I am working with Dominique Reese and her Veterans Small Business Boot Camp. Our first assignment was to complete this 1-Page Business Template.

1-Page Business Template

Use this template to get your business idea out of your head and onto paper! Focus

on writing what comes to your mind for each section. Once you are done, you can focus on each section and flush out each section with more details.

WHAT is your business idea? I want to be a blogger.

WHO will your business serve? Freedom loving poor people everywhere. They are poor, but frugal. They feel trapped in a system that isn’t meeting their needs. They see the need to take a risk, to make some changes. But they are also afraid. They are willing to work, but they need a structure to work under. And someone to show them the way.

WHEN is your customer/client most likely to buy your product/service? I

would assume they would buy when they have money. When they are given the choice to change their life or are forced to change their life. I guess I just need to collect information about them… collect all the information possible.

WHERE will you operate your business? Online, on the Internet, everywhere and nowhere. The freest countries and the poorest countries. The ones that are going through changes. Countries with a large independence movement. Those showing the most positive changes toward freedom and fastest growing economies.

WHY does it matter that you move forward with this business idea? I want to travel. I need something, a project to keep me busy, to keep me occupied. If I don’t have something to keep me occupied. I may get depressed, start drinking, doing drugs or chasing women. This is a problem that is close to my heart. The amount of violence and coercion in the world. When I think about leaving a contribution to this world, this is a contribution I would like to make.

HOW will you market and generate sales for your business?

I need to turn on the history in my web browsers. To keep track of everything that I search for. Then Blog about everything: go through everything I have ever written to see if it can be turned into a blog post. Go through my search histories to blog about all of those things also. My youtube history… etc. Just put it all out there and see what the response is. Then just try to write more of what is popular… what get’s the most hits, what gets the most comments. Then once I find an audience to

write for… look for products which that audience will buy.  Then try to create new similar products that will meet my audience’s needs better. I want to blog about Intentional communities, Social Choice, Public Choice, Conciliation, Facilitation, Mediation, Arbitration, online collaboration, dwelling port-ably, homesteading, seasteading, and alternative lifestyles, as well as all the issues I cover in my book. I also need to comment on blogs similar to my own and leave comments with a link to my blog post.

Fatima Diaz works for Abco Technology, 11222 S La Cienega Blvd #588, Inglewood, CA 90304. She is the Director of Admissions. You can reach her at (310)-216-4311. They have a program called Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW).

I got this information from an email I was sent October 17, 2017. The program costs $5455. The entrance requirements are that you have a High School Diploma and pass an assessment interview with a school counselor.

The CIW program has a prerequisite “Intro to PC.” CIW students attend class 6 hours a day, 4 days a week, 8am-2pm, for 10 weeks. It starts 12/4/2017 and ends 3/30/18. This is a total of 10 weeks training, and 239 hours of instruction.

Students receive Certified Internet Webmaster certification upon completion of the training. Training cost includes tuition, registration, books and exams. No other materials or supplies are required for the training.

Students can apply for financial aid by visiting the Abco Technology office and applying online at www.fafsa.ed.gov. There is an instructor to student ratio of 8 to1. Each instructor has the certification and at least 3 years experience in the field.

The training program does not include an externship or internship. The school does have a full time Job Developer and offers job placement assistance. Stamps.com, Raytheon, AT&T, Boeing, Tesla, Google, and Broad PC have all recently hired graduates from this training program. This training program is I-Train compliant. 

Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship

Erica Montoya works for DeVry University, 15301 Ventura Blvd D-100, Sherman Oaks, CA 91304.  She is an Admissions Adviser. You can reach her at 619-293-5436 or emontoya@devry.edu. They have a Bachelor’s Degree Program with a Specialization in

Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship. I talked to her November 2, 2017.
The BS degree costs $64,000. The entrance requirements are that you have a High School Diploma and pass Math and English assessments.The program consists of 124 credit units
Comprising 32-34 classes;
GENERAL EDUCATION COURSEWORK includes; Communication Skills; ENGL112 Composition, ENGL135 Advanced Composition, Humanities;

