Free Self-employment Workshop Offered

If you're looking to start your own business (and Fountain Valley is certainly as good a place to do it as any), but you're not sure how to take the first step, a free workshop Tuesday night might be the perfect place to start.

The workshop, Four Ways to Go Into Business for Yourself, is being offered by SCORE, and will be held Tuesday night from 6 to 9 p.m. at the . The workshop will outline each of the four models typically used to start a business: creating a startup from scratch, buying an existing business, buying a franchise and buying a business opportunity.

The workshop will teach participants the different benefits and drawbacks of each model as well as helping them decide which of these models best suits their goals, personality and financial situation.