ACCELeratoredu: #0744
Grades: 11-12
2.0 Credits: Year High Weighted Credit
Prerequisite: Students must have completed INCubatoredu and either have been on a team that received funding OR is hired by a team that received funding.
This course fills the Practical Arts graduation requirement
ACCELeratoredu fosters startup development to transition the business founded in INCubatoredu into a sustainable, functioning business. Students will be able to further the development and implementation of their business building on their Business Model Canvas and learning from the previous INCubatoredu course. This course provides hands on real world learning linked to the fields of business and entrepreneurship. Application of business practices includes growing a customer pipeline and customer processing, submitting legal documents to become a recognized entity at the state and federal level, creating contracts or terms and agreements for customers, developing the typical operating systems for the business, and continuing to build, test, and iterate the product or service. Throughout the program, students work through four major areas of content: legal & banking, customer acquisition, business processes, and solution development. Students leave the course having gained traction in the marketplace to successfully launch their company.