The Fall 2019 Entrepreneurship Academy is a series of workshops exclusively for students in the College of Arts and Sciences. This non-credit series of workshops is presented by Career Success and taught by successful Arts and Sciences alumni as well as local members of the entrepreneurship community. The program provides a foundation for understanding what is required to develop an idea into an entrepreneurial venture. Those that complete the program have the option to deliver a final pitch and be considered for cash awards for best presentation.
The Academy will meet weekly from 7-9pm on the following dates:
September 10, 2019 : Ideation
September 17, 2019 : Value Proposition and Customer Validation
September 24, 2019 : Target Markets and Marketing Essentials
October 1, 2019 : Business Plan
October 8, 2019 : Financials and Funding
October 15, 2019 : Building Your Pitch
November 8, 2019 : Final pitch presentation
A unique feature of this program is that each participant will have access to an alumni mentor to assist them with developing their idea and business plan!
Program goals:
- Understand the challenges of becoming a successful entrepreneur and how this career path relates to your personal goals and values
- Refine and further develop your concept
- Understand the types of business models and determine what model is best suited to your concept
- Identify your target market and how you can test your ideas
- Develop the basics on how to construct a business plan
- Discover what goes in to financing a concept and the resources available
- Understand and apply what makes an effective pitch
- Gain familiarity with internal and external resources
- Understand the basics of creating a marketing plan
Registration is open and space is limited. Please register through Handshake or contact Scott Kustis at kustis.1@osu.edu