Get tips on setting up a business plan, finances or a business strategy at an Entrepreneurship Lecture Series sponsored by Indiana University South Bend’s School of Business and Economics.

The series will be on Thursdays at 7 p.m. beginning Sept. 9. It will continue through Nov. 18, however there will be no lecture on Oct. 14. All sessions will be in Room 1001, Wiekamp Hall.

The series, which is sponsored by Lake City Bank, is free and open to the public.

This is the second year for the lectures on the many facets of business. Each speaker will delve into an aspect of entrepreneurship, such as plans, organization, venture financing and franchising.

The series is part of the school’s Master of Business Administration and Entrepreneurship and Small Business programs.

The dates, speakers, business, and topic are: Sept. 9, Rick Singleton, Studio A, “A Framework for Entrepreneurship” ; Sept. 16, Mark Tarner, South Bend Chocolate, “Resources and Capabilities”; Sept. 23, John Regan, Fabric Services, “The Environmental Entrepreneur”; Sept. 30, M. Scott Welch, Welch Packaging, “Entrepreneurial Strategies”; Oct. 7, Jim Powers, Crowe, Chizek and Co, LLC, “The Business Plan” ; Oct. 21, Stephen Antisdel, Precept Partners, LLC, “The E-Entrepreneur”; Oct. 28, Thomas Hiatt, Centerfield Capital Partners, “Foundations of New Venture Finance” ; Nov. 4, Michael Kubacki, Lake City Bank, Securing Investors and Structuring the Deal” ; Nov. 11, Todd Schurz, “Creating the Organization” ; Nov. 18, Dan Fitzpatrick, Quality Dining, “Corporate Venturing, Networking, and Franchising.”

For more information contact Christine Pochert by e-mail at cpochert@iusb.edu or Linda Shedd at (574)237-4133 or by fax at (574) 237-4866.