Register for one of our FREE Info Session to learn how we can help you start or grow your business at www.sunshineenterprises.com/infosessions!
We train, coach, and provide resources to existing and new entrepreneurs to equip them for success.
We have six hubs for Arts & Makers, Construction Trades, Property Management, North, South, and West Sides (If Illinois opens back up, we intend to return to in-person CBAs). And we NOW offer our courses in Spanish.
Learn how you can join a community of over 900 entrepreneurs from around the State of Illinois.
Through our Community Business Academy (CBA), we teach business principles such as finance, marketing, and accounting; we also work with marketplace coaches and trainers--experts in their fields--matching them with local entrepreneurs to develop sustainable growth strategies that lead to revenue and increased sales.
Our goal is to grow businesses in struggling communities to create better economic opportunities. Come find out how to apply.
More than Basic Business Training:
Sunshine Enterprises takes a comprehensive approach to help businesses grow and become sustainable. We focus on entrepreneurs in low-income communities seeking to start or grow a business. All those accepted into the program receive a $3,000 grant toward tuition costs. Our program offers the following:
Access our Small Business Lab: a unique environment where you gain hands-on experience in running a business under real-world conditions.
Receive exclusive networking opportunities with some of Chicago’s top business and industry leaders.
Small Business Support Team: a group of specialists that serve as volunteer staff, assisting with key business strategies: Effective Marketing, Accounting and Finance, and Legal Issues
Our Info Sessions are FREE. Due to limited space, we require pre-registration. For additional information or to RSVP, please contact recruitment@sunshinenterprises.com, visit us on our website at www.sunshineenterprises.com.
What Our Alumni Say:
"The Community Business Academy provides support in our business ventures!"-Jessica Willis, Swaggerless Studios, CBA Fall 2018
"[The Community Business Academy provided] The leadership of the instructors and the opportunity to network with a variety of people in the real estate industry." -Salithia Graham, CBA Fall 2018
"Success isn't owned, it's leased and rent is due everyday." Sunshine's collaborative environment has been empowering for Neticia as she connects with other entrepreneurs such as Hecky Powell, owner of Hecky's BBQ in Evanston." -Neticia Blunt, TishBars, CBA Fall 2015
"I know education, but the business side was totally foreign to me. This class has helped me to put my business priorities in order and to really think of the larger impact of every decision I make. It forces me to really do my research before I make a move." -Tamara Stewart-Hadaway, Kingsway Preparatory School, CBA Fall 2015