AcceleratorOnline Announces Its Online Business Plan.

Business Editors/Education Writers

STOCKTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2002

The Valley Technology Accelerator is pleased to announce that Stockton, Calif. will host the next AcceleratorOnline class, an online learning program that uses a self-directed approach to help entrepreneurs

create a comprehensive business plan. The next class starts January 16, 2003. AcceleratorOnline, developed by the University Business Center is the Valley's only online learning program designed to help entrepreneurs create a comprehensive business plan from the comfort of their own home or business. Because the program allows for flexibility, it is popular among existing and potential business owners who want to create a business plan without taking time away from the office, their customers, or their "day job."

Participants receive online instruction, training and consulting from top business educators over a nine-week period. The online course provides easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions that will guide entrepreneurs through the process of putting together a thorough and effective business plan. "AcceleratorOnline gave me all the tools I needed to build a unique and very impressive business plan," said John Lewis, founder and CEO of California Predator Control Team.

AcceleratorOnline is also announcing that Valley Technology Accelerator Business Development Consultant, Robert Patrick will be the instructor for the first AcceleratorOnline class in Stockton. Robert is a technology startup consultant with over sixteen years of high-tech product development, marketing and management experience in Fortune 500 companies and Silicon Valley startup companies.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to accelerate yourself and your business to a new dimension. The fee for the course is normally $175, but the January class in Stockton will be free to participants. Space is limited. Registration for the January class in Stockton, Calif. is just a mouse click away at: www.acceleratoronline.com or call 559/278-2352 for more information.

About AcceleratorOnline

AcceleratorOnline is a three-pronged initiative offering entrepreneurial training and business incubation services for the San Joaquin Valley. It is funded through grants from the Technology Opportunities Program through the U.S. Department of Commerce and California Technology, Trade and Commerce Agency. The grants are managed by University Business Center at the Craig School of Business at California State University, Fresno.

About Valley Technology Accelerator (VTA)

Our purpose is to provide investment, research and commercialization resources to select San Joaquin Valley industries. We are a non-profit member of the California Technology, Trade and Commerce Agency's Regional Technology Alliances (RTA). The VTA's goal is to promote small-company access to all forms of capital to create indigenous wealth, jobs, and economic expansion in the valley. The VTA will work with companies sufficiently advanced and motivated to participate, and which are engaged in the research and development necessary to warrant private, state and/or federal technology investment. Additionally, the VTA will assist start ups in addressing legal issues, developing top management teams, forming strategic partnerships/alliances, going public and business operations. www.techaccelerator.com