Start Up
Taking your ideas from concept to reality
Next Course Begins January 26th - Apply TODAY!
Whether you’re moving on from our Getting Serious course or already have a business of your own and want to hone your management expertise, Start Up is designed to give you the skills to take the next step or take your business to a new level. This intensive, 15-week course functions like a mini-MBA, with a comprehensive curriculum taught by experienced instructors, visiting experts, guest lecturers and WSBP alumni. For more than just business theory, you’ll spend 110 hours completing a bullet-proof business plan, doing feasibility studies and getting immersed in the reality of the business world. The curriculum focuses on several broad areas:
Financial
You’ll learn to prepare net worth statements and personal budgets, develop financial needs assessments, prepare proforma statements, perform cash flow and break-even analyses, tax preparation, handling bookkeeping and spreadsheets.
Marketing
As markets and audiences become more and more fragmented, reaching them effectively and within budget requires serious marketing know-how. Topics you’ll learn include product pricing and promotion, advertising, social networking, customer relationship programs, competitive review, market and research analysis and more.
Business Management
Topics include creating short and long-term operating plans, goal setting and action planning, stress and time management, effective presentations, defining success and many others.
Learn more about Start Up through the links below.
Tuition and Fees
The cost of the Start Up course is $2,035 which includes our course materials. The tuition will increase to $2195 in the fall of 2012. Please don’t let financial concerns keep you from applying because:
Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) non-degree grants pay our entire tuition for most lower income applicants. Complete your registration online (http://www.vsac.org) or call 1-888-307-8722 for assistance. They will need a copy of your last year's tax returns and W-2's in order to process your online application. VSAC operates on a first come first serve basis and grants are awarded for the current academic year beginning July 1st. It generally takes up to 3 weeks for applications to be processed.
Mercy Connections has scholarships available from KeyBank and the Sisters of Mercy. For scholarship consideration, please complete page 4 of the Start Up Application and mail in with a copy of your last year's tax return and W-2’s.
We offer a 4 - 6 month payment plan for whatever tuition balance students may owe.
Applying to Start Up
Please complete and submit your application along with a $25 application fee to:
Ali Marchildon
WSBP 255 S. Champlain St. #8 Burlington, VT 05401
Once your application has been received, you will be contacted to arrange an interview. The interview is an opportunity to go over details and to make sure that placement in the class is going to be the right fit.