ASSETS will offer Finance Boot Camp for entrepreneurs in the business idea and start-up phases. Cohort sessions will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays from Oct. 10 to Nov. 7 at Southern Market, 100 S. Queen St., Lancaster. Additionally, participants may request a one-on-one coaching session outside of class.

The Finance Boot Camp topics will be accounting fundamentals - how to record, organize and understand financial information; the balance sheet and the profit and loss statement; how to build a financial model; how to budget and do financial forecasting; cash flow; finance tasks and routines; common tax deductions; and how to calculate a business's gross profit margin.

The class will be facilitated by Aileen Wigotow, owner of Wigotow Consulting. After working for more than 15 years in the private and nonprofit sectors, Wigotow started her own business in order to provide accounting services and resources to small business owners and entrepreneurs in Lancaster. With the belief that business can be used as a catalyst for good, Wigotow's hope is that her consulting business can come alongside other socially minded businesses, and they can together be a part of positive change in the community.

Anyone who is interested in the boot camp but would like more information may schedule a free discovery meeting with ASSETS' trained experts or email wbc@assetspa.org.

To learn more and to apply through Monday, Sept. 4, visit https://assetspa.org/ and click on "Boot Camps" under "Training."