WIBO Planning Business ‘Bootcamp’

Bridgeport — The Workshop in Business Opportunities (WIBO) is now accepting application requests for the Spring 2006 semester of its entrepreneurial training course. WIBO and its team of successful business owners and senior executives will conduct a tuition-free, 16-week workshop, “How to Run a Growing, Profitable Business,” at FSW, Inc, 475 Clinton Avenue.

Classes will begin on February 21, and will meet Tuesday evenings from 6:30 to 9:30 pm through June 6.

WIBO, also known as “the boot camp for entrepreneurs,” started its first class in Harlem, N.Y., in 1966, and today conducts workshops throughout New York City, in Bridgeport and in several foreign countries. Thousands of WIBO graduates now run flourishing businesses ranging from single-person operations to multimillion-dollar corporations.

Through FSW, Inc, the program was introduced to Bridgeport in the fall of 1999.

WIBO offers comprehensive classes that cover the essential aspects of starting and running a successful business, including, market research, customer development, sales, advertising, break-even analysis, purchasing, personnel, financing, recordkeeping, business law, business plan development, and more.

At the end of the 16-week semester, students receive a WIBO certificate of completion, and more importantly, will have developed a detailed operational plan for their business. WIBO graduates are entitled to free lifetime consulting services from an extended faculty of more than 700 business owners.

The course is tuition free, though students are charged a modest fee for the course workbook.

To schedule an admissions interview with WIBO director Kevin D. Ginyard, Sr, or for further information, call 203-368-5547.