The Lake Geneva Economic Development Corporation will be offering free "One-On-One" individual, confidential business counseling sessions for Lake Geneva area entrepreneurs the first Tuesday of each month from February to June 2012. The first date for these individual one-hour sessions will be Tuesday, February 7, 2012 starting at 8:00 am.

Sessions will be held in the Board Room of the Harbor Shores Hotel, 300 Wrigley Drive, Lake Geneva. Reservations are required and can be made by calling the Lake Geneva Chamber of Commerce, 262-248-4416.

Providing expert advice for all sessions will be Ronald (Bud) Gayhart, Director of the UW-Whitewater Center for Innovation and Business Development. He is also an instructor at the College of Business and Economics, teaching a course in Small Business Counseling.

Bud has personal experience as a manager and owner of both retail and manufacturing businesses in addition to sales and marketing management for major Wisconsin corporations and a $90 M non-profit organization. His strengths include establishing goals, developing plans, gaining employee support and delivering legendary customer service.

Bud has an MBA and undergraduate degree from Cardinal Stritch University.

The program is co-sponsored by the Geneva Lake Area Chamber of Commerce and the UW-Whitewater Small Business Development Center. For additional information, contact Joe Cardiff, Executive Director, Lake Geneva Development Corporation

email: jcardiff@genevaonline.com