Center for Inclusive Entrepreneurship

Position Overview:

Training

We offer training courses that provide a supportive, small-group environment where participants learn the fundamentals of business, test the feasibility of their business goals, and discover a business model that can generate sustainable revenue and profits.

Start Simple Course

For participants who join our community, the course includes access to one of our Business Advisors for free one-on-one homework assistance and a final assessment of their completed Start Simple Plan. Session topics include:

  • Session 1 – Foundations: Orientation, Readiness Mindset, and Personal Finances
  • Session 2 – Opportunity Discovery: Bring Value to Your Target Market
  • Session 3 – Money In, Money Out: Projecting Sales and Costs
  • Session 4 – Bottom Line: Cash Flow and Breaking Even

Explore the course curriculum in English or Spanish to see exactly what you’ll learn. Visit our Course Calendar to find upcoming training dates and registration links. Join our community for access to ongoing support and our other business resources by clicking the button below.

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Start Lean Course

Currently offered in English only

Once you have completed our Start Simple Course, you will have a sketch of a realistic and achievable business idea based on a lot of “what ifs.” This six-session Start Lean Course introduces a powerful new way to think about the next steps to building your startup. Using a business model canvas and lean startup strategies, we’ll discuss what you need to bring a Minimum Viable Product (or Service) to the market, test out your assumptions, and validate a business model that will generate consistent, repeatable and predictable revenue, all with one-on-one support from one of our Business Advisors. Explore the Course Curriculum (in English) and see exactly what you’ll learn. Visit our Course Calendar to find upcoming training dates and registration links. Join our community for access to ongoing support and our other business resources by clicking the button below.

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Comadres

Offered in Spanish only

Comadres is an entrepreneur training program for emerging women entrepreneurs. To promote diversity, equity and inclusion, priority will be given to emerging entrepreneurs with limited resources from marginalized communities — individuals who often have challenges finding support for self-employment and business ownership opportunities. Visit our Course Calendar to find upcoming training dates and registration links. Join our community for access to ongoing support and our other business resources by clicking the button below.

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SBDC

The Center for Inclusive Entrepreneurship is a member of the Washington SBDC Network. The Washington SBDC is an accredited member of America’s SBDC. Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration, institutions of higher education, economic development organizations and other public and private funding partners.

Washington SBDC services are extended to the public on a non-discriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Language assistance services are available for limited English proficient individuals.