SHIFT Enterprise Academy, Inc 6.9 /10

The SHIFT Forward Center - Venture Studio is a venture-building studio that incubates businesses and strives to create an entire community for innovation and value creation.
Its competitive edge lies in innovation, sustainability, and community engagement. The centre will host a venture studio which will incubate 9 ventures per cohort. Similar to how we take a 10-40% stake in our ventures, the franchisee can also take a stake in the ventures they incubate in their centre. The venture studio makes money through the venture it invests in. Our target audience for the venture studio is women entrepreneurs, rural entrepreneurs, and forward-thinking entrepreneurs.
Investing in the franchise offers an innovative concept, strong brand identity, proven success, growth potential, and community impact.
The space requirement is huge as the ultimate plan is to create an entire centre with retail spaces where multiple businesses that our centre incubates can operate as well. More details on the land use can be viewed in the attached document.
The owner of this business has registered the company in Houston, Texas, USA. However, both the current operating studios are in Uganda. The SHIFT Forward Center is an innovative hub offering entrepreneurship programs, consultancy, workshops, co-working spaces, networking events, funding connections, and a digital learning platform. It aims to empower individuals and communities through a range of services designed to increase personal and professional growth in the entrepreneurial landscape. Nairobi, Houston, Mombasa, Addis Ababa, Entebbe, Jinja, Kinshasa, Bryan, Mbalala. To obtain a SHIFT Forward Center - Venture Studio franchise, individuals follow a structured process by SHIFT Enterprise Academy:
- Initial inquiry: express interest via website, email, or phone.
- Information package: receive details on the franchise model, investment, and support.
- Application submission: submit personal, and financial details, and intent.
- Evaluation: assess the applicant's qualifications, resources, and values alignment.
- Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD): provides legal, and financial details.
- Review and due diligence: thoroughly review FDD, and conduct research.
- Franchise agreement signing: formalize relationship, outline rights.
- Training and onboarding: receive comprehensive training.
- Site selection and setup: choose the location, and set up space.
- Launch and operations: begin serving clients, with ongoing support from the SHIFT Enterprise Academy.
Connect with us on SMERGERS and we will guide you through the process. Individuals running a SHIFT Forward Center - Venture Studio franchise have key roles and responsibilities:
- Business operations management.
- Customer relationship management.
- Business development.
- Program delivery.
- Financial management.
- Marketing and promotion.
- Community engagement.
- Compliance and legal obligations.
- Continuous improvement.
- Brand ambassadorship.
These responsibilities contribute to fostering entrepreneurship, innovation, and economic growth within communities. SHIFT Enterprise Academy supports franchisees of SHIFT Forward Center - Venture Studio with training, operational guidance, marketing support, program development, networking opportunities, technology assistance, continuous training, operational resources, regular communication, and community support to ensure their success and community impact.