John C. Woosley, District Director, SBA NM District Office
Merlin Herbert believes anyone can run a business if they have the right training. Herbert, the owner of a 19 year-old Bloomfield-based welding company, participated in the e200 Emerging Leaders training program in Gallup last year. “The training helped me become a better manager,” he says.
An initiative of the U.S. Small Business Administration, the e200 Emerging Leaders Program is a national curriculum that provides business owners in underserved markets with training, networking, resources and motivation to grow their business and create jobs. Now in its fourth year in Albuquerque, the program will be offered in Farmington this year for the first time. The training, which is valued at over $8,000, is free of charge and will be conducted from April through November, 2011, in both locations.