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Turn Your Idea Into A Business

Turn Your Idea Into A Business: A 90-minute business foundations class to help you understand your idea, what it needs, and how to get started with confidence.

Turn Your Idea Into a Business gives you the core essentials people get wrong when they try to start alone. In 90 minutes, you’ll learn how to make sense of your idea, understand your customer, handle your basic legal and financial setup, and take the right first steps without wasting time or money.

This is your starting point — clear, practical, and doable.

You will learn how to:

• Tell if your idea can become a real business
• Identify the customer you’re trying to reach
• Test your idea before spending money
• Complete your basic legal setup (name, EIN, license)
• Separate and manage your money the right way
• Understand startup costs and break-even basics
• Explore simple funding options
• Start marketing without a big budget
• Avoid the most common early mistakes

You will walk away with:

• A clearer understanding of your idea
• A simple foundation for setup and next steps
• A realistic view of costs and early decisions
• Practical ways to move forward without overwhelm

Who this class is for:

• Anyone with a business idea and no idea where to start
• People who’ve been trying to get something off the ground but feel stuck
• Side-hustlers who want to get organized
• Anyone who wants clear, honest information before investing further

Your next step: Startup Blueprint

This class gives you your foundations.
Startup Blueprint helps you build on them.

Included resources

• Start-Up Readiness Checklist
• One-page Idea Planner
• Access to free one-on-one consulting

Date: Thursday, December 4
Time: 11:00 - 12:30 PM
Prerequisite: Completed client Application
Next Step After Completion: Startup Blueprint