Basic Entrepreneurship Program
San José Public Library, Calif.
Education - Children & Adults
| 2020
Innovation Synopsis
The partnership was developed with Centro Community and SJPL Works to offer a virtual basic entrepreneurship workshop that helps entrepreneurs think strategically about their business and help them create a business plan.
Challenge/Opportunity
Opportunity:
- Gain basic knowledge of business concepts.
- Develop business concepts.
- Improve critical and creative thinking skills.
- Develop decision-making skills.
- Increase confidence and self-awareness.
- Broaden professional networks.
- Get and provide live feedback from six to 10 diverse local entrepreneurs.
Challenge:
- Effect of COVID-19 on small business owners in San José as well as Santa Clara County.
- Connecting to small business owners.
- Attendees must be committed to attending all sessions.
Key Elements of Innovation
Basic structure:
- Nine-week virtual training for entrepreneurs in the idea stage of their business and who want to create a business plan to help them launch their business.
- Two hours of one-on-one virtual coaching with one of our expert entrepreneurship trainers.
- 27 hours of in-class training on basic business competencies.
- Graduation celebration and entrepreneur panel discussion.
- Using Centro Business Planning Apps.
- Creating basic business plans.
- Workshop available in Spanish and English.
Key partners: Centro Community and SJPL Works
Achieved Outcomes
We are currently offering the second advanced entrepreneurship program due to the success of the first one. Centro provided an extensive study/report on the first advanced entrepreneurship program compiled from statistics and customer surveys. They have also provided success stories of customers embarking on successful business ownership as a result of participation in the basic entrepreneurship programs.