Enterprise Launch

START SOMETHING THAT MATTERS

Entrepreneurship is about taking action, and the Scheinfeld Center’s Enterprise Launch course will help you do just that. We welcome ALL aspiring entrepreneurs to design and test your business idea step-by-step.

If you’re like many aspiring entrepreneurs, you might experience any of the following:

• You want to be your own boss, either now or in the future.
• You have a business idea but don’t know where to start.
• You’re not sure if your business idea holds promise for success.
• You don’t have a business idea and would like to find one that’s well-suited to you and your aspirations.
• You started a gig and would like to grow it.

Enterprise Launch program will guide you toward success.

Take your simple product or service concept from idea to prototype, to market validation, to early sales. Learn to pitch your idea like a shark and connect with resources as you gain essential hands-on skills applicable to any business concept, job, or life!

• Gain entrepreneurial skills through hands-on learning
• Compete for seed money
• Connect with mentors & other student entrepreneurs
• Gain confidence in your capacity to bring business ideas to life
• Find your first customers
• Live your values and create a venture that matters to you
• Have fun!

ABOUT ENTERPRISE LAUNCH (ENT 206)

The Scheinfeld Center Enterprise Launch™ is a program that helps you rapidly launch a simple business idea in a single semester and earn three credits at the same time! Mentors help you develop and launch your product or service and start selling. You’ll develop your business concept through a series of lively pitch competitions and challenges in which you can win cash awards. The course will embolden you as an entrepreneur, and students consistently find the entire course challenging, supportive, and enjoyable. It’s the ultimate fast-forward experience.

Benefits of Enterprise Launch™ extend beyond the classroom. Besides the hands-on experience and support you receive as an entrepreneur, businesses launched from the program can help you prepare to submit your entry to the Scheinfeld Center’s annual New Venture Challenge business plan and pitch competition and will have access to no-cost business mentoring from the Scheinfeld Center and other startup resources for continued support after the program.

Enterprise Launch™ welcomes all aspiring entrepreneurs and business owners. Join students from a variety of backgrounds and academic disciplines and feel at home whatever your professional pursuit.

QUESTIONS?

The director of the Scheinfeld Center, Julie Samson, serves as the Enterprise Launch instructor, and course advisors include Julie Brown, the chair of the Business Administration Department. Contact Julie Samson via email with any questions:  jasamson@sbcc.edu