Business Education
Getting You Started Successfully
1. Educating business owners on best practices.
Many new business owners don't have the experience they need to effectively start and grow a business. Our professional team provides education on practical strategies for running a successful business from day one.
2. Training business owners on planning and managing.
From business ideas to business plans, our business trainers help you organize your ideas into a manageable business plan. We help you assess your current resources and what you need to grow your business.
3. Preparing a business to receive financing.
Borrowing money is an important part of starting a business. We help you prepare your financial projections and present your business plan to lenders in the proper format.
New Business Financing
Startup FinancingStartup loans up to $50,000
Many businesses need help purchasing materials, equipment and other necessary start up expenses including office rental when getting started. Our startup loans can quickly make that happen.
Jump Start loans up to $1000
If you are trying to launch your business idea and need basic financial assistance, we can help you finance the purchase of essential items to get you off the ground.
Start Your Business
We work with you to help you create a sustainable business and to become a knowledgeable business owner.
Local Offices:
Bowling Green area and Western Kentucky
Campbellsville and South Central Kentucky
Greater Frankfort area
Henderson, Owensboro and Paducah area
Lexington and Central Kentucky
Greater Louisville area
Using Technology for Your Business Success
The Challenge
The world needs more entrepreneurs. They start and run the small businesses
that are the engine of the global economy. All together, microenterprises employ more people—and create more jobs—than any other type of venture. Microenterprises are also hotbeds of innovation. They are a vital source of groundbreaking ideas, and a catalyst for changes that affect how larger companies and even industries work. But too many
aspiring entrepreneurs lack the business and information technology skills to turn their great ideas and ambition into thriving businesses.
The roadblocks are numerous. Educational systems haven’t yet evolved to meet the demands of the 21st century. Access to basic training and technologies is limited. And economic and cultural forces are stacked against recent graduates, particularly women.
It’s a simple yet powerful equation. By training recent graduates, aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners on essential business and IT skills, we can change millions of lives worldwide.
Technology and business training
HP believes technology is vital to this effort. Through the power of technology, microenterprises can broaden their services, connect with wider audiences, be more efficient and drive growth.
Technology also offers ways to broaden the reach and effectiveness of training beyondthe classroom, dramatically expanding opportunities to deliver business and IT education to more students.
The Program
HP Learning Initiative for Entrepreneurs (HP LIFE) is a global program that trains students, aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners to harness the power of IT to establish and grow their businesses. Check it out here! http://www.life-global.org/
Online and offline training
HP LIFE combines face-to-face training and online tools to address the educational needs of students, regardless of their backgrounds, locations or circumstances. These virtual tools and games allow students to access training virtually anywhere.
All online training, tools and resources are free for students. For more information, call Emmanuel Smith in Lexington at 859-231-0054 or esmith@cvcky.org or Bob Heil in Louisville at 502-566-6076 or rheil@cvcky.org.