ETHC445 Principles of Ethics, LAS432 Technology, Society and Culture.
Social Sciences, ECON312 Principles of Economics, SOCS1851 Culture and Society, Mathematics and Natural Sciences; MATH114 Algebra for College Students, MATH221 Statistics for Decision-Making, SCI228 Nutrition, Health and Wellness with Lab.
Additional General Education Selection; SPCH275 Public Speaking Personal and Professional Development, CARD405 Career Development, and COLL148 Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving.
CORE-DEGREE COURSEWORK includes; Business, Management and Technology, ACCT212 Financial Accounting, BIS155 Data Analysis with Spreadsheets with Lab, BIS245 Database

Essentials for Business with Lab, BUSN115 Introduction to Business and Technology,
BUSN278 Budgeting and Forecasting, BUSN319 Marketing, CIS115 Logic and Design, CIS206 Architecture and Operating Systems with Lab, COMP100 Computer Applications for Business with Lab, MGMT303 Principles of Management MGMT404 Project Management, MGMT410 Human Resource Management,
Senior Project; BUSN460 Senior Project Analytics, BIAM300 Managerial Applications of Business Analytics, BIAM400 Applied Business Analytics, BIAM410 Database Concepts in Business Intelligence

You take 2 classes at a time for 16 weeks. A new class starts every 8 weeks. Students are expected to devote 20 hours a week per course. You can complete the program in 2 years 8 months if you take 2 classes at a time, 5 years if you take one class at a time.
Financial Aid is available, Erica recommends filing a FAFSA and talking to a school financial adviser. She said the ratio of instructor to students varies with each class.

Each instructor has a master’s degree as well as experience in the field.
The training program does not include an externship or internship but a Senior Project is required. The school does not have a full time Job Developer but does provide some career assistance through their career services department.

DeVry

Bonnie Grant works for DeVry University, 2655 Camino Del Rio North in San Diego, California, 92108.  She is an Enrollment advisor. You can reach her at 619-293-5436. They have a Web Site Development Certificate. I talked to her November 2, 2017.

The certificate costs $20136. The entrance requirements are that you have a High School Diploma and pass an English assessment.The program consists of 38 credit units comprising 10 classes;

Web Graphic Design Classes include; WGD210 Digital Imaging Fundamentals, WGD229 Information Design, WGD232 Web Design, WGD242 Advanced Web Design, and WGD251 Responsive Web Design.

Web Development Classes include; CIS336 Introduction to Database with Lab, WBG310 Interactive Web Page Scripting with Lab, WBG340 Programming Multimedia for the Web with Lab, WBG410 Dynamic Website Development and Database Integration with Lab, and WDD420 Web Accessibility with Lab.

Each course lasts eight weeks. A new class starts every 8 weeks. Students are expected to devote 20 hours a week per course. You can complete the program in 1 to 2 years. Bonnie says that the certificate prepares you to take the Adobe Certified Associate exam.

Financial Aid is available, Bonnie recommends filing a FAFSA and talking to a school financial adviser. She said the ratio of instructor to students varies with each class. Each instructor has a master’s degree as well as experience in the field.

The training program does not include an externship or internship. The school does not have a full time Job Developer but does provide some career assistance.

Wes Krebeck works for Northcentral University, 8667 E Hartford Drive, in Scottsdale, Arizona, 85255. He is an Enrollment advisor. You can reach him at (480) 253-3489. They have a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Entrepreneurship. I talked to him November 2, 2017.

The certificate costs $11,262. The only entrance requirement is that you have a
bachelor’s degree. It consists of four courses: ENT5000-8 - Innovation - The Entrepreneur and
Intrapreneur, ENT500

1-8 - Strategic Market Assessments, ENT5002-8 - New Venture Formation, and ENT5004-8 - Sustainable Business Practices.

Each course lasts eight weeks. A new class starts every Monday. Students are expected to devote 20 hours a week per course. You can complete the program in 6 months or up to 2
years.

Financial Aid is available. Wes recommends filing a FAFSA and talking to a school financial advisor. He said the ratio of instructor to student is one to one. Each instructor has a doctoral degree as well as experience in the field.

The training program does not include an externship or internship. The school does not have a full time Job Developer. There is a 3rd party that helps with resume’ and job placement assistance.