City of Columbia to host sessions on entrepreneurship, business growth

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The City of Columbia’s Office of Business Opportunities is accepting applications for the 2024 NxLevel Microentrepreneur and 2024 FastTrac Growth Venture courses from January to March.

The NxLevel Microentrepreneur program is for business owners to learn more about “self-sufficiency through self-employment,” according to a news release. In-person classes will be held at two locations from Jan. 25 through March 7, March 21 and March 28, at 6 p.m. at Busby Street Community Center, 1735 Busby St., and on March 14, at 6 p.m. at Earlewood Park Community Center, 1113 Recreation Drive.

The FastTrac Growth Venture program in partnership with Midlands Technical College is a course designed to help businesses reach their true potential through proven frameworks and processes to facilitate sustainable growth and efficient operations. In person classes will held from Jan. 23 through March 26, 2024 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Midlands Technical College Northeast Campus.

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