Demystifying Entrepreneurship

Event description

Have you been dreaming of starting your own business?

Do you have questions about starting your own business? Where to start? What's entrepreneurship all about? Then join us for Demystifying Entrepreneurship! This 1.5-day program-- full of energy, information, and fun-- provides an introduction to entrepreneurship, for anyone with a business idea, or anyone who dreams of building or expanding a business. Taught by Erick Mueller, a successful entrepreneur and award-winning professor at the Leeds School of Business, this two-day course will help you develop the framework to turn your idea into a real business. Join us!

1.5-day interactive workshop Fri, Sept 20 - 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm and Sat, Sept 21- 8:30 am to 4:30 pm

Learning Objectives:

Determine ways to be different and establish a competitive advantage

Learn to develop a winning plan, and avoid common pitfalls

Get the funding you need to turn your big idea into reality

Benefits:

Set yourself up to plant the seed, stir the creativity and hit the ground running

Grow your entrepreneurial toolkit

Leave motivated toward supporting and cultivating your entrepreneurial bug

Receive a University of Colorado Leeds School of Business Certificate of Completion

Who should attend?

Anyone with a business idea or a dream of having one

Existing small business owners interested in growing their business

Local leaders wanting to support economic growth through entrepreneurship

Just $50 gets you in and includes 1.5 days of engagement, connection, inspiration, and amazing food provided by local businesses!

Dates: Fri, Sept 20 - 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm Sat, Sept 21- 8:30 am to 4:30 pm 

Tuition: This certificate course is an exceptional value at $50. This workshop will sell out! Scholarships available on a case-by-case basis for those for whom the cost would be a hardship - email callie@region10.net to learn more. 

Ongoing cohort check-ins and individual support is available to course graduates.

Speaker(s): Erick Mueller has helped businesses grow throughout his career. He founded Vision Co., a training and consulting organization that he grew to $300K quickly. Then he founded Real Measure and EyeThink Corp., a computer-based instrumentation company, later sold to a Fortune 50 company. He is currently co-founder and Chairman of Funovation, now in 31 countries. He is also Adjunct Professor and Executive Director of the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado, Boulder Leeds School of Business. He and Eric Bruno teach this program all over Colorado, sharing their passion for entrepreneurship as a rich personal and business experience.

Co-Sponsor(s): Region 10, CU Boulder, City of Montrose