The Connecticut Institute for Social Entrepreneurship (CISE)’s Social Entrepreneurship Course is designed for participants from any major area of academic study and it focuses on helping them to create job opportunities for themselves and their communities through entrepreneurship and promote social change-it provides participants with necessary skills and community to initiate and grow their businesses as well as reinforces their professional skills in the workplace.
Training agenda
- General introduction to the entrepreneurship
- Business models and creating your business
- Business plan
- Running a business
Outcomes
Upon the successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
- Understand the complex nature of creating a business
- Demonstrate awareness of new business opportunities
- Understand the impact of continuous innovation on the business sustainability.
- Understand creativity and articulate the links between thinking, problems solving and business challenges.
- Increased self-knowledge and self-actualization in creative thinking (sensitivity to problems, flexibility, originality, and elaboration).
- Utilize a variety of creative tools to stimulate new lines of thought and ideas.
- Create individual or group business plans.
- Understand the process and requirements of starting a new business.
- Do simple bookkeeping entries and stock management.
- Understand the importance of networking in the entrepreneurial process.
- Evaluate different models for their businesses.
Thank you for your interest in the Entrepreneurship-Acceleration program at the Connecticut Institute for Social Entrepreneurship! We look forward to working with you!
Deadline for applications:
The application for fall session is due on June 22, 2021
