• Duration

    20+ Hours

  • Students

    120+

    Mission Ready Entrepreneurship
    Academy 
    Modules 0-5: Explore & Validate

    The New Jersey Small Business Development Center network is partnering with Fairleigh Dickinson University, and in collaboration with Stockton University to provide this no-cost business training course to veterans, service members and their families. Scholarships are made possible by the generous donations through the TD Foundation and Wells Fargo.

     From pre-venture to opening the doors, this course will give you all the necessary tools to launch your business from experts in their fields.

    Self-paced on-demand courses with Live Workshop Assistance throughout, with supporting resources and workbooks to help guide your way through idea generation to feasibility.
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    Course Overview

    What To Expect

    Module 0:
    Operational Readiness & Resilience

    Module 0 is a non-mandatory parallel track to support mindset readiness as part of operational success in entrepreneurship.

    Module 1-3:
    Introduction to Entrepreneurship

    Modules 1-3 are designed to develop the foundation of your entrepreneurial journey. Here you will explore the entrepreneurial landscape, evaluate your own potential, self-assess, and develop your business ideas through market opportunities. 

    Module 4:
    Building a Business Model

    Module 4 will show you how your business idea is designed to create, deliver, and capture value in a structured and intentional way before you move into deeper feasibility testing and full business planning. In this module, you will begin translating your concept into a clear value framework by identifying who your customer is, what problem you are solving, how you are different, and how revenue will realistically be generated.

    Module 5:
    Feasibility Testing

    Module 5 is where you take the business idea and business model you have built so far and start pressure testing it in the real world. This module is designed to critically assess whether your concept is truly viable, not just in theory, but in practice. You will move beyond assumptions and begin validating the key parts of your idea through research, customer feedback, competitive insight, and early testing. 




    "Excellent training from top to bottom. Thanks so much MRE team!"
    - Former mre student

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