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We live in an ever-changing world, and our work as leaders involves creating both a shared vision to help our employees move forward and an environment of reassurance and stability in times of turbulence. Whether change comes in response to a crisis or as part of an opportunity to grow or evolve,...

Ready to Diagnose and Strengthen Your Business Financials? This hands-on course introduces the FinanceEDGE Tool-a structured, four-step framework designed to help small business owners analyze financial health, identify root causes of financial stress, and implement actionable solutions. Whether ...

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The Food Finance Institute's quarterly webinar series aims to provide consultants and technical as...

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Instructor: FFI Farm Program Manager Andy Larson

• Choose your best financing options
• Improve your loan or grant application
• Negotiat...

Join us for a FREE informational session that gives details about what is covered in the Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP). Get the details about the grant and how to apply for it. This session can help you decide if you want to take ETP. The next ETP workshop will begin January 2026.
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The Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP) provides the tools you need for business idea testing and business model improvement. Through instruction, guest speakers and coaching, the course serves those who are considering starting a business, owners of existing businesses seeking to get a handle...

This 10 week program covers basic business building blocks in order to create a strong foundation for pre-venture, start-up, and existing businesses via the Lean Startup Framework. We will determine and prove value propositions, explore target markets and segments, consider operational processes,...

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Instructor: FFI Innovative Finance Expert Tera Johnson

Raising Equity is designed to help food and farm businesses successfully raise money, both debt and equity. Ins...

These ETP classes will meet IN-PERSON, one night a week for 8 weeks This learning opportunity is being sponsored by the Door County Economic Development Corporation and will be held in-person at the DCEDC, 185 Walnut St, Sturgeon Bay, WI.

5:30pm - 8:30pm, Thursday...

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Join Food Finance Institute Innovative Finance Expert and FFI founder, Tera Johnson, for our Level 1 and Level 2 Consultant Training.

Take your food and f...

Online via Teams

This Virtual Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP) will be offered and facilitated by the Small Business Development Center-UWGB. This course will meet VIRTUALLY one evening a week for 8 weeks, 5:30pm to 8:30pm, Thursdays - Class Dat...

This ETP offering will be held in-person at Progress Lakeshore, Manitowoc, from 5:30pm - 8:30pm, Thursdays - March 26, April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, May (7-NO Class), 14, 21, 2026. Successful business owners have a plan - let us help you build yours!

Whether your business is gr...