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Harvest Your Future

Harvest Your Future. …building stronger agricultural management skills Presented by: Kathy Carrico, State Training Director, NSBDC NxLeveL Administrator, Nevada. NSBDC Brief Overview Statewide Presence Counseling Training What is NxLeveL? Brief History Program Highlights

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Harvest Your Future

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  1. Harvest Your Future …building stronger agricultural management skills Presented by: Kathy Carrico, State Training Director, NSBDC NxLeveL Administrator, Nevada Nevada Ag Summit December 1, 2006

  2. NSBDC Brief Overview Statewide Presence Counseling Training What is NxLeveL? Brief History Program Highlights 2007 Course Locations Funding History Tilling the Soil of Opportunity Course Topics Course Info Course Locations Course Sponsors Questions & Contact Info A G E N D A Nevada Ag Summit December 1, 2006

  3. Statewide Presence 11 locations Counseling 80% of small businesses fail each year due to lack of planning Training Adopted NxLeveL as cornerstone training state wide in 2000 Provide Tilling the Soil 2007 NSBDC BRIEF OVERVIEW Nevada Ag Summit December 1, 2006

  4. Founded in 1993, University of Colorado Sponsored by the US West Foundation, $6 Million+ Originally 14 western states Currently offered in 48 states and internationally 18 curricula writers 6 curricula …for Entrepreneurs …for Start Ups …for Microbusiness …for International Business …for Youth Entrepreneurs (The Buzz on Biz) …for Agriculture (Tilling the Soil) Tested and updated from the network of administrators, instructors and participants NxLeveL BRIEF HISTORY Nevada Ag Summit December 1, 2006

  5. 13-Week course (10-Week Tilling the Soil) Certified instructors Weekly guest speakers In-class “advisory” board National support Learn today, apply tonight Expanding, or starting a business Innovative ideas & advanced marketing opps Receive one-on-one counseling NxLeveL PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Nevada Ag Summit December 1, 2006

  6. Elko Ely Fallon Hawthorne Las Vegas – 3 classes Lovelock Mesquite Pahrump Reno – 3 classes Winnemucca NxLeveL 2007 LOCATIONS Nevada Ag Summit December 1, 2006

  7. Bank Funding: 2000: $49,128 Wells Fargo 2002: $25,000 Cal Fed 2003: $25,000 CitiBank 2004: $25,000 CitiBank 2005: $25,000 CitiBank 2006: $25,000 CitiBank 2007 $25,000 CitiBank $20,000 CitiBank CA & NV Instructor Certification $ 2,000 Charles Schwab (High School Pilot Program) NxLeveL BANK FUNDING Nevada Ag Summit December 1, 2006

  8. Other funding $25,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development (Wells) $25,000 Center for Risk Management Education, Washington State University to CEDA (“Harvest Your Future”) $18,000 Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (Fallon, Mesquite, Hawthorne, Lovelock) $10,000 City of Henderson $10,000 Signtronix $6,000 Shoshone Paiute Tribe (Fallon) $3,900 Town of Pahrump NxLeveL OTHER FUNDING Nevada Ag Summit December 1, 2006

  9. Take Stock of Your Resources Basic Equipment Required: Planning and Research The Legal Terrain Manage from the Ground Up Plant it, Grow it, MARKET it! Reap the Benefits – Marketing Strategies Get Your Budgets in Line Analyze THESE: Cash Flow and Financial Statements Cultivate Your Money Resources Harvest Your Future. NxLeveL COURSE TOPICS(Tilling the Soil of Opportunity) Nevada Ag Summit December 1, 2006

  10. Kathy Halbardier, Instructor NSBDC Economic Development Specialist & Business Advisor Owner, Tahoe Ridge Winery Guest Speakers Selected from Ag-related Sponsors Course Dates Begins January 16, 2007 for 10 consecutive Tuesday evenings Class time is from 5:45 – 9:00 pm Participant Cost $800.00 average national cost $95.00 Nevada cost full refund upon completion Registration Information Sign up on-line at http://www.nsbdc.org/education/nxlevel/ Complete the brochure registration form, with payment, and submit Call the NSBDC for additional information at 775-784-1717 NxLeveL COURSE INFO(Tilling the Soil of Opportunity) Nevada Ag Summit December 1, 2006

  11. Carson Valley Elko Ely Fallon Reno/Sparks Winnemucca Five of the ten classes will be broadcast via live videoconference from Carson Valley – the other five classes will be broadcast live from the remaining locations. The total course capacity is 30 participants. A minimum 5 participants per location is required to provide the course in any of the above locations. NxLeveL 2007 PROPOSED LOCATIONS (Tilling the Soil of Opportunity) Nevada Ag Summit December 1, 2006

  12. Nevada Small Business Development Center Churchill Economic Development Authority NV Farm Bureau NV Certified Farmers Market Association NV Association of Counties Home Grown NV NV Cooperative Extension UNR Dept. of Resource Economics Rural NV Development Corporation NV Rural Development Council USDA NV Department of Agriculture NV Commission on Economic Development UNR College of Agriculture UNR College of Business Administration Program Sponsors Nevada Ag Summit December 1, 2006

  13. Nevada Small Business Development Center Mail stop 032 College of Business Administration Ansari Business Building, Room 411 Reno, NV 89557 775-784-1717 kcc@unr.nevada.edu www.nsbdc.org Contact Us!Questions?Thanks for Your Time! Nevada Ag Summit December 1, 2006

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