A hands-on seven-week program (online and in person) aimed at assisting small product-based businesses and bringing them into a marketplace!
About this Event

Thursdays I May 1 - June 12, 2025 I 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.*

*See the details below for the full schedule.

MADE is a hybrid program aimed at assisting start-up product-based businesses with entering the marketplace to validate their concepts. Participants will learn core concepts to create a successful business.

Over a seven-week period, vendors learn about planning, marketing, financing, and how to make their business dreams a reality. This quick-paced program will accelerate your concept in just a few short weeks and give you the ability to be prepared and ready to launch, expand, and operate your business in a marketplace.

FOR FOOD VENDORS PLEASE READ: Please note that onsite food preparation, including hot or cold food with service to customers and/or sampling of food, will NOT be allowed through this program.

SPACE IS LIMITED!

Schedule Preview: Thursdays, May 1 - June 12, 2025

*Please note the full schedule, including that classes will be both online and in-person and have different times.

Session 1: May 1, 2025 I 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. (Zoom)
Session 2: May 8, 2025 I 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. (Zoom)
Session 3: May 15, 2025 I 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. (In-Person Field Trip I Tustin, CA)
Session 4: May 22, 2025 I 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. (Zoom)
Session 5: May 29, 2025 I 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. (Zoom)
Session 6: June 5, 2025 I 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. (Zoom)
Session 7: June 12, 2025 I *4:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. (In-Person Graduation I Tustin, CA)

*Vendor arrival time is 4:30 p.m., public event starts at 5 p.m.

Attendance is mandatory at ALL sessions. Only attendees who join live will gain access to the course recording and material.