BizStarts has been serving entrepreneurs in the Milwaukee region for over a decade. Seeing the need in our community for a credentialed system of learning “Entrepreneurship in Adversity”, we are proud to announce our newest program BizStarts Institute. In creating our new program BizStarts sought support from the University of Notre Dame Professor, Michael Morris. Michael’s programs are renowned for creating companies from people in poverty throughout the world. BizStarts Institute is intense, hands-on exposure to the fundamentals of launching and growing a successful venture, taught by seasoned faculty, subject matter experts, and successful entrepreneurs. The bootcamp occurs on six consecutive Saturday mornings starting on Sept 26th. Year long mentorship is available after the initial 6-week program!
Topics covered in the Community Bootcamp:
Our underlying focus is how to think and act in entrepreneurial ways—including how to do more with less—and how to grow a venture when you have little in the way of resources. The approach will be interactive, so participants will be encouraged to bring business ideas and challenges into the weekly discussions.
We have a teach by doing approach:
St. Ann’s Center
2450 W North Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53205
When you apply, you’ll automatically be entered into the scholarship consideration.
The program cost is $1000, but we don’t want that to discourage you from applying!
BizStarts is a registered 501c3 organization, serving the community through entrepreneurial programming. As part of our commitment to an equitable future, any funds collected from those who are able will directly support the scholarships for entrepreneurs who may not otherwise have the resources to participate.
It All Starts with an Idea; Thinking the Entrepreneurial Way; The Nature of the Entrepreneurial Experience; Entrepreneurship as a Process; Entrepreneurship as a Journey; Why Anyone Can Do It; Key Competencies and Skills; The Four Types of Ventures that Entrepreneurs Start; The Commodity Trap; Opportunity versus Concept.
Understanding Your Model for Making Money; Basic Economics of Your Business; Determining How Much You Have to Sell to Survive; What You Really Need to Know About Financial Statements; Why Cash Flow is King.
Working On Your Business Not Just In Your Business; Planning versus the Business Plan; Audiences for Plans; The Logic and Structure of a Good Plan; Mistakes Made in Writing Your Plan; How to Use the Plan; Strategic Thinking, Your Profit Model, How to Address the Commodity Trap; Mitigating Risks Surrounding Your Business.
Getting Resources When You Don’t Have Any; How to Bootstrap and Leverage Resources; What About Money?; How Much Money; Sources of Money; When to Use What Source; How to Approach the Various Sources; What an Entrepreneur Needs to Know About Negotiation.
Markets and Marketing; Understanding your Customers; Segmenting the Market; The Guerrilla Concept; Doing More with Marketing While Spending Less; Entrepreneurial Approaches to Core Marketing Decisions.
Formal Operations; Designing Your Formal Operating Model; A day in the Life and Associated Issues of Value, Quality, Bottlenecks, Suppliers and More; Finding People: What You Need to Know About Employees and Staffing Issues; Forms of Organization; Other Fundamentals that Matter.