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Course Information

Course Schedule

Date
Time (CT)
Topic
08/29/2024
6:00 - 7:30 pm CT
IDEATE Module - The Entrepreneurial Lifestyle & From Idea to Business Concept
09/04/2024
6:00 - 7:30 pm CT
SKILLS WORKSHOP: Customer Development
09/05/2024
6:00 - 7:30 pm CT
POSITION Module - Market Research
09/12/2024
6:00 - 7:30 pm CT
POSITION Module - Business Model Design & Pricing Strategy
09/18/2024
6:00 - 7:30 pm CT
POSITION & COMMIT Modules - Legal Strategy, Business Exits, Reaching the Market, and Distribution and Sales
09/26/2024
6:00 - 7:30 pm CT
COMMIT Module - Financial Management Cycle, Sales Projections, Cost Projections
09/30/2024
6:00 - 7:30 pm CT
COMMIT Module - Intellectual Property and Complying with Laws, Regulations, and Contracts
10/02/2024
6:00 - 7:30 pm CT
SKILLS WORKSHOP: Financials & Projections
10/07/2024
6:00 - 7:30 pm CT
REFINE Module - Building the Organization and Team, Your Cash Needs and When You Might Earn a Profit, and Refining Financial Assumptions and Seeking Funding
10/16/2024
6:00 - 7:30 pm CT
SKILLS WORKSHOP: Go To Market Strategies
10/17/2024
6:00 - 7:30 pm CT
REFINE Module - Putting Together a Business Plan
10/24/2024
6:00 - 7:30 pm CT
LAUNCH Module - Launch, Leading the Organization, and Culture
10/31/2024
6:00 - 7:30 pm CT
LAUNCH Module - Measuring and Analyzing Financial Results, and Process Optimization
11/06/2024
6:00 - 7:30 pm CT
SKILLS WORKSHOP: Presenting the Pitch
11/21/2024
6:00 - 9:00 pm CT
PRESENTATION DAY: Business Pitch Presentations

Course Syllabus

Course Platform Tips

As you navigate the course platform please consider these items:

  • Please complete all lessons in the course

  • Carve out ~8 hours a week to complete the course work

  • Once you have submitted an assignment do not click the "Next" button, instead click the link to the course in the top left corner to go back to the course table of contents.

  • At the beginning of each module the first lesson is titled: "Looking Ahead...", please do not do the assignments at the end of the reading.  Complete the assignments as you go through the module at the appropriate time.  

Group Coaching Session Recordings

Kick-Off Meeting

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