MaineStream Finance to offer Incubator Without Walls business development course

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Thinking of starting or expanding a business? The Incubator Without Walls (IWW) program helps individuals start and expand businesses with five or fewer employees. The course stresses that good management, effective marketing and financial controls lead to increased profits, and that business planning leads to business growth, profits and personal satisfaction.

    IWW business plan basics (12  three-hour classes). The IWW program helps individuals start and expand businesses with five or fewer employees through a number of course offerings. During the courses the following topics are discussed: business concept, legal structures of business, business plan, marketing, credit, record keeping, financials and cash flow as well as many other topics.

    The course will be offered on Tuesday, Feb. 26 at the Penquis office, 50 North Street in Dover-Foxcroft, at 6 p.m. and at the Bangor Penquis office, 262 Harlow Street, at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 27.

    To register go to www.MaineStreamFinance.org and click on workshop button located in the upper left corner or for more information contact Microenterprise Consultant James Macomber at Facebook at IWW – Incubator Without Walls of Eastern Maine or www.MaineStreamFinance.org. Registration can also be done via e-mail at jmacomber@penquis.org, calling 1-800-215-4942 ext. 2476 or at Macomber’s office at 50 North Street in Dover-Foxcroft.