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Transform your new or small business into a success while minimizing your risks. Begin by exploring the latest methods for planning your business and generating ideas. Use a checklist to help you set up your business. Then, learn to create a business plan by assessing feasibility and preparing management and financial plans. Follow a step-by-step approach to attract and retain customers, with a focus on customer-driven marketing decisions and brand building. Identify the abilities that successful entrepreneurs possess and how to acquire them, set goals to establish your business, develop an outline for your plan, and learn techniques for managing and marketing your new business. Courses: Entrepreneur Boot Camp The Business Plan Entrepreneurial Marketing Courses are online and asynchronous, meaning students may login to the classroom anytime during the course session, day or night, 24/7. For more information, go to our Online Professional Development Certificates & Courses FAQ Class details: Entrepreneur Boot Camp Unit 1: What is an Entrepreneur? Checklist For Going Into Business Are You A Potential Entrepreneur? Success, Self-Esteem and Goals Brainstorming Business Ideas Unit 2: As You Start Your Business Selecting A Legal Structure Licensing And Registrations Planning Your Business Unit 3: Using Technology The Essential Eleven Computer Skills Marketing Strategies Internet Opportunities Unit 4: Managing Your Business Financial Statements Record Keeping And Taxes Grants And Government Programs The Business Plan Unit 1: Getting Started—Refine your concept and begin your plan Prepare your concept statement—What, Who, Why, When, and How. Identify product/service features and benefits. Identify limitation, liabilities, and regulations. Write your Business Description and evaluate it against a Business Description checklist. Unit 2: Prepare the Marketing Plan Conduct an industry and competitive analysis. Perform a market analysis and identify target markets and a market penetration strategy. Identify your pricing strategy. Write your Marketing Plan and evaluate it against a Marketing Plan checklist. Unit 3: Prepare the Management and Financial Plans Identify key people and positions, duties and responsibilities. Determine funding needs and sources. Create sales and expense estimates. Write your Management and Financial Plans and evaluate them against checklists. Unit 4: Complete the Business Plan and Assess Business Feasibility Polish the plan and add final elements—Cover Page, Executive Summary, Table of Contents. Evaluate business plan against checklist and identify items in need of additional work. Assess business against feasibility checklist. Identify next steps. Entrepreneurial Marketing Unit 1: The Customer as the Driver Marketing Decisions Framework Positioning Your Product or Service Marketing Strategies and Goals Unit 2: Communicating Value to Customers Key Selling Messages Creating Emotional Connections Personal Selling Networking: Your 30-Second Introduction Unit 3: Creating a Strong Brand Managing the Marketing Mix Marketing on a Shoestring Budget Your Marketing Calendar Implementing Your Plan Unit 4: Building Customer Relationships Tools to Meet Your Strategic Goals Online Opportunities and Social Media Checklist Generating Buzz: Word-of-Mouth Marketing Measuring Effectiveness

Does buying a home in an uncertain economy make sense? Learn how to navigate the home buying process step-by-step, including information about government grants, first time buyer programs, how to avoid lemons, and maximizing your money to get the best deal possible.

Early morning drop off care from 8:15am to 9:15am. Students can participate in activities like open gym, low-key games, drawing and reading. To ensure that our high-quality enrichment classes are accessible to all families, Minneapolis Community Education is now offering fees on a sliding scale. The different prices reflect the average cost of offering a class as well as a discounted option and options that help us cover our administrative costs. Fees cover instructor pay, most class supplies, program materials, marketing and scholarships. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. As always, we will continue to offer additional financial assistance upon request. When families participate as they are able, in all levels of our sliding scale, the whole program becomes self-sustaining. Thank you for your consideration as you sign up for summer programs!

Get creative with sparkles, flowers, twigs, sequins and magic fairy dust. Make your fairy friends their own furniture, home and garden to play in. Register your child for a morning class and an afternoon class and we will provide lunch and supervision free of charge from 12-1 pm. When signing up for the morning class, you will be able to choose the option “Stay for free lunch and recess from 12:00 – 1:00 pm” as you complete your registration. To ensure that our high-quality enrichment classes are accessible to all families, Minneapolis Community Education offers fees on a sliding scale. The class fee is the average cost of offering a class. Families are asked to pick the class fee or the price that they are able to pay. When families participate as they are able, at all levels of our sliding scale, the whole program becomes self-sustaining. Thank you for your consideration as you sign up for summer programs!

Get creative with sparkles, flowers, twigs, sequins and magic fairy dust. Make your fairy friends their own furniture, home and garden to play in. Register your child for a morning class and an afternoon class and we will provide lunch and supervision free of charge from 12-1 pm. When signing up for the morning class, you will be able to choose the option “Stay for free lunch and recess from 12:00 – 1:00 pm” as you complete your registration. To ensure that our high-quality enrichment classes are accessible to all families, Minneapolis Community Education offers fees on a sliding scale. The class fee is the average cost of offering a class. Families are asked to pick the class fee or the price that they are able to pay. When families participate as they are able, at all levels of our sliding scale, the whole program becomes self-sustaining. Thank you for your consideration as you sign up for summer programs!

This is a separating class (child and parent spend time together and apart). In collaboration with MPS Indian Education, Native American families: • Explore traditional parenting within their contemporary lifestyles • Deepen their connection to culture • Focus on discussion topics of child development, school readiness, temperament, guiding behavior, sibling relationships ECFE classes are priced on a sliding fee schedule based on family income. Please choose the fee that best fits your family budget. A 10% surcharge will be added to fees for Non-Minneapolis residents.

