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Wednesday, September 17, 2025

People in the News

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

New Entrepreneurial Certificate Series available at Collin College

collincollegesCollin College Continuing Education will introduce a new Entrepreneurial Certificate Series on Sept. 1 for entrepreneurs or those formulating a business plan. Continuing Education has partnered with the Collin Small Business Development Center to offer five free hours of specialized business consulting, including free in depth market research reports with successful completion of the certificate series.

The six course certificate series consists of four core courses plus any two of the elective courses.
Core courses:
How to Start and Operate a Small Business
How to Develop a Business Plan
Accounting & Record Keeping in a Small Business
How to Promote and Market Your Business
Elective courses:
Total Quality Management
Marketing and Business Management
Branding and Logo Development
Search Engine Marketing Optimization
Quickbooks – Beginner
Basic Bookkeeping

The series starts Sept. 1 with How to Start and Operate a Small Business. This course meets Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 1-10, 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the Courtyard Center, 4800 Preston Park Blvd., Plano, TX 75093.