Enterprise Launch

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Enroll now for Enterprise Launch, spring semester 2024!

Registration is now open for the spring 2024 semester, and we welcome ALL aspiring entrepreneurs to design and test your business idea step-by-step. Entrepreneurship is about taking action, and the Scheinfeld Center’s Enterprise Launch course will help you do just that.

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 compete for $2,000 in seed money and other 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!

ENTERPRISE LAUNCH, FALL SEMESTER 2024

TWO formats to choose from. Choose the one that best aligns with how you learn best.

CRN#69340, In Person Mondays, 5:30-8:40 PM, 1/22 – 5/18

Choose the in-person format if:

• You learn best with in-person classes
• You seek the added support and conversation that happens during in-person classes
• You want to work alongside specially chosen mentors and your classmates that align with who you are and your business concept
• You would like to participate in classroom pitch competitions with the opportunity for seed money awards leading up to the Demo Day Shark Tank pitch competition

CLICK HERE TO APPLY & ENROLL

ENT 206, CRN #68341, ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE, 1/22 – 5/18

Choose this section and format if

• You learn best with short, intensive, bootcamp-style courses
• You learn best by studying on your own and collaborating online with classmates and your instructor, with the option for in-person or online office hours for assistance.
• You need the asynchronous online format to fit with the rest of your life
• You have the entrepreneurial self-discipline to manage an accelerated online asynchronous course.
• You prefer engagement with mentors during the online Demo Day Shark Tank competition.

CLICK HERE TO APPLY & ENROLL

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