Build Your Business Plan [1-on-1]

Before the program Students complete a short intake covering their interest, any existing idea or family business, and what they want to walk away with. The mentor plans the four weeks from this. Week 1 | Customer and idea Narrowing a broad interest into a specific business worth building. Identifying who the customer actually is, what problem they have, and what they currently do instead. Mentor feedback on the idea before anything else is built. Week 2 | Sales and operations How the business will actually make money. Pricing, the sales plan, and who buys first. Mapping operations: what gets made or delivered, by whom, at what cost. Week 3 | Marketing and numbers Positioning and the marketing plan. Where the first hundred customers come from. Building a simple set of numbers: costs, revenue, and what it takes to break even. Week 4 | The deck Turning four weeks of work into a business plan deck. Structuring the story, tightening each slide, and rehearsing the pitch with the mentor. After the program Students submit their deck for publishing and receive their certificate with a unique credential id. They walk away with a plan they can present to a competition, an investor, or their own family.