Do you want to own your own business?
Do you have the skills, drive, and passion to be an entrepreneur?
How do you get there?
Where do you start?
The Avista Center for Entrepreneurship (CFE) at SCC offers a new and innovative approach to help people marry their technical talents
with entrepreneurial skills.
This program is for students who aspire to business success - students who have a
great idea for a business, but need to learn about the practical aspects of starting and running a company. This three-quarter
program helps students fulfill their entrepreneurial dreams through:
- Fueling opportunities: This is a program for people wired for action - people with a dream and a skill
set who are ready to learn the entrprenurial skills to create their own opportunities. The program fills an important
gap between four-year institutions and business assistance programs. The nine-month CFE program is affordable and open to
all people who are serious about pursuing their goals.
- A wrap-around business curriculum: The CFE program combines academics with real-world insight from
business and community leaders. Students learn business and entrepreneurial skills in a hands-on environment. From
business planning to human resources, and marketing to inventory management, graduates will develop the skills needed
to start a successful business or enhance an existing one.
- Building connections for success: Successful entrepreneurs know how to make connections. This program
is an opportunity to build real-world relationships with the business community. Students will build their own networks
of business leaders, peers and community resources. The program is open to everyone: chefs, landscapers, IT professionals,
photographers. This diversity is one of the program's strengths. Students learn from each other and make connections that
will benefit them for years to come.
» Community Involvement
The CFE has been featured on ClearChannel Radio's "Spokane Forum" program as well as an
August 14, 2008 Journal of Business article.
» Access the MP3 audio
