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Helping You Get Ahead
In its continuing efforts to support small business owners, Lowe’s has partnered with Wilkes Community College to provide continuing education and degree granting programs—all online.

Courses range from Accounting Fundamentals to Speed Spanish, and Wilkes Community College also provides free resources to small business owners such as how to E-File your tax forms.

For more information on these courses and more, visit
http://www.wilkescc.edu/wcccms/LowesForm.aspx?id=1114

Free Online Business Training from the US Small Business Administration

More than three million small businesses open every year. With proper planning and management, starting a small business can be exciting, challenging, and ultimately rewarding. There are many challenges

The United States Small Business Administration offers a full range of free online training courses on small business. Known as the Small Business Training Network, this “virtual campus” is designed to educate entrepreneurs on subjects such as:

• Starting a Business
• Business Planning
• Business Management
• Financing & Accounting
• Marketing & Advertising
• Government Contracting
• Risk Management & Cyber Security
• E-Commerce
• International Trade
• Federal Tax Training
• Small Business Retirement

Each online course offered by the SBA is free, self-paced, and should take roughly 30 minutes to complete.

Online Business Training En Espanol

About the SBA

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 by the federal government. The SBA advises, assist, and protects the interests of small business operating in the United States. The objective of the SBA is to strengthen the US economy by supporting and empowering small businesses – helping them to start, build, and grow.

You can Contact the SBA at:
www.sba.gov
1-800-U-ASK-SBA (1-800-827-5722)
email: answerdesk@sba.gov
Answer Desk TTY: (704) 344-6640