Friday, March 7, 2008

The elements of success

By Ray Weikal

Thursday, March 6, 2008 1:19 AM CST

Metropolitan Community College-Maple Woods students recently got to sample some of the ingredients needed to go far with a small business.

A half-dozen local entrepreneurship experts led a panel discussion titled “Six Slices of a Successful Business” on Feb. 26 at the Student Center on the Northland campus. Touching on topics such as legal, bookkeeping, financing, marketing and human resources, the presentation was designed to cover most of the basics for a packed room composed mostly of students in the school’s business program.

The event was held in conjunction with National Entrepreneurship Week, Feb. 23 to March 1, according to business faculty member Jim Moes.

“Our desire is to foster and promote entrepreneurship across this campus and across the nation,” said Moes, who also owns a travel company.

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