Street Business School is on a mission to end extreme poverty by lifting up a new generation of entrepreneurs. Our ready-to-deliver entrepreneurship training program builds confidence and provides practical business skills. We teach organizations to deliver this customized training to the people they serve. We know you’re the experts in your community, and we want to help you amplify your mission!
We meet people where they are—regardless of education—and help them discover the businessperson within.
We are confident it will work in your community. In partnership with local organizations around the world, our entrepreneurship training programs will lift 1 million people out of poverty by 2027. All that’s missing is you!
2018 IMMERSION WORKSHOPS
Our 2019 Immersion Workshop trainings:
- February 23 – March 3
Participants will be engaged in a hands-on experience and train in OUR “behind the scenes” philosophies.
Learn to Facilitate
- Market Research
- Business Planning
- Bookkeeping
- Money Management
- Coaching for Success
- Business Identification
- Confidence Building
- Growing Your Customer Base
- Finding Capital and Starting Small
See a sample of what attendees are saying:
OUR COMMITMENT
Through our hands-on training experience and post-workshop coaching, you’ll be equipped to train those you serve to start and grow a small business. You’ll walk away with a how-to guide and valuable insights into the secrets of this proven entrepreneurship training model.
YOUR FULLY INTEGRATED SOLUTION:
- 8-day Immersion Workshop
- The opportunity to earn a Lead Coach Certification
- A ready-to-use curriculum, trainer workbook, participant handouts and a video testimonial from an SBS alumna to inspire your participants
- Standardized monitoring & evaluation tools to track your impact
- 6 sessions of implementation coaching
- Co-branded templates and promotional materials
YOUR COMMITMENT
TO EFFECTIVELY DELIVER SBS, YOUR ORGANIZATION MUST COMMIT TO:
- Send two staff members who can speak, read and write in English well
- Implement SBS within 6 months, adhering to the workshop principles and core components
- Share monitoring and evaluation data (using simple tools we will provide)
YOUR ORGANIZATION SHOULD CONSIDER WHETHER THEY HAVE THESE RESOURCES:
- Computer access and time for communication with SBS coach, and evaluation data collection and entry
- Funding for implementation
The fee for TWO participants to attend the Immersion Workshop is only:
- $4,500, if paid in full 8-weeks before the workshop or
- $4,900, if paid within 8 weeks of the start of the workshop
Fee includes:
- Ready to deliver business-training program
- Eight hotel nights for two people
- Three meals a day during the training
- Excursions, as planned by SBS
Fee excludes travel to and from Immersion Workshop and visas, and personal purchases including alcohol or hotel services.
We are occassionaly able to provide partial scholarships that are awarded based on financial need and commitment to implement the Street Business School program.
Your Commitment
To effectively deliver SBS, 2 of your staff members are required to attend the Immersion Workshop. They must be able to speak, read and write well in English, and prior training experience is preferred.
Your trainers should plan to implement the SBS program within 6-months, adhering to the principles and core components learned in the workshop.
Your organization must also commit to sharing monitoring and evaluation data with us (using simple tools we will provide).
Your organization should consider whether you have these resources when applying:
2 staff members to deliver the SBS program
Computer access, and time, for communication with SBS coach, and evaluation data collection and entry
Funding for implementation
Investment
Street Business School reaches deep into the heart of local communities to partner with organizations who have existing empowered leadership.
The fee for TWO participants to attend the Immersion Workshop, inclusive of accommodation & 3 meals/day, is only:
$4,500, if paid in full 8-weeks before the workshop
$4,900, if paid within 8 weeks of the start of the workshop
What our Global Catalyst Partners say about the workshop:
“The Street Business School has completely changed the women in our group. They now know how to initiate means of getting capital and have learned the importance of saving.”
“I feel I can create more impact, I feel I can reach out to all those people who feel less favored, people who feel that they have nothing and will never be any thing. I feel a greater spark in me, that I can light thousands of candles in the world and we can have greater light.”
“The immersion teaching, as if we were the participants, has been the most helpful. Putting myself in their shoes has changed how I think about the content, and how I will teach it to the women we serve.”
Fee Includes:
- Accommodations for 8 nights
- All course materials
- 3 meals per training day
- Dinner on night of arrival
- Breakfast on day of departure
- Group excursions, as planned by SBS
Fee Excludes:
- Airfare/bus fare
- Transport to/from workshop hotel
- Visa/immunizations
- Activities during free evenings
- Additional personal services/expenses
*From time to time, we are able to provide a limited number of partial scholarships to offset the fee. Scholarships are awarded based on financial need, ability to cover a portion of the cost and commitment to implementing the SBS program.