Start: CWE Vermont

CWE offers affordable, comprehensive courses on starting and growing your business while encouraging collaboration with other aspiring and established entrepreneurs.

Start Your Journey – Your Roadmap to Success

Our curriculum gives you the skills to minimize risk as you prepare for success. Use the Assessment Tool to find the path that is right for you, then click on the class(es) below that fit your needs.

Vermont Start Courses

Visual Thinking: Learn to Use Drawing for Better Problem-Solving, Communication and Creativity - Vermont - Apr 14

This workshop walks you through a series of exercises to help you get comfortable with drawing and experience how visual thinking improves your problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Business Plan Basics - Vermont - Apr 21

This workshop provides an overview of writing a business plan.

Steps to Start a Business - Vermont - May 4

If you are planning to start a business or are in the early stages of launching one, this session is for you.

Business Plan Basics - Vermont - May 18

This workshop provides an overview of writing a business plan.

Steps to Start a Business - Vermont - Jun 9

If you are planning to start a business or are in the early stages of launching one, this session is for you.

Legal Considerations for a New Business - Vermont - Jun 9

Join CWE VT and Kate Foley of Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC for Legal Considerations for New Business Owners.

Business Plan Basics - Vermont - Jun 24

This workshop provides an overview of writing a business plan.

Cancellation and Refund Policy

Sessions with low enrollment may be cancelled.  CWE will notify you of class cancellations and changes.

If you can no longer join us for a session you register for, please notify us of your cancellation at least 24 hours before the start of the session for a full refund.  If your cancellation is less than 24 hours in advance of the start of the session, we will be unable to issue refunds or payment transfers.

Free Program - Cancellations and Participant Notification Policy

If you can no longer attend a no-cost session for which you registered, please notify us at least 24 hours in advance.  These classes are offered at no cost as a benefit to you, but there are per-registration costs to CWE associated with them.  We reserve the right to request a $25 contribution to defray our costs for no shows, so that we may continue to offer free classes in the future.