{"id":21289,"date":"2022-04-27T10:08:14","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T10:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/news-stories\/co-starters-core-business-development-program-accepting-registrations\/"},"modified":"2022-04-27T10:08:14","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T10:08:14","slug":"co-starters-core-business-development-program-accepting-registrations","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/news-stories\/co-starters-core-business-development-program-accepting-registrations\/","title":{"rendered":"CO.STARTERS: CORE Business Development Program &#8211; Accepting Registrations"},"template":"","news_categories":[20],"news_tags":[],"class_list":["post-21289","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_categories-other-opportunities"],"acf":{"intro_text_subtitle":"","intro_text_body":"<p><strong>Thinking of Starting a Company? Is CO-STARTERS right for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CO.STARTERS Core is a three-month, cohort-based program that equips entrepreneurs of all kinds with the insights, relationships, and tools needed to turn ideas into action. Participants enter into a facilitator-led, collaborative process with a small and supportive group of 10-15 like-minded peers. Over ten sessions, they develop and fine-tune their ideas using the CO.STARTERS Canvas, critically examining every part and determining next steps through real-time feedback from people in the community. Participants leave the program with a deeper understanding of how to create a sustainable venture, articulate their models, and repeat the process with the next great idea.<\/p>\n<p>The sessions will take place virtually on Tuesdays, beginning May 17 from 2-5pm. Below is the schedule for the 2022 Summer Cohort:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li>May 17 Week 1:\u00a0 Introduction, Working Styles, Team Building, Obstacles<\/li>\n<li>May 24\u00a0 Week 2:\u00a0 Customer Identification, Identifying Problem, Alternatives, Idea Testing<\/li>\n<li>May 31 Week 3:\u00a0 Solution, Benefit, Advantage, Starting Small, Brand Identity<\/li>\n<li>June 7Week 4:\u00a0 Marketing &amp; Message, Getting, Keeping &amp; Growing Customers<\/li>\n<li>June 21 Week 5:\u00a0 Distribution, Revenue, Offering, Price<\/li>\n<li>June 28 Week 6:\u00a0 Legal and Accounting Considerations<\/li>\n<li>July 12 Week 7:\u00a0 Startup &amp; ongoing Needs, Fixed &amp; Variable Costs, Break-Even Point<\/li>\n<li>July 19 Week 8:\u00a0 Sales Projections, Cash Flow, Raising Capital<\/li>\n<li>July26 Week 9:\u00a0 Growth Plans, Goal Setting<\/li>\n<li>August 2 Week 10\u00a0 &#8211; Final Pitch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Please submit your application <a href=\"http:\/\/links.illinois.edu\/f\/a\/V23YFH3Y6MGmhu7oW-BogA~~\/AAMFlAA~\/RgRkSb0qP0QoaHR0cHM6Ly9mb3Jtcy51b2ZpLnVpYy5lZHUvc2VjLzY0MTc4MTk4N1cDc3BjQgpiYSo4Z2LWjapBUhB0ZGF2aXMxN0B1aWMuZWR1WAQAAAAE\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","intro_text_excerpt":"Register for a cohort-based program that equips entrepreneurs of all kinds with the insights, relationships, and tools needed to turn ideas into action!","content_author":"Tamira Davis","content_sticky":false,"intro_text_include_image":false,"intro_text_image":false,"intro_text_image_alt_text":"","intro_text_image_caption":"","intro_text_image_attribution":"","news_include_thumbnail":false,"news_thumbnail_image":false,"news_thumbnail_image_alt_text":""},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_categories?post=21289"},{"taxonomy":"news_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_tags?post=21289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}