Durham – The New Hampshire Small Business Development Center (NH SBDC), an outreach
program of the UNH Whittemore School of Business and Economics, launched Friday at the
Executive Council Chambers at the NH State House in Concord its new, online program for NH
business owners: e-Learning for Entrepreneurs, OnLine, AnyTime, found at
www.nhsbdc.org.

Thanks to underwriting by premiere sponsors Citizens Bank Foundation, NH Department of
Environmental Services and Public Service of New Hampshire, as well as Daniel Webster
College and TD Banknorth, e-Learning for Entrepreneurs’ twenty-one 3-hour courses in
business management, finance and marketing are offered at no cost and are available 24/7. New
and experienced business owners may take a course in one sitting, or over time, depending on
their schedules. During six months of beta testing, over 500 courses were taken by entrepreneurs
in 125 rural and urban NH communities. Course titles include: Crafting Your Business Plan,
Accounting 101, Creating Buzz: Small Business Marketing, and Finding and Attracting
Investors.

“NH SBDC is continually looking for ways to help New Hampshire businesses be sustainable,”
remarks Mary Collins, NH SBDC State Director. “e-Learning for Entrepreneurs utilizes
today’s technology to provide knowledge, tools, and resources for the state’s business owners. In
this uncertain economy it is even more important that businesses statewide have access 24/7 to
management tools that will help strengthen their firms. ”
“We more than doubled our outreach to NH business owners during our e-Learning for
Entrepreneurs beta test,” states Heidi Edwards Dunn, NH SBDC’s Educational Program
Coordinator. “We believe that www.nhsbdc.org’s e-Learning for Entrepreneurs will be an
invaluable resource for NH entrepreneurs, and I encourage them to watch for future additions to
the program.”

The NH Small Business Development Center provides confidential business management
consulting and educational programs to New Hampshire’s small businesses. The NH SBDC is
the only NH agency that has full-time certified business advisors providing one-on-one, longterm,
management consulting to small businesses. NH SBDC is a cooperative venture with the
U.S. Small Business Administration, the State of New Hampshire (DRED), the University
System of New Hampshire, and the private sector. For more info on NH SBDC, visit
www.nhsbdc.org.