The creation of new small businesses will boost the economy and create West Michigan jobs. Displaced workers can get a substantial leg up to becoming trained entrepreneurs through new classes designed to give them all the practical help and connections they need.
According to excerpts from the story:
ZEELAND -- Dennis Wilkinson hadn't planned on becoming an entrepreneur.
But, after 16 months of job searching, the former auto parts sales executive is looking to become a small business owner.
"The auto industry has been going downhill since 2002, and the jobs aren't there. I'm saying to heck with it all. I'll be my own boss," said Wilkinson, 51, who plans to buy a business in Grand Rapids in the next few months.
Since last month, Wilkinson and two dozen other displaced West Michigan workers have been taking a course to learn the ins and outs of starting and buying businesses.
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