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Founded in 1966 in Harlem, Workshop in Business Opportunities (WIBO) is a private non-profit organization that supports men and women with the drive to become successful entrepreneurs. WIBO’s mission is to enable small business owners and budding entrepreneurs from under-served communities to obtain financial success by starting, operating, and building successful businesses that develop economic power, provide jobs, and improve communities. WIBO offers a myriad of services including its flagship 16-week workshop, How to Build a Growing Profitable Business. Other services include personalized business coaching, legal and accounting clinics, monthly seminars, networking events, and other support services. Supporters include the Edwin Gould Foundation for Children, Price Foundation, Bank of New York Mellon, Citigroup Foundation, and New York Community Trust.

Registration for “How to Build a Growing Profitable Business,” a free 16-week intensive educational course that teaches candidates the skills needed to run a business. The workshop is sponsored by the Workshop in Business Opportunities (WIBO), a private non-profit organization founded in 1966 in Harlem.

Classes are staffed with an all-volunteer faculty, consisting of business owners and senior executives from New York-based companies. The workshop is comparable to a short-course MBA curriculum. Students learn essential entrepreneurial skills to develop individualized business plans to be implemented upon graduation. Alumni are entitled to additional services including business coaches from an extended family of more than 600 businesspeople in the New York area.

The workshop is free. The base price is $199 for the workbook and materials. WIBO offers a $50 discount to entrepreneurs with household incomes under $50,000 and $100 discount to those with household incomes under $30,000.

Anyone with a desire to begin or grow his or her own business is eligible to enroll for WIBO’s Fall classes. There are no education requirements.

Registration for the Fall Semester is currently open. Applicants are encouraged to register immediately, as space is limited. Workshops meet for 3 hours once a week for sixteen weeks. Start date, location and times are as follows:

Location Start Date Time:

Long Island City 9/08/2008 Mondays 6:00-9:00
Harlem 9/09/2008 Tuesdays 6:30-9:30
W. Heights 9/10/2008 Wednesdays 6:30-9:30
Lower East Side 9/11/2008 Thursdays 6:30-9:30
St. Albans 9/16/2008 Tuesdays 7-9
D. Brooklyn 9/17/2008 Wednesdays 6:30-9:30
C. Brooklyn 9/18/2008 Thursdays 6:30-9:30
South Bronx 9/22/2008 Mondays 6:30-9:30
Yonkers 9/23/2008 Tuesdays 6:30-9:30

How:
To enroll, call (212) 684-0854 or visit www.wibo.org to download an enrollment form.