The Small Business Administration Wichita District Office has a deadline of this Friday to submit applications for a program called SBA's Emerging Leaders. It is a seven month program designed for business owners to create a three-year strategic growth action plan for their firms. The curriculum of the program is based on StreetWise MBA developed by Interise and Boston University. Emerging Leaders is for existing businesses over three years old, with annual revenues between $250,000 and $10 million.

Business owners or chief executives interested in developing a strategic growth plan for their business should apply for this program scheduled to begin in April 2019. Each member of the class will develop a 3 to 5 year growth action plan for their business. While this program is offered at no financial cost, each participant must invest the time attend all 13 sessions to complete the program. Apply online at interise.org/sbaemergingleaders or call 316-269-6616. Again, the deadline to apply is this Friday, Mar. 1.