Spokane Community College

Integrated Business & Entrepreneurship

Program
  Hotel/restaurant/resort manager
 Customer service
 Team facilitator
 National non-profit contacts

Business Diviion Presentation

 Business correspondence
 Business presentations
 Legal business issues
 Spokane legal contacts

Business Division
Presentation 4/10/2008
 Small business owner
 Small business planning
 SBA/SCORE contacts
 Loan office contact

Business Division
Presentation 4/10/2008
 MBA
◦ finance and strategy
 Management consultant
 Financial analyst
 Research in:

◦ organizational behavior
◦ communication
◦ culture

Business Division
Presentation 4/10/2008
 Chief Financial Officer
 Controller
 Director of Auditing
 Certified Public Accountant
 Certified Internal Auditor

Business Division
Presentation 4/10/2008
 History of the program

 Overview of the program

◦ 30 credit certificate program
◦ September – June, 1 year commitment

 Integrated curriculum

 Success stories
 Integrated curriculum
 Concept to launch
 Community based business ideas
 Students
 Community support
 Business & Management department need
for branding
 University of Idaho field trip
 Funding & institutional support
 Curriculum development & facility

construction
 Business plan as
program anchor Operations Human Resources

 No silos approach to
content Management

Financials

Basics
 Continuous review Concept
incorporating faculty
and guest input and
student research Strategy Marketing
Weekly Schedule Examples
Week 9 Monday:  Start-up costs
Nov. 17-20 Tuesday: Business financing sources
Wednesday: Group work – exchange business plans
Thursday: Feedback on exchanged plans

Week 1  Monday: Excel

Jan. 5-8 Tuesday: Potential field trip  
  Wednesday: Excel; Human Resource Mgmt.
Thursday:  Review syllabus; follow-up on holiday break
assignments   Turn
assignments in competitor reports
 
 Self Directed Teams

 Unbounded Support System:

 Administrative Support
Community Support
 Foundation Support
Community Integration
 Guest speakers, panelists and judges:
Over 30 community and business leaders – attorneys,
lenders, consultants, etc. participated in our inaugural
year and the list is expanding.

 Special events
◦ Open House
◦ Meet the Lenders
◦ Entrepreneur Exposition

 Integration with other small business support

organizations in the community – SBA, SCORE,
SNETA, AHANA, SNAP, SBDC, SIRTI etc.
 GU Partnership

 Business Start-ups:
◦ Tune Time Entertainment
◦ JB Records
◦ Perpetual Moments Photography
◦ Spotless in Spokane
◦ Elemental Research Inc.
◦ AmeREsel
◦ Blazing Printz
 Contact Information:
http://cfe.scc.spokane.edu/?cfe

Ginny Powers,
Powers Department Chair
Tel. (509) 533-7365 Vpowers@scc.spokane.edu
Greg Richards,
Richards Project Director
Tel. (509) 533-8099
Grichards@scc.spokane.edu
Diana Osborne Tel. (509) 533-7385 Dosborne@scc.spokane.edu
Bill Powers Tel. (509) 533-7809 Bpowers@scc.spokane.edu
Barb Rielly Tel. (509) 533-7398 BRielly@scc.spokane.edu
Rick Street Tel. (509) 533-7353 RStreet@scc.spokane.edu
Duane Sunwold Tel. (509) 533-7337 DSunwold@scc.spokane.edu