 |
| LBTC
Mobile Classroom |
January 24, 2007
[LSU NEWS]
The Louisiana Business & Technology Center
of the E. J. Ourso College of Business has developed
a program called “The Business Incubator
on Wheels” which conducts training programs
and workshops on entrepreneurship in rural communities
of Louisiana. In addition, the mobile classroom
will be deployed to areas of Louisiana impacted
by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to provide disaster
business counseling and management assistance
to business impacted by the hurricanes.
The LBTC has listed 30 communities that it will
be visiting in 2007. These include:
| Arcadia |
Minden |
St. Francisville |
New Roads |
Eunice |
| Baldwin |
Sulphur |
Oakdale |
Crowley |
Abbeville |
| Cameron |
Jennings |
Welsh |
DeRidder |
Alexandria |
| Monroe |
Bastrop |
Lake Providence |
Rayville |
Chalmette |
| Bogalusa |
St. Tammany |
Plaquemines Parish |
Orleans |
Gonzales |
| Morgan City |
New Orleans |
Gretna |
Kenner |
Norco |
Programs will include seminars and workshops
on
• How to start a business?
• How to get funding for your business?
• How to develop an e-commerce business?
• How to write a business plan?
• How to market your business? and
• Many more
The program is sponsored by the US Department
of Agriculture – Rural Development, the
Louisiana Municipal Association, Louisiana Economic
Development, the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority,
the LSU Ag Center and the E.J. Ourso College of
Business. Capital One Bank has provided funding
for a satellite that will allow the unit to be
connected to the web and offer distance learning
programs to rural Louisiana.
Charles D’Agostino, executive director
of the LBTC, stated, “This program allows
LSU to take its programs to the underserved areas
of Louisiana and the underserved people in Louisiana,
giving them access to resources and training that
will allow them to start and operate their businesses
and to get the resources and assistance that will
help them recover from the devastation caused
by the 2005 hurricanes.” The program was
established in January 2006.
For more information:
Charles D’Agostino
www.bus.lsu.edu/lbtc
225-578-7555
Wendy Osborn Luedtke
LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business
225/578-8865
