entrepreneurship education

Actionworks is an entrepreneur-led education company based in Austin, Texas, teaching customer acquisition, business modeling, and outreach. It builds virtual, in-person, and hybrid programs for entrepreneurs, innovators, and organizations, and has supported revenue-generating founders since 2019. Its programs have reached 24 countries, and alumni have raised over $221 million in capital, achieved exits to Google and Etsy, and secured spots in Y Combinator and Techstars.

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CEO Quick Launch is an AI-guided entrepreneurship learning platform that helps participants move from idea to launch through guided learning, practical action steps, community engagement, and implementation-focused support. It serves schools, colleges, incubators, accelerators, chambers, and entrepreneurship programs. The CEO Quick Launch Framework follows stages: Idea, Validate, Offer, Execute, and Scale. The platform includes an AI launch coach named Demarcus, micro-lessons, gamified learning, community engagement, and a launch journal.

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FirstXFounder was created by entrepreneur Mary Howard to run entrepreneurship programs for life science ventures. Beginning in 2011 in NJ and invited to NYC in 2012, FirstXFounder managed the top four programs in the Metro New York area: ELabNYC, Next Milestone, ABCT and Westchester County Biosciences Accelerator through 2025. It provides entrepreneurship education, coaching and mentoring to competitively selected emerging ventures.

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