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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 11, 2018 Media Contact: Geraud Staton 919-230-1503 geraud@theheliusfoundation.org LaunchROCKY MOUNT is accepting applications We’re looking for 20 students to improve their businesses in Rocky Mount ROCKY MOUNT, NC – The Helius Foundation, in partnership with the World Food Policy Center at Duke University, LaunchDURHAM, and the Contetoe Family Life Center, are pleased to announce that we are taking applications for the LaunchROCKY MOUNT Program. LaunchROCKY MOUNT is a free ten-week course that will help you to build your business plan, from start to finish. We will teach you how to define your product, identify your core customers, create financial tools, and develop your marketing strategies. By the end of these ten three-hour classes you will have a working business plan and be on your way to opening the doors of your business or reaching even more customers than you were before! To be eligible for the program you must 1) be working toward or on an existing business; 2) work or live primarily in Rocky Mount, Nash County or Edgecombe County; and 3) you must have a household income of less than $60,000. To enroll, go to www.theheliusfoundation.org/launchrocky-mount or email Geraud Staton at Geraud@theheliusfoundation.org. Important Dates: June 29: Applications are Due! July 16: We’ll be announcing the selected participants August 28: Our first class October 30: Graduation and Dinner # # # Creating sustainable self-sustainability for Durham’s necessity-driven entrepreneurs.” Geraud Staton / Executive Director Phone: 919-230-1503 Office: 112b Broadway St., Durham NC 27701 Web: www.theheliusfoundation.org Email: Geraud@theheliusfoundation.org
June 11, 2018 Media Contact: Geraud Staton 919-230-1503 geraud@theheliusfoundation.org
LaunchROCKY MOUNT is accepting applications We’re looking for 20 students to improve their businesses in Rocky Mount
LaunchROCKY MOUNT is a free ten-week course that will help you to build your business plan, from start to finish. We will teach you how to define your product, identify your core customers, create financial tools, and develop your marketing strategies. By the end of these ten three-hour classes you will have a working business plan and be on your way to opening the doors of your business or reaching even more customers than you were before!
To be eligible for the program you must 1) be working toward or on an existing business; 2) work or live primarily in Rocky Mount, Nash County or Edgecombe County; and 3) you must have a household income of less than $60,000.
To enroll, go to www.theheliusfoundation.org/launchrocky-mount or email Geraud Staton at Geraud@theheliusfoundation.org.
Important Dates: June 29: Applications are Due! July 16: We’ll be announcing the selected participants August 28: Our first class October 30: Graduation and Dinner # # #