Event Details
Starting up, leveling up, or ready to break through? This accelerator is built for you.
The Scale to Grow Business Accelerator brings together aspiring entrepreneurs, new business owners, and established operators for seven weeks of hands-on training, expert coaching, and real business planning. This isn't a lecture series -- you'll build, refine, and deliver a working action plan tailored to your business.
What You'll Cover:
Week 1 - Customer Journey Strategies: understand how customers find you, choose you, and stay with you
Week 2 - Business Financial Health: learn to read your numbers, assess cash flow, and position for financing
Week 3 - AI Tools Workshop: get hands-on with practical AI tools that save time and cut costs
Week 4 - Operations & Productivity: find the bottlenecks draining your profit and fix them
Week 5 - Branding Development: build a brand identity and marketing strategy that commands your value
Week 6 - Pitch Preparation: pull everything together into a compelling action plan with personalized coaching
Week 7 - Pitches & Graduation: present your plan to industry professionals, celebrate your progress, and walk away with a roadmap to scale
What You Walk Away With: A business action plan you built, refined, and delivered -- not a theoretical exercise Personalized feedback from industry professionals Free, ongoing one-on-one consulting with SBDC market growth specialists. Your growth doesn't stop at graduation.
Dates: Tuesdays, September 1-October 13, 2026 Time: 9:30-11:00 AM (Week 7 extended to 1:00 PM)
Format: Hybrid — In-Person at Key Largo Public Library + Virtual sessions
Location: Key Largo Public Library, 101485 Overseas Hwy, Key Largo, FL 33037
Cost: Free
Apply: go.fiu.edu/accelerator