Adult & Children Enterprises, Inc.            

      The Entrer Dans Small Business Incubator Project was designed by Adult & Children Enterprises, Inc. Executive Director Jewel Morgan, a certified entrepreneurship teacher, to address unmet entrepreneurship educational services and technology training needs.

     There are other virtual business programs like the Pacesetters for example that offer services to small business owners who have been in business for two years or more; however, there was no comprehensive programming, in the Wake county area that included:

• course work
• a guided incubator environment
• technology training
• soft-skills integration
• technical assistance 

 for start-ups and individuals who had been in business  for less than two years.

     The course work is delivered in user-friendly,  multimodial learning modules, is appropriate for adult learners, and covers a range of topics relating to small business ownership such as financial statements, human resource development, marketing, and the art of customer service.  The education received is applicable to all types of businesses.

     Students are required to submit a Pre-business assessment at the beginning of the course.   Following six months of face-to-face classroom instruction and interactive workshops students have a chance to practice the skills they have acquired in an guided incubator environment.  It is expected that students will meet all learning objectives of the course and graduate with a completed business plan.  The final phase of training involves one year of technical assistance. 

     The cost for the entire course is $500.00.  Payment arrangement are available on a case-by-case basis.  There is a nonrefundable registration fee due at the time the application is submitted. 

     You may pay on line using Paypal, credit or debt card.  Applications may be mailed in or brought into the office located at 900 South Wilmington Street, Ste 114.  Classes are held at the Raleigh Business & Technology Center.   To pay online 

     The Entrer Dans Project  and Students in Technology and Entreprepreneurial Programming (S.T.E.P.)  Youth Small Business Incubatory model, also designed by Ms. Morgan to serve adolescent youth 11-19  provide strategies for asset-based community development .  Together the two models have the potential to help youth and adults create economic opportunity for themselves through education and training.  Entrepreneurship education is particularly appealing in difficult economic times when families are being impacted by lay-offs and job closings.

     Classes are held one night per week, either Monday or Wednesday evening from 6:00pm until 9:00pm.  We are located across from Shaw University in the Raleigh Business & Technology Center on the corner of Martin Luther King Blvd. and South Wilmington Street, in Raleigh, NC. 

     Catch the entrepreneurial spirit.  Give us a call 919.334.7228 or email us jlmorgan@ace-nc.org. to access an application click on the link at the  top right.

More Information

We are currently accepting applications for the June 3, 2009 class.  To access an application form online click here If you would like to schedule an appointment  please click on the "contact us" link below:

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