NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — StartUp Hutch is getting ready to start a class for new business owners later this month.
"This is Jump! by Entrepreneur and Business Basics," said Jackson Swearer with StartUp Hutch. "This program comes to us by way of NetWork Kansas. This is one of their, what they call board certified programs. They've basically gone out and looked for different programs for entrepreneurship and found ones that they think are really effective. This is one of those."
Grant dollars are able to make this affordable for new business owners, while still giving them some skin in the game.
"It's a $750 value," Swearer said. "Thanks to some money from StartUp Hutch and then also some grant funds from NetWork Kansas, we're able to provide that to local Reno County entrepreneurs at only $50 a person."
It's a 12-week course to learn all the basics to start a business.
"Our ideal folks to participate in that are people who have an idea that they are thinking about starting, or maybe people who have just gotten started out," Swearer said. "They are in that first year, maybe their first few years of business and they really want to take a step back, get a handle on things and look at how they can move forward."
One blessed business owner will also get some seed money, as well.
"It concludes at the end of the 12 weeks with a pitch contest on Dec. 4," Swearer said. "All of the participants will be invited to give a pitch for their business idea that they are hoping to launch, or that they are hoping to expand. The winner of that pitch contest can win a $2000 grant. Not a lot of funds, but to somebody just starting out, that can really help to get things going."
It's a hybrid training, so you can come to watch it in person or do most of the classes online. Only three of the class dates are required in person.
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