The program is non-credit-bearing\, so admission to Shenandoah University is not required. Partial scholarships may be available for those participants identifying as low-to-moderate income households.
\n\nUsing CO.STARTERS Core as the base curriculum\, this cohort-style program equips entrepreneurs of all kinds with the insights\, relationships\, and tools needed to turn business ideas into action.
\n\nParticipants enter into a facilitator-led\, collaborative process with a small and supportive group of like-minded peers. Working together\, participants develop and fine-tune their ideas\, critically examining every part and determining the next steps through real-time feedback from people in the community using a simplified version of the Business Model Canvas. This approach enables entrepreneurs to rapidly uncover flaws in their concepts and find viable models more quickly. Participants leave the program with a deeper understanding of how to create a sustainable business\, articulate their models\, and repeat the process with the next great idea.
\n\nThe only real prerequisites to joining the program are having an idea\, being willing to question\, shape and fine-tune that idea\, and being willing to talk about the idea with others. \;
\n\nSpace is limited. Acceptance is on a rolling basis\, so apply early!
\n\nThis opportunity is made possible through funding from a ComNav grant.
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