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McGuire Center Launches New Online Entrepreneurship Courses
October 2010
By Liz Warren-Pederson
Now would-be entrepreneurs from around the country have access to the expertise of the top-ranked McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship through a series of three online certificate courses.
Designed for those seeking to commercialize an innovation, start a small business, or grow a current venture, these distance-learning courses offer working professionals flexible and convenient options for advancing their venture concepts in an online classroom environment, augmented by regular interaction with McGuire Center entrepreneurship mentors.
The online courses are open to the public through the non-credit arm of the University of Arizona Outreach College, and began August 15. Future iterations of the courses will be available for University credit.
The courses were designed to dovetail with the University of Arizona’s land grant mission, and are funded in part by a U.S. Department of Labor WIRED (Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development) grant. “The WIRED grant created a wonderful opportunity to make high-quality entrepreneurship education available across our region,” said Sherry Hoskinson, director of the McGuire Center. “If we can help Southern Arizona entrepreneurs and would-be entrepreneurs develop profitable and scalable businesses, the whole community benefits.”
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