COLTON, Ca. – If your business plan needs shaping-up, bring it to a three-day business plan writing workshop Tuesday through Thursday, Aug. 22-24, offered by the Inland Empire Women’s Business Center, a program of the Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship at Cal State San Bernardino.

“Business Plan Boot Camp: 3-Part Business Plan Writing Series” will guide participants through the business plan development process while maximizing the return on time invested. Each workshop incorporates hands-on activities and examples, emphasizing the required elements of a good plan and how to weave information into a professional, well-written whole.

The workshop is designed for both start-up businesses and for those who are seeking to formalize and refine their business plan. A good business plan serves two purposes: it articulates a vision and details how the business will work and make a profit. Once the business has launched, it becomes a guidebook for managing the business and keeping it on track.

The first meeting will be on Tuesday, Aug. 22, from 6-9 p.m., followed by the second and third sessions on Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 23 and 24. The workshop will be held at the Inland Empire Women’s Business Center’s Colton office, 1003 E. Cooley Dr., Suite 109. Cost is $60 per participant. To register, visit the IEWBC website at www.iewbc.org.

The Inland Empire Women’s Business Center, 3780 Market St. in Riverside, is a program of the Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship at Cal State San Bernardino.  Located in the Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration, IECE, which administers the program in collaboration with the U.S. Small Business Administration, is Inland Southern California’s leading organization dedicated to supporting and promoting entrepreneurship. The IEWBC provides business counseling, training and mentoring designed for women business owners. 

The Inland Empire Women’s Business Center hours are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday by appointment only. For more information, visit the IEWBC website at www.iewbc.org or contact the center at (909) 890-1242.

Set in the foothills of the beautiful San Bernardino Mountains, CSUSB is a preeminent center of intellectual and cultural activity in inland Southern California. Celebrating its 50^th anniversary in 2015, CSUSB serves more than 20,000 students each year and graduates about 4,000 students annually. CSUSB is listed among the best colleges and universities in the western United States, according to The Princeton Review, Forbes, U.S. News and World Report and Money Magazine.

For more information on Cal State San Bernardino, contact the university’s Office of Strategic Communication at (909) 537-5007 and visit news.csusb.edu.