Courses in Entrepreneurship

Just for Moms: How to Launch and Run a Home-Based Business - $300

Instructor: Eliza Gordner

In each of the four modules of this self-paced, asynchronous, online course, you will receive detailed written feedback and 1:1 live mentoring sessions via Zoom with the instructor.

During the course, you will:

  • Identify your goals and your “why” for having a home-based business;

  • Evaluate options for a home-based business that align with your goals; 

  • Launch your home-based business; and

  • Implement strategies to grow your home-based business while protecting your time and money.

Setting up Your Small Business - $300

Instructor: Eliza Gordner

In each of the four modules of this self-paced, asynchronous, online course, you will receive detailed written feedback and 1:1 live mentoring sessions via Zoom with the instructor.

During the course, you will:

  • Select a name and appropriate legal structure for your business;

  • Identify steps to “get your ducks in a row” regarding banking, insurance, permits, licenses;

  • Assess options as to accounting, taxes, financing, and capitalization; and

  • Identify ways to mitigate risk.

Expanding Your Small Business: Working with Employees - $500

Instructor: Eliza Gordner

In each of the four modules of this self-paced, asynchronous, online course, you will receive detailed written feedback and 1:1 live mentoring sessions via Zoom with the instructor. During the course, you will:

  • Assess staffing needs and identify differences between employees and independent contractors;

  • Learn about staffing challenges faced by small businesses and identify solutions; 

  • Determine ongoing basic human resource and compliance needs; and

  • Formulate a strategy for addressing those HR and compliance needs.

Turning your Passion into a Non-Profit - $400

Instructor: Eliza Gordner

In each of the four modules of this self-paced, asynchronous, online course, you will receive detailed written feedback and 1:1 live mentoring sessions via Zoom with the instructor. 

During the course, you will:

  • Conduct a needs assessment;

  • Evaluate whether starting a non-profit is right for you; 

  • Develop strategies for establishing your organization’s mission statement and governance structure; and

  • Formulate a plan for meeting legal compliance and risk management needs of your non-profit.

Essential Skills for Managers & Team Leaders - $400

Instructor: Jonathan Bratt

In each of the five modules of this self-paced, asynchronous, online course, you will receive detailed written feedback and a 1:1 live mentoring sessions via Zoom with the instructor. 

During the course, you will:

  • Explain the roles and characteristics of effective managers and team leaders;

  • Apply effective communications skills;

  • Evaluate methods for motivating teams and individuals;

  • Formulate effective time management strategies ; and

  • Develop strategies for building and managing high-performance teams.

Customer Relationship Management Essentials - $400

Instructor: Jonathan Bratt

In each of the five modules of this self-paced, asynchronous, online course, you will receive detailed written feedback and a 1:1 live mentoring sessions via Zoom with the instructor. 

During the course, you will:

  • Discuss the necessity of CRM and its use in strategic planning;

  • Assess the ways in which CRM impacts sales and marketing strategies;

  • Identify technology and data platform options available to implement CRM;

  • Evaluate current software solutions to select a CRM system that fits the unique needs of your organization; and

  • Develop strategies to build relationships with customers and maintain loyalty by utilizing customer information. 

Edupreneurship 101 -

$900

Instructor: Sharon Jumper

In each of the six modules of this self-paced, asynchronous, online course, you will receive detailed written feedback and a 1:1 live mentoring session via Zoom with the instructor. During the course, you will:

  • Explore opportunities to leverage your teaching experience and academic credentials beyond teaching;

  • Use in-demand authoring tools to create sample learning objects;

  • Generate a portfolio;

  • Create versioned CVs and resumes to obtain work in educational consulting, curriculum development, and instructional design;

  • Develop successful strategies for social media engagement, personal promotion, and solicitation of work; and

  • Evaluate business forms to ensure legal compliance, mitigate liability risks, and optimize tax benefits.

Building a Course Outside of Academia - $300

Instructor: Charles Jumper

In each of the three modules of this self-paced, asynchronous, online course, you will receive detailed written feedback and a 1:1 live mentoring session via Zoom with the instructor. During the course, you will:

  • Identify target markets that align with your academic credentials and professional experience

  • Evaluate knowledge gaps and training needs within the targeted market(s)

  • Create learning objectives for a new course designed for the market(s)

Marketing a Course Outside of A

cademia - $500

Instructor: Charles Jumper

In each of the four modules of this self-paced, asynchronous, online course, you will receive detailed written feedback and a 1:1 live mentoring session via Zoom with the instructor. During the course, you will:

  • Refine the product, pricing, place, and promotion aspects of the course you have developed

  • Identify channels for marketing your course

  • Evaluate the return on investment for earned, owed, and paid media opportunities

  • Outline a marketing plan

Sustainable Leadership - $400

Instructor: Jonathan Bratt

In each of the five modules of this self-paced, asynchronous, online course, you will receive detailed written feedback and a 1:1 live mentoring sessions via Zoom with the instructor. 

During the course, you will:

  • Contrast/Compare various philosophies and theories of leadership;

  • Analyze key behavioral characteristics of outstanding local and international sustainability leaders;

  • Evaluate competencies using self-analysis tools to develop leadership skills that can be used personally and professionally as a leader;

  • Assess the future challenges and opportunities posed to sustainability leaders: and 

  • Develop strategies for sustainable leadership.

Effective Writing Skills - $400

Instructor: Jonathan Bratt

In each of the five modules of this self-paced, asynchronous, online course, you will receive detailed written feedback and a 1:1 live mentoring sessions via Zoom with the instructor. 

During the course, you will:

  • Explain the importance of identifying the audience and purpose and selecting appropriate communication choices;

  • Use traditional and online tools and methods to find, evaluate, and process information;

  • Identify the different types of reports and proposals and their purposes;

  • Write practical and concise emails, memos, and business letters; and

  • Use technology to correct spelling, grammar, or syntax errors.