So, You Want to Be An Entrepreneur?

Robert Foster Posted: October 10, 2019

By Robert L. Foster

Perhaps an idea for a better Widget came to you in a flash of insight?   Or it could be that you are tired of emailing unanswered Resumes.  Or you may have grown weary of your eight-to-five grind — where you help make someone else wealthy, while you only draw a modest paycheck. 

Whatever the reason, this series of no-cost Entrepreneurial standalone Workshops may be just the shot in the arm to launch you on a new career, or to help you grow your existing company.  

Examples of Workshop Titles:  “So You Want to Be an Entrepreneur?”,   “Getting Blood From A Turnip – How to Raise Capital!”  “Guerilla Marketing – How to Make Money – Not Spend It.”  “Bootstrapping to Success,”  “How to Protect Your Intellectual Property:  Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights”,  “How to Remember Names and Faces: Developing a Dynamic Memory”  among others.  Veterans should bring or email a copy of their DD-214 with their SSN blacked out.

The University of West Florida’s Military and Veterans Resource Center (UWF-MVRC), in Partnership with www.VeteransFlorida.org is offering a series of standalone entrepreneurial Workshops beginning mid-October 2019 and running through May of 2020 once per week in Milton, Crestview, Pensacola, Fort Walton Beach and in other Panhandle communities.  USAR Veteran and Serial Entrepreneur, Bob Foster will be your Class Leader. 

 Foster went on to say that past Panhandle Startups run the gamut from Beach Tables, to Gamification of Education, to Diversity, to Inner-City Farming, to Oven Hood Cleaning, to Risk Analytics, to Dog Parks, to Firearms Training, to Tactical Clothing — to name a few …”

For dates, times, locations and additional information please contact me via 512-550-2799 or [email protected]

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