Design Catalyst

Design Catalyst is a business development program tailored to design-based micro business owners. The program provides business development training, one-on-one business mentorship, and individualized financial advising in a cohort-based learning model.

This program is free for eligible low- to moderate-income households and offered on a sliding scale fee for higher-income participants.

Format:
11 weekly evening classes covering the following topics:

1. Orientation: Program overview, expectations, and introduction to tools
2. Entrepreneurial Mastery: Building Block Strategies for Success
3. Entrepreneurial Mastery: Implementing Strategies for Success
4. Legal Basics for Creative Businesses
5. Foundations Legal Basics: Understanding your business’s needs
6. Finance for Creatives: Part 1
7. Finance for Creatives: Part 2
8. The Entrepreneurial Self: Vision, Mission, and You as a Business Owner
9. Brand Identity: Fundamentals
10. Brand Identity: In Practice
11. Market Strategy