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Venturing Forth is a 60-hour course in business planning covering these topics in depth: your customer, competition, marketing, record keeping, taxes, financing, legal aspects, and more.
This one-hour workshop will help you decide if self-employment is the right choice for you. Our professional staff cover the pros and cons of owning your own business, the steps needed for start-up, the major elements of a business plan, and the many resources available...
Do you need a new or updated website for your business? This class provides business owners with tools to create a professional website that reflects your brand and meets your business’s needs. This class covers topic areas such as Search Engine Optimization (SEO), so...
This one-hour workshop with our professional staff introduces you to marketing strategies for your small business—developing a mission statement and customer profiles, conducting market research, branding, and selling. We’ll give you a framework so that you can crea...
This three-session class with our professional staff covers the basics of writing a business plan, marketing, recordkeeping, and cash planning. The class is for those thinking about or in the early start-up phase of a new business.
This one-hour workshop will help you understand the basics of keeping accurate financial records. Our professional staff will present several choices so you can choose the system that works best for your business.
I am not sure I would have mentally gotten through writing a business plan without NVME. With their help, I stayed on track, stayed motivated and believed in myself.
Participants in our programs accomplish all kinds of personal, work, and financial success, big and small. Here are recent stories of people from all across Maine who are reaching their goals.
The hardest years of my life were 2020 to 2023. A series of tragic events, including a near-fatal crash and the loss of many loved ones, led to some terrible decisions. In 2022 I found myself facing a judge in a courtroom and being sentenced to jail time, years of...
I am a Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT) based in Harrington, Maine. In 2015 for my initial training, I attended ASIS Massage Education in Prescott, Arizona, where I completed 750 hours of massage therapy education. I further pursued a 350-hour teacher-training program...
When I retired in the spring of 2024, I wanted to rebuild my equestrian training and horse boarding business in a new location. I took a number of classes offered by New Ventures Maine, including Business Basics, where I developed my mission statement, identified my...
