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CO.STARTERS Core provides an action-driven, collaborative process with a small and supportive group of like-minded people. Over ten sessions, you’ll identify your assumptions about why and how your businesses will work and then talk to customers in order to validate your ideas. This approach enables you to rapidly uncover flaws in your concept and find viable models more quickly. You’ll leave the program with a deeper understanding of how to create a sustainable business, articulate your model, and repeat the process with your next great idea.Apply HereWho Should Participate?Any Small Business Entrepreneur Who Is...Ready to pursue their endeavor and wants to fine-tune their idea, critically examine each part, and determine next steps Serious about doing what it takes to launch your businessHas started a business but needs a better model  Open to working on their idea in a collaborative, supportive, and welcoming environment Feeling isolated and needing supportLooking for more than just immediate assistanceCORE Helps Participants:Understand themselves and their working stylesLook at their business idea from a customer-centric view.Craft messages which convey value and solutionsUnderstand "starting small" and how to scaleDetermine startup costs and break even pointsIdentify long term  strategies for sustainabilityTap into a virtual cohort of peersConnect with mentors & advisorsAccess online content and additional resourcesReceive ongoing support through a virtual community10 SESSIONSWorking with a dedicated group of like minded peers, participants cover the following topics in a series of ten 3–hour sessions:Session 1: Knowing YourselfSession 2: Knowing  Your CustomerSession 3: Finding the Right SolutionSession 4: Getting the Relationship RightSession 5: Building BlocksSession 6: Structures & SystemsSession 7: Discovering the Bottom LineSession 8: Financial ModelingSession 9: Planning for GrowthSession 10: CelebrationThere is a $350 fee to attend the workshop series, the regular price is $750. Thanks to generous sponsors that believe in supporting local entrepreneurs  CORE is available at a reduced price. We understand that this can be a burden for those that are trying to create a business and full and partial scholarships are available, based on a sliding scale that varies by one's ability to pay.Please let us know if you are interested in a scholarship when you apply.Apply Now