Entrepreneurs from around West Michigan met last week with Governor Granholm to voice their experience about the FastTrac program that puts displaced workers in charge of their own small businesses quickly, giving them the opportunity to get back on their feet.
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After a career in human resources, talent developer Scott Patchin found himself out of work.
"Last April, for the first time in 20 years, I was without a job," Patchin told a crowded room at an entrepreneurial roundtable Wednesday. "Two weeks within losing my job, a friend said, 'I heard about this program.' That's where it all started."
His business, The trU Group LLC, was one of five spotlighted at the roundtable, led by Gov. Jennifer Granholm. Patchin said he enlisted in a veritable boot camp for entrepreneurs, the FastTrac program run by the Small Business and Technology Development Council, based at Grand Valley State University. Wednesday's session was in GVSU's DeVos Center downtown. After his experiences working for big auto suppliers, a bank, and a hospital system, Patchin figured he was primed to go out on his own.
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