Misson Ready Entrepreneurship (MRE) Academy: Module 1-3 Want to Start a Business?

Calling all veterans, service members and their family members interested in entrepreneurship: Unlock your entrepreneurial potential with the Mission Ready Entrepreneurship (MRE) Academy Spring 2025!

Embark on an entrepreneurial journey with our on-demand and live virtual training courses, with professional consulting support, an extensive feasibility guide and live workshop support.

The New Jersey Small Business Development Center (NJSBDC) network is partnering with Fairleigh Dickinson University to provide this no-cost business training course to veterans, service members and their families. From pre-venture to opening the doors, this course will give you all the necessary tools to launch your business from experts in their fields.

Want to Start a Business? MRE Academy is the program to take you from business idea to launch! Modules 1-3 are ideal for students potentially seeking entrepreneurship as a new path, generating business ideas, and self-assessing skills and abilities.

Course Details:

On-Demand Modules with Workbook, 3 Total Classes, Estimated 2 Hours of Video and Homework for Each Module.

Module 1 - Entrepreneurial Mindset

• Entrepreneurial Mindset
• Finding Opportunity
• Producing Results
• Creating Your Ecosystem
• Business, Personal, and Social Values

Module 2 - Self-Assessment

• Business Owner vs Entrepreneur
• Personality
• Leadership Traits
• Entrepreneurial Self-Assessment/Improvement
• Exit Planning

Module 3 - Foundations

• Introductory Idea Generation
• Introductory Feasibility Test
• Safe to Fail Experiments
• Full Idea Generation

Intended Students: People interested in becoming entrepreneurs.

No-cost scholarships made possible through the TD Charitable Foundation and Wells Fargo.

Register here, or email us at SBDCinfo@fdu.edu to enroll! On-demand portal opens April 1st for Modules 1 - 3.