To enroll, simply click the enroll button and fill out the enrollment form. Training materials will be sent to the business address you provide post your completion of at least 10 of the cohort training webinars. These training materials include:
1. Get Prepared to Launch Your Dreams -Business Launchpad workbook that accompanies the self-paced certification, and the following timeless entrepreneurship books.
2. Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun?: How Reginald Lewis Created a Billion-Dollar Business Empire by Reginald F. Lewis & Blair S. Walker.
3. Entrepreneurship for Rural Start-ups: Lessons and Guidance for New Venture Creation
4. Resources for Rural Entrepreneurs: A Guide to Planning, Adapting, and Growing Your
Business from the USDA (printed copy provided to RMBEs)
Commemorative Awards
Graduates of the program will also receive the following commemorative awards marking their successful program completion:
1. Training Program Certificate of Completion
You will have access to recorded and live training webinars during the cohort to help you grow your business on topics ranging from developing your business model to raising capital.
Enrollees must register to access each of the live OR recorded courses. This enables us to track your progress.
Enrollees must complete at least 10 of the cohort training webinars in order to earn a Certificate of Completion for this program.
In addition to the live training courses, enrollees will have access to the "Get Prepared to Launch Your Dream - Business Launchpad," a self-paced certification workbook and online program that takes entrepreneur executives through:
-an assessment of the personal and managerial skills they possess to launch and operate a successful firm,
-business model/idea validation,
-personal net worth assessment,
-developing product descriptions and prices, target market identification,
-cost of goods sold calculation,
-operating expenses and profit and loss statement development.
Participants can optionally earn an additional certification for completion of the Launch Your Dreams workbook and online program. This would qualify them for an application for seed investment grants and participation in pitch competitions through Virginia State University's VSU Center for Entrepreneurship and its Minority Small Business Launch if they are Virginia-based businesses.
Visit www.minoritysmallbusinesslaunchcenter.com, click on the Certifications tab, and select VSU Business Launchpad for more information or to enroll separately.
Post completion of all sessions, complete the final survey here on how the program benefitted you, and how it can improve.
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Grow your business based on what you learned!
ON SITE RURAL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE
November 1, 2023
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LIVE TRAINING WEBINARS
October 24, 2023
12 PM - 1 PM
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October 25, 2023
10 AM
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October 25, 2023
10 AM - 3 PM
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October 25, 2023
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October 26, 2023
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October 30, 2023
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November 2, 2023
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
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November 2, 2023
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November 8, 2023
10 AM - 11 AM
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November 8, 2023
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
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November 9, 2023
12 AM - 1 PM
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November 9, 2023
2 PM - 3 PM
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November 14, 2023
11 AM - 12:30 PM
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Tuesday, December 12, 2023
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VIRGINIA INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP CORPORATION (VIPC) & INNOVATION COMMERCIALIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (ICAP)
September 26, 2023
1 PM
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October 3, 2023
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October 10, 2023
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BLACK BUSINESS ACCELERATOR
September 27, 2023
7 PM - 8:30 PM
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October 11, 2023
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October 25, 2023
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November 15. 2023
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November 29, 2023
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ON DEMAND ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING WEBINARS
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PITCH COMPETITIONS & BAZAARS
September 27, 2023
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October 24, 2023
5:30 PM - 7 PM
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October 25, 2023
3:30 PM - 4:50 PM
VIRTUAL
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November 1, 2023
3:30 PM - 4:50 PM
IN-PERSON
VSU Reginald F. Lewis College of Business Auditorium (RM 120)
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
IN-PERSON
VSU Reginald F. Lewis College of Business Auditorium (RM 120)
Self-Paced Certification Program
Completion of this certification training in addition to the live and on demand courses offered as part of the Minority Small Business Launch Center Program Cohort will earn you an additional certificate, provide you with access to a pitch deck, and qualify you to apply for seed investment funding offered through the Minority Small Business Launch Center at Virginia State University's VSU Center for Entrepreneurship. To access this training, visit the Certifications tab and select VSU Business Launchpad Certification at www.minoritysmallbusinesslaunchcenter.com .
Contact Us:
VSU Center for Entrepreneurship
1 Hayden Drive
Singleton Hall, Rm 102
Virginia State University, VA 23806
Email: cfe@VAState365.onmicrosoft.com