Certificate of Women’s Entrepreneurship

Professional Certification

August 2024

About the Organization

The Bank of America Institute for Women's Entrepreneurship at Cornell is a collaboration between Bank of America and Cornell University to provide 100,000 entrepreneurs with access to an online certificate program that provides the knowledge and resources to build and scale successful businesses.


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Highlighted Skills

Business & Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Project Management, Sales and Promotion

About the Program

Providing women entrepreneurs with the skills, knowledge, and resources to build, manage, and scale a successful business.

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The curriculum is designed to meet the needs of emerging entrepreneurs who are developing their own leadership skills and approaching their business decisions to maximize the chance for success. The six courses include topics such as assessing readiness for entrepreneurship, performing customer discovery, creating a business model, executing product development and digital marketing, building a legal framework for success, assessing and obtaining financial resources, developing leadership capacity, and enhancing communication, negotiation, and persuasiveness skills. In each course, participants will hear about specific aspects that impact women entrepreneurs, and each entrepreneur will be given the opportunity to adapt the learning to her specific context.

Associated Skills

  • Business Strategy and Planning
    • Business strategy development
    • Business plan creation
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Market analysis and opportunity identification
  • Leadership and Management
    • Leadership development
    • Team management
    • Negotiation skills
    • Decision-making
  • Financial Acumen
    • Financial planning and budgeting
    • Funding strategies and investment
    • Financial analysis
  • Marketing and Branding
    • Marketing strategy formulation
    • Brand development
    • Digital Marketing
    • Social media marketing
  • Networking and Mentorship
    • Networking skills
    • Mentorship engagement
    • Professional relationship building
    • Legal and Operational Insights
  • Legal considerations for businesses
    • Operational best practices
    • Risk management
  • Additional Skills
    • Problem-solving
    • Innovation and creativity
    • Project management
    • Customer relationship management (CRM)
    • Sales strategy

Credentials:

Desiree' Slaughter's Certificate for Women’s Entrepreneurship from Cornell University

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Desiree' M. Slaughter

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