{"id":36,"date":"2024-09-18T18:25:35","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T18:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanjac.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2024-volume-5-issue-3\/center-for-entrepreneurship-provides-resources-for-small-business-success\/"},"modified":"2024-10-08T19:17:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T19:17:30","slug":"center-for-entrepreneurship-provides-resources-for-small-business-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanjac.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2024-volume-5-issue-3\/center-for-entrepreneurship-provides-resources-for-small-business-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Center for Entrepreneurship provides resources for small business success"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Center for Entrepreneurship at San Jacinto College\u2019s Generation Park Campus offers budding entrepreneurs the resources and guidance they need to launch and grow their small businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Center for Entrepreneurship is designed to act as a catalyst to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs in gaining access to knowledge necessary for developing, strengthening, and growing their business interests,\u201d said Patricia Wells, project director. \u201cOur goal is to establish San Jacinto College as a leading partner and provider of entrepreneurship training and development within the Greater Houston metropolitan area.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

An opportunity for all<\/span><\/h3>\n
\"Patricia

Patricia Wells<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

The Center for Entrepreneurship is open to everyone.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are here to support our students, the community, and local businesses at any stage of development, as well as our local workforce,\u201d Wells said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The center offers a variety of free certificate courses to assist entrepreneurs and small business owners. This opportunity is made possible through the Texas Reskill and Upskill through Education grant, which provides scholarship funds to support education and training programs that are shorter than six months in high-demand fields.<\/span><\/p>\n

These scholarship funds are available to anyone seeking to develop, maintain, and grow their businesses. The TRUE grant funds will be available until December 2024. After that, the courses will still be offered as self-pay.<\/span><\/p>\n

What does training entail? <\/span><\/h3>\n

Currently, the available TRUE grant funds support the following short-term training and upskill opportunities with some certificate training included. Course length varies based on subject and content, mostly ranging from six to eight weeks with attendance two days per week:<\/span><\/p>\n