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Kauffman FastTrac® Business Academy

Dreaming of starting your own business? Want to learn the tools to make your business more successful? Let the Missouri Women’s Business Center help unlock your business possibility and potential with the Kauffman FastTrac® Business Academy.

For Aspiring & Early-Stage Business Owners

The Kauffman FastTrac®️ Business Academy is a 12-week course for aspiring and early-stage business owners.

Ideate

Get started on making your idea a reality and explore the path to becoming an entrepreneur.

Position

Position your idea in the market, understand your customers, and solidify your business model.

Commit

Commit to reaching your market, making a sale, and protecting your business.

Refine

Perfect your strategy before launch and make sure your finances are in order.

Launch

Plan for launching, leading, and growing your business.

Kauffman FastTrac® Business Academy Pricing and Availability

Kauffman FastTrac® Business Academy is offered through the MoWBC twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall. Courses run approximately 12-15 weeks. These classes require a weekly time commitment from participants, both to attend class and to complete homework.

The cost to attend FastTrac Business Academy is $150. Scholarships may be available. Please email info@mowbc.org for more information.

Frequently Asked Questions about the Kauffman FastTrac® Business Academy

FastTrac is for any aspiring or early-stage entrepreneur who is looking for relevant business information, real life entrepreneurship examples, and tools to help begin their entrepreneurial journey.

If you are in your first year of business, you would definitely benefit from participating in the FastTrac Business Academy program. If you have been in business for longer than a year, you might still benefit if you are considering adjusting your business model for greater success.

The course content is not industry specific but will be relevant and applicable to anyone looking to launch a product or service-based business.

Then FastTrac Business Academy is definitely for you! At its core, FastTrac assesses the feasibility of your business idea. If it turns out that your business idea is not feasible, the Kauffman FastTrac Business Academy benefits you by 1) helping you figure this out BEFORE you make a more significant investment; and 2) helping you figure out ways to adjust your business model or create a new business concept that is feasible. Also, the skills you learn in FastTrac can be applied to ANY business idea you have in the future.