The Small Business Intensive is a four-month, cohort-based program designed for growth-minded entrepreneurs, who still want to remain a small business or stay local. These ‘non-scalable’ businesses need a different type of support than what traditional entrepreneurship programs, like incubators or accelerators, can offer. Small Business Intensive will coach you through the tools and skills you need to grow your small business. 

 

Small business owners need to know how to grow their business SMARTLY. They need to understand how to hire the right people, create systems and processes to maximize their time, use their finances to project into the future and help develop a company culture that will attract and retain strong workers. The Small Business Intensive will cover these topics that are more pertinent to business owners actively running a business, and looking for sustainable growth or expansion. 

 

Each month will consist of one 3-hour in-person work session facilitated by a topic expert. Throughout the month, participants are expected to take what they've learned during the work session and begin applying their new tools/skills to their business. To support you through this process, we will have virtual meetings with the cohort, office hours with our topic experts, and accountability checks from the SCCF team.  Participants should expect to spend about seven hours a month in "class time" with the cohort, in addition to working on their business challenges outside of class. 

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Topics:

Month 1 - Brand Strategy 

Month 2 - Financial Projections and Sustainable Growth 

Month 3 - Operations, Systems, and Delegation

Month 4 - Human Resources, Hiring and Leading a Team

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The Small Business Intensive is made possible by a grant from the City of Staunton and additional support from City National Bank.