Dream, Create, Grow!
Is entrepreneurship and small business ownership a part of your future? You can gain valuable business knowledge, skill development and training to help you succeed from LCCC’s entrepreneurship program.
Small businesses are started by entrepreneurs, who are vital members of the U.S. economy! Entrepreneurs fill niche markets, innovate, increase competition and seek opportunities to succeed according to their own terms.
Associate of Applied Science
The entrepreneurship degree is designed to prepare students for creating and managing a small business. This occupational program combines academic study with work-related experience and leads to the Associate of Applied Science degree in Entrepreneurship. Courses taken for a satisfactory/unsatisfactory (S/U) grade shall not be applied toward degree requirements.
Certificate
The Entrepreneurship Certificate program is designed as a focused study in small business creation and management for the student or existing business owner.
Future Plans
Plans are under way to provide new and innovative ways to nurture and support entrepreneurship through development of LCCC’s Training & Innovation Center.
- Business incubator space for students and other new start-up enterprises
- Access to shared business support equipment and connectivity
- Access to business support agencies including the Small Business Development Center and the Procurement Technical Assistance Center
- Exposure to visiting entrepreneurs and guest speakers
- Business mentoring and exploration of skills
- Leadership training and peer support
- Young entrepreneur workshops
- Classes and workshops for all life cycles of business
- Guidance in building business networks
- Community partnerships