Business Development Assistance

Starting and Growing Your Business

The business alliance of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce and Central Community College-Columbus Campus is committed to helping you build profitable businesses. We have many programs set up to provide the assistance you need. Following are key sources and contact information:

• Assistance in learning about entrepreneurship and business courses offered at Central Community College, contact Doris Lux at 402-564-2769 or by email at dlux@cccneb.edu
  
• Assistance in learning more about industrial buildings and sites zoned for manufacturing and related uses, contact Dave Bell at 402 -564-3171, ext. 257 or by email at dbell@loup.com
  
• For all other assistance please contact the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce at 402-564-2769 or contact Sandie Fisher at 402-564-2769 or by email at sandief@megavision.com

Entrepreneurship Programs at Central Community College – Columbus Campus

The rewards of being your own boss are great, but so are the challenges. If you want to own your own business, Central Community College offers entrepreneurship and other business courses to assist you in business development and skills needed to get started. You can learn about opportunity analysis, marketing, finance, taxes, legal issues, and even develop a business plan. The college also provides Incubator support systems.

An 18-semester-hour entrepreneurship certificate is included in the CCC business administration. You can complete the certificate as an area of specialization within the business administration program or as a stand-alone certificate to develop entrepreneurial skills and develop a business plan. 

Columbus Campus Contact: Doris Lux,  402-562-1242, or dlux@ccneb.edu

Courses in the 18-semester-hour certificate are:

• ENTR 105.0 Introduction to Entrepreneurship
• ENTR  106.0 Entrepreneurship Opportunity Analysis
• ENTR  205.0 Marketing for the Entrepreneur
• ENTR 206.0 Entrepreneurship Legal Issues
• ENTR 207.0 Entrepreneurship Taxes & Financial
• ENTR  209.0 Entrepreneurship Business Plan

Other courses to further your business education and skills and for specific needs are as follows:

• BSAD 1050 Introduction to Business
• BSAD 1200 Introduction to Business
• BSAD 1400 Principles of Marketing
• BSAD 1410 Sales Techniques
• BSAD 1420 Retailing
• BSAD 1510 Principles of Management
• BSAD 1630 QuickBooks Accounting
• BSAD 1900 Ethics and Stress
• BSAD 1910 Staffing and Employee Development
• BSAD 1920 Leading and Motivating
• BSAD 1940 General Business Knowledge
• BSAD 2400 Consumer Behavior
• BSAD 2410 Advertising
• BSAD 2520 Principles of Marketing
• BSAD 2530 Entrepreneurship
• BSAD 2540 Principles of Management
• BSAD 2580 Consumer Behavior

SCORE

The Columbus Chapter of Senior Core of Retired Executives (SCORE) offers free counseling to persons considereing a business start-up or looking to grow their business. Our members come from various retail, service and industrial companies. Many have worked as managers and owners in sales, engineering, accounting, apparel, construction, trucking, restaurants, and many other varied businesses. You may contact Elda Reinhardt or Prent Roth at:

Columbus Score - Chapter 0162 3014 39th St Columbus, NE 68601 Phone: 402-564-2769 Email: dlux@cccneb.edu www.score.org