Dr. Herb Epstein, UT Tyler adjunct associate professor of management and technology, is the program coordinator. The CMBA program is presented as a community service to coach women and minority small business owners and managers in business fundamentals. Tuesdays and Thursdays, March 20 through May 3. Eligible participants are women and minority small and middle-sized business owners or managers who have been in business for a minimum of one year. Participants are not required to hold college degrees as a prerequisite.
Corporate scholarships are available to eligible participants.
The program curriculum is designed to increase the efficiency and profitability and to offer practical information about business fundamentals. The course provides participants information on new approaches and management techniques not normally available to them except through a concentrated education program. Topics include legal forms of organization, financial statement analysis, strategic planning, business planning, profit planning, cost of capital, asset forecasting, working capital management, marketing management, marketing strategy, sources of capital, business valuation and electronic commerce and the Internet. The Community Minority Business Advancement program was established in 1993 at UT Austin by Dr. Ernest W. Walker. UT Tyler has been franchised to present this program in East Texas.