NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — StartUp Hutch is going to bring a special class on business growth to the Salt City in 2023.
We are going to bring this program called Growing Rural Business to Reno County in the Spring," said Jackson Swearer with StartUp Hutch. "It's really designed for existing business owners who are looking to expand or grow their business, or even just take some time out to, instead of working in their business, work on their business, with a cohort of other people."
The certificate program provides practical, applied information and examples necessary for today’s rural communities. The Growing Rural Businesses Model is an eight-week certificate program customized for rural businesses.
"It's once a week on Thursday evenings," said Nancy Kersenbrock with the Center for Entrepreneurship at Wichita State University. "Once a week, on Thursday evenings, we're going to cover different topics and how they relate to you. For instance, on one of them that's really focusing on your marketing, but using Google to market your business. The trainer will actually look at everybody's websites prior to the training and be able to give specific insight and be able to look at, here's what you are doing right, but here are some things that can enhance this to drive more business to you."
The cost of the eight-week course is $300. One of the nights will have legal advice for your business, and the retainer for such a lawyer would likely cost more than that, so it's definitely a good use of time for the class, though size will be limited.
"We're going to cap registrations for this training at 25 people," Swearer said. "We don't want it to get too big. We want people to be willing to share and have an opportunity to do so. We are only going to run the class if we can get at least 12 people to sign up."
To find out details, give Swearer a call at StartUp Hutch at (620) 665-3319.