Entrepreneurship Courses
The courses are organized by tracks that you can select based on your needs or the stage of your business — from defining your idea to expanding your operation.
- Discovery: Are you looking to clarify your idea? Refine your creative concept? Launch a business?
- Foundation: Are you looking to develop or enhance your business processes, procedures or structure?
- Acceleration: Are you looking to create strategies to grow your customer base and increase your revenue?
- Expansion: Are you looking to scale your business, expand to new markets or prepare your business for sale?
What is Unique About Our Program?
- No financial barriers for our entrepreneurs as we provide full scholarships for our Discovery ($840 value) and Foundation ($1240 value) Tracks.
- Our courses are taught by entrepreneurs, like you!
- Curriculum is application based. While in class, you are working on your business.
- Dinner buffet provided before each course and included in pricing as well as course materials.
- Courses are taught in-person to assist in creating our own ecosystem.
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2024-2025 Cohort Schedule
Location: Corporate College East, 4400 Richmond Road, Warrensville Heights
Time: 5:30-9:30 p.m.
Discovery Track Cohort Schedule:
- Tues. & Thurs.: Sep. 10 - Oct. 3
- Tues. & Thurs.: Nov. 4 (Mon.); Nov. 7-20; Dec. 3-5
- Tues. & Thurs.: Feb. 4-27
- Tues. & Thurs.: April 1-24
- Mon. & Wed.: June 2-25
Foundation Track Cohort Schedule:
- Tues. & Thurs.: Sep. 10 - Oct. 17
- Tues. & Thurs.: Feb. 4 - March 6; March 18-20
- Mon. & Wed.: May 12-21; June 2-25
Attendance Policy
For you to gain the full benefit of the training, we require that you attend all classes within each program track. If you will miss a date, you will not receive a program certificate. Please review the schedule for the next offering that might better fit your availability. We will be offering the courses multiple times throughout the year. You also have the opportunity to add your name to the waitlist for upcoming courses.
Scholarship Support
The Center for Entrepreneurs would like to thank Fifth Third Bank and the Tri-C Foundation for their generous scholarship support. To apply for a scholarship, visit www.tri-c.edu/workforcescholarships.
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