WIRING THE BORDER

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Free Training Assistance for Small and Medium Sized Businesses

One of our partners in the Wiring the Border Program is Phil Holland, author of two books on entrepreneurship: The Entrepreneur's Guide (G. P. Putnam's Sons) and How To Start A Business Without Quitting Your Job (Ten Speed Press) and CEO. "My Own Business" Inc. who provide free training to help people start and operate successful businesses. The training stresses how to avoid commonly made but avoidable mistakes and is intended to help start-ups as well as established businesses.

My Own Business is an online, eleven-session course providing the basic do's and don'ts for entrepreneurs. The course is intended for both start-up and already operating entrepreneurs. With audio Sound Bytes, quizzes, feed back and a tool to create your own business plan, the site is fully interactive.

Developed from the "real world" experience of experts in the field, the course has been continually refined and expanded since 1993 and is presented by My Own Business, Inc., a 501c(3) nonprofit organization. You'll find business procedures and practical examples, easily presented for users with different levels of expertise, interests and time availability. Click on the "My Own Business" banner above or below to reach their free on-line training course.