The Entrepreneur Center @NVTC Announces New Education Program to Help Entrepreneurs
FastTrac(R) TechVenture(TM) Program to Tap into and Nurture Northern Virginia’s Start-up and Entrepreneurial Spirit
HERNDON, Va., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Entrepreneur Center @NVTC, a resource for technology-focused start-ups and entrepreneurs, announced the launch of FastTrac(R) TechVenture(TM), a program designed to assist individuals that want to strike out on their own and start their own business. Starting in September, Northern Virginia technology entrepreneurs will now have a comprehensive program where they can hone the skills they need to create, manage and grow a successful business.
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The FastTrac TechVenture program connects entrepreneurs to the best resources available to help them pursue and realize their dreams. This 10-week learning program provides participants with business insights, strategic guidance, professional networking opportunities and other resources to help start a new business or expand on an existing enterprise. A typical FastTrac session includes facilitated discussions and activities, small peer groups, a guest speaker and coaching sessions.
Created by Kansas City-based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the largest organization in the nation solely focused on entrepreneurial success at all levels, FastTrac has had nearly 300,000 entrepreneurs over the last 16 years participate in this certified program. The Entrepreneur Center @NVTC received its FastTrac certification in April 2009.
“Despite passion, drive and an abundance of good ideas, half of all new businesses fail within the first few years. Often that’s because, entrepreneurs lack the experience and tools required for starting and running a business,” said Kristin D’Amore, Director, The Entrepreneur Center @NVTC. “The FastTrac TechVenture program will give our technology community another tool to realize their dreams of starting and running a successful business. Northern Virginia has a strong reputation of innovation and leadership in the technology industry, and this program will continue with that tradition.”
Applications are now being accepted for the September program through August 14. Those interested in submitting an application as well as learning more about the FastTrac program can visit www.nvtc.org/tec/fasttrac.php
About The Entrepreneur Center @NVTC
Created by the Northern Virginia Technology Council five years ago, the Entrepreneur Center @NVTC is a resource hub for technology-focused start-ups and entrepreneurs at every stage of their lifecycle. The Entrepreneur Center fosters entrepreneurship in students, mentors the first-time entrepreneur, advises and supports the experienced entrepreneur and facilitates strategic business relationships in the technology community.
About The Northern Virginia Technology Council
The Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) is the membership and trade association for the technology community in Northern Virginia and is the largest technology council in the nation. NVTC has more than 1,000 member companies representing approximately 200,000 employees. Its membership includes companies from all sectors of the technology industry and the service providers that support these companies, as well as universities, foreign embassies, non-profit organizations and governmental agencies. NVTC is recognized as the nation’s leader in providing its technology community with networking and educational events, specialized services and benefits, public policy advocacy, branding of its region as a major global technology center, initiatives in targeted business sectors and in the international, entrepreneurship, workforce and education arenas, the Equal Footing Foundation that focuses on venture philanthropy and public/private partnerships, and The Entrepreneur Center @NVTC to mentor new technology entrepreneurs. Visit NVTC at www.nvtc.org
SOURCE Northern Virginia Technology Council