While small business development courses have been offered in Nevada’s urban and metropolitan areas (Washoe and Clark counties) for some time, the need for economic development in rural counties is even more critical. University of Nevada Cooperative Extension offered business planning classes to existing and potential small-scale entrepreneurs through a series of interactive video and face-to-face classes.
 
For the second year, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension offered entrepreneur classes to residents of seven rural counties. Pershing and Lander County Extension Educators partnered with Nevada Microenterprise Initiative and Nevada Job Connect to offer four business planning classes to existing and potential small-scale entrepreneurs through a series of interactive video and face-to-face classes. In the classes, students learned to assess the feasibility of their business ideas and then developed a complete business plan in order to seek outside funding. Participants also received instruction concerning the components of a business plan.

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