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Entrepreneur University

Where ideas become sustainable businesses.

Education, development, and mentorship for anyone building a business. Small business owners, entrepreneurs, artists, and entertainment professionals, at every stage from the first plan to a company that sustains itself.

Why it exists

A real business model you can actually run.

The purpose of Entrepreneur University is to educate, develop, and mentor entrepreneurs and small business owners, including minority artists and entertainment industry professionals, through the stages of establishing and maintaining a successful and sustainable business.

It increases economic mobility, using education to give an owner in any field a practical, realistic business model they can actually run.

Who it is for

Any owner, any field.

Opening a storefront, growing a service business, or building a career in the arts. The work is the same: make it real, and make it last.

Small business ownersEntrepreneursPeople with an ideaArtistsEntertainment professionalsAnyone ready to build
How it works

Weekly courses. Four quarters. One portfolio.

A guided year with an Academic Dean, built to move you from idea to a business you own.

Weekly courses

Consistent classes with an Academic Dean who keeps you moving.

A full business portfolio

You build real assets and documents, not just notes.

Four quarters a year

Each quarter steps your business, and your investment in it, up a level.

What you’ll cover

Thirteen ways to build a business.

Every quarter goes deeper. By the end, you have touched every part of running a real company.

EducationHealth & WellnessBusiness OperationsLegalMarketingFinancesProject ManagementIntellectual PropertyTechnologyHuman ResourcesReal EstateCareer OpportunitiesBusiness Partnerships
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Ready to build it for real?

Tell us about your work and we will send you everything you need to get started.

Questions first? Email dwhiteside@kiarts.live or call (614) 934-5012.

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