This course is a combination of an introduction to field mapping and a naturalist lesson. Day 1 will be the "Naturalists in the Park Day." Fun for all ages (bring your kids). We will learn how to make various measurements of trees and document our observations on a map. Day 2 will be a computer lab day where we will enter our data onto OpenStreetMap, query their database for the edits, and finally map and analyze the information with QGIS. If you do not have access to a laptop, please email andrew.kallevig@mpls.k12.mn.us and we will try to make accommodations for the computer portion of the class.

Hit the field and enjoy ball games, team-building activities and more. Grades are the year your student will be entering in the fall of 2025. A lunch is available to all students. Please select this option when you register. Community Education uses a sliding scale model for program fees so our summer programs can be financially sustainable and more equitable. The different prices reflect the average cost of offering a class as well as discounted options and options that help us cover our administrative costs. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. If you need further financial assistance, please contact the lead coordinator of the Super Summer Program at lissa.gordan@mpls.k12.mn.us or call 612.668.4922.

This course is a combination of an introduction to field mapping and a naturalist lesson. Day 1 will be the "Naturalists in the Park Day." Fun for all ages (bring your kids). We will learn how to make various measurements of trees and document our observations on a map. Day 2 will be a computer lab day where we will enter our data onto OpenStreetMap, query their database for the edits, and finally map and analyze the information with QGIS. If you do not have access to a laptop, please email andrew.kallevig@mpls.k12.mn.us and we will try to make accommodations for the computer portion of the class.

Use your body to move like an animal, groove to your favorite song or race through an obstacle course. This class will get all the wiggles out. We want to ensure that our youngest participants have the supports they need to be successful. Caregivers of children who will be 4 on the date this class starts but younger than 4 years, 6 months, please email our Inclusion Specialist, Devin.Nelson@mpls.k12.mn.us prior to enrolling. Grades are the year your student will be entering in the fall of 2025. Please select this option when you register. Community Education uses a sliding scale model for program fees so our summer programs can be financially sustainable and more equitable. The different prices reflect the average cost of offering a class as well as discounted options and options that help us cover our administrative costs. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. If you need further financial assistance, please contact the lead coordinator of the Super Summer Program at Lissa.Gordon@mpls.k12.mn.us or call 612.668.4922.

Read about adventures with a curious little monkey and a man with the yellow hat. Create monkey art, explore curiously outdoors and have fun with a week of Curious George! Grades are the year your student will be entering in the Fall. Please select this option Community Education uses a sliding scale model for program fees so our summer programs can be financially sustainable and more equitable. The different prices reflect the average cost of offering a class as well as discounted options and options that help us cover our administrative costs. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. If you need further financial assistance, please contact the lead coordinator of the Super Summer Program at Sanford at lissa.gordon@mpls.k12.mn.us or 612-668-4922.

Students should be 4 years old by the date the class starts. Grades are the year your student will be entering in the fall of 2025. Please select this option when you register. Community Education uses a sliding scale model for program fees so our summer programs can be financially sustainable and more equitable. The different prices reflect the average cost of offering a class as well as discounted options and options that help us cover our administrative costs. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. If you need further financial assistance, please contact the lead coordinator of the Super Summer Program at Sanford at lissa.gordon@mpls.k12.mn.us or 612-668-4922.

Go on the hunt for your own dinosaurs as you create and find fossils and eggs and learn about the great creatures of prehistoric times. We want to ensure that our youngest participants have the supports they need to be successful. Caregivers of children who will be 4 on the date this class starts but younger than 4 years, 6 months, please email our Inclusion Specialist, Devin.Nelson@mpls.k12.mn.us prior to enrolling. Grades are the year your student will be entering in the fall of 2025. Please select this option when you register. Community Education uses a sliding scale model for program fees so our summer programs can be financially sustainable and more equitable. The different prices reflect the average cost of offering a class as well as discounted options and options that help us cover our administrative costs. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. If you need further financial assistance, please contact the lead coordinator of the Super Summer Program at Lissa.Gordon@mpls.k12.mn.us or call 612.668.4922.

Fairies have been known to take residence in our fairy homes and gardens at Sanford! We will build a fairy village out of nature found items and watch for signs the fairies are back. We will create houses and gardens, do fairy art and make fairy wings! Students should be 4 years old by the date the class starts. Grades are the year your student will be entering in the fall of 2025. Please select this option when you register. Would you like a full day option? Register your child for a morning class and an afternoon class and choose the option “Stay for free lunch and recess from 12:00 – 1:00 pm.” This extra hour is free of charge! Community Education uses a sliding scale model for program fees so our summer programs can be financially sustainable and more equitable. The different prices reflect the average cost of offering a class as well as discounted options and options that help us cover our administrative costs. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. If you need further financial assistance, please contact the lead coordinator of the Super Summer Program at Sanford at lissa.gordon@mpls.k12.mn.us or 612-668-4922.

Spend the day outside in the forest. See what you can find in the forest as you discover new things together with other nature lovers. Grades are the year your student will be entering in the Fall. A lunch is available to all students. Please select this option when you register. Community Education uses a sliding scale model for program fees so our summer programs can be financially sustainable and more equitable. The different prices reflect the average cost of offering a class as well as discounted options and options that help us cover our administrative costs. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. If you need further financial assistance, please contact the lead coordinator of the Super Summer Program at Sanford at lissa.gordon@mpls.k12.mn.us or 612-668-4922.