Innovation starts with you.
ASCEND LA’s Management Program
Headed up by the Fred Kiesner Center for Entrepreneurship in the College of Business at LMU, our program will be taught by the College’s leading faculty members from all major disciplines including Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Management, and Accounting. A group of industry professionals and mentors will complement the training program with their valuable industry expertise.
The 12-session training program focuses on entrepreneurial competence, business foundation, and access to capital to enable our participating businesses to accelerate growth and acquire corporate and government contracts.
Program Details
Program Fee: Free for qualified businesses
Application Deadline: April 14, 2021
Acceptance Notifications: April 23, 2021
Registration: All participants must be registered by April, 30 2021
We begin May 15, 2021 and continue through August 21, 2021.
12 sessions will be delivered online on Saturday mornings.
The program will host an additional 2 mixers with public contracting agencies, prime contractors, and lenders and a graduation ceremony.
After successfully completing the management education program, businesses will also receive free 1 -on-1 advising services with our Business Navigators and will be invited to participate in Ascend alumni and contract matchmaking events nationwide.
What will you learn?
There is nothing more powerful on the planet than the will to succeed, complemented by entrepreneurial competence and business foundation. The program, broken down into 5 modules, brings in esteemed faculty members of various disciplines from LMU as well as industry experts to equip entrepreneurs with the knowledge to take their businesses to the next level:
1. Entrepreneurial Mindset & Management: Proactive, innovative, and resilient behavior; the lean approach; and setting and achieving goals.
2. Marketing & Sales: Market & competitive analysis; strategy; value proposition; pitching; developing a relationship; selling and landing customers.
3. Management & Leadership: Building a team & systems for growth, leading; motivating & inspiring others.
4. Accounting, Financial, & Financing: Basic accounting & bookkeeping; planning & budgeting; financial statements; financial projection; and obtaining capital.
5. Contract Acquisition: Reviewing RFP & preparing proposals; certification; capability statement; bidding, negotiating, and winning.
Businesses that successfully complete the 12-session management education
FAQs
Industries.
Construction, Health Services, IT Products & Services, and Professional Services industries
Revenue Size.
Construction businesses // $500,000-$2M Other industries // $150,000-$1.5M
Drive.
We are looking for people who are ready to take their business to the next level.
Together.
We are looking for people that are interested in learning & growing alongside a cohort. Is that you?