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The Business Plan


Adult / Professional Development -
2025-2026 CE School Year

Whether you’re starting a new venture or expanding an existing business, a solid business plan is your roadmap to success—and can help secure essential funding. In this hands-on course, you’ll build your business plan step by step, exploring every critical aspect of your enterprise. You’ll learn to identify potential hurdles, uncover hidden risks, and analyze your business from marketing, management, and financial perspectives. By focusing on the most important components, you’ll leave the course with a comprehensive, actionable plan that guides your next steps and strengthens your chances for success.

This course is included in the Entrepreneurship Certificate course.

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Instructor

Mary Beth Izard


Mary Beth Izard is an entrepreneur, author, consultant and professor emeritus of entrepreneurship and has over 25 years working with entrepreneurs to start businesses. She specializes in entrepreneurship curriculum and has been a scholar-in-residence and consultant to the Kauffman Foundation; the largest foundation in the U.S., if not the world, devoted to entrepreneurship. She was on the curriculum development team for Kauffman’s college course, Planning the Entrepreneurial Venture, and its nationally recognized FastTrac® programs. She is the author of BoomerPreneurs: How Baby Boomers Can Start Their Own Business, Make Money and Enjoy Life, and the college textbook, Opportunity Analysis, Business Ideas: Identification and Evaluation. She has a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Missouri in Kansas City.

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  Mary Beth Izard


Online
Sun-Sat, May 4 - May 29
12:01 AM - 11:59 PM

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Min Age   18 yr.

Price: $ 195 00
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  Mary Beth Izard


Online
Sun-Sat, Mar 3 - Mar 27
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Min Age   18 yr.

Price: $ 195 00