Entrepreneurial Initiatives

* Tuition: $18,675 (dependent on assessment outcomes and need for assistive technology/office technology training)

Aspiring entrepreneurs will enter into this nine-month intensive program that prepares them to launch the business of their choice. Examples of business concepts include:

• Niche-market sales of proprietary products
• Consulting services; and
• Re-sale of AbilityOne Products with the support of products with the support of NIB’s e-commerce solution and access to client networks.

Tuition covers:

• Prerequisite Office technology proficiency training (Microsoft Office suite, meeting platforms, internet research, etc.) for users of assistive technologies
• Business Basics foundational coursework:
• • Business Operations
  • Finance and Budgeting Essentials
  • Improving Decision Making
  • Marketing and Sales
• Regularly scheduled virtual instructor-led (vILT) meetings with staff, mentors, and experts to deepen the learning and clarify questions
• Wharton Business School: Entrepreneurship Specialization online curriculum
• • Developing the Opportunity
  • Launching Your Start-Up
  • Financing and Profitability
  • Entrepreneurship Specialization Capstone: Business Plan
• E-Commerce Platform: Training and support for those entrepreneurs opting for a AbilityOne Product Resale business
• Business Plan: Development of individual business plans with the support of a mentor
• Start-Up Launch Support

For more information, contact Marianne Haegeli at mhaegeli@nsite.org.