneurs away from such a calamity.

"Business Killers: Avoiding the Six Mistakes that Can Destroy Your Business and Your Future" is being offered for people of the Jackson, Macon and Swain counties area at two sites. The first will be held at the Highlands-Cashiers Hospital on Friday, Feb. 11, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. The seminar will be repeated at the SCC Cashiers Center on Thursday, March 3 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Robert Carlson, a designated Registered Financial Consultant (RFC) with over 25 years of experience working with small business owners, will lead the seminar. He is owner of the Carlson Company, LLC in Sapphire Valley.

"The seminar is designed for business owners who have a one-person operation or employ several people," Carlson said. "It's packed with need-to-know information and advice on how to avoid six major pitfalls. Our purpose is to help people bring the risk of owning a business to a manageable level."

According to Keith Corbeil, SCC Business and Industry Training Coordinator, "Business Killers" is self-supporting and costs $50. "It may be the best $50 participants will spend this year," he said. "Bob Carlson has conducted over 100 seminars on issues pertinent to small business owners and we are excited to offer his expertise to the people of our service area."

To pre-register, contact the SCC Cashiers Center at 743.6688 or the SCC Macon County Center at 369.7331. Participants can pay fees and complete registration forms at the time of the seminar.

To find out more about Continuing Education classes offered through SCC, visit the college's web page at www.southwesterncc.edu and look under "Search SCC" for CE information.

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Date: January 24, 2005
Contact: Sara Day Hatton or Rose Hooper, Public Information Officers 828.586.4091, Extensions 265 & 440