A nonproift e-learning platform that has set up a Phoenix office and is aimed at helping promote diversity and inclusion among the startup community, will offer a free course on June 17 that is designed to help entrepreneurs get their nonprofit or business idea up and running.
Purpose Institute, headquartered in North Carolina and founded by Derrick Drakeford, uses an artificial intelligence-driven online app to help entrepreneurs launch what it calls "purpose-driven" startups.
The course will help attendees set up a website, open a business bank account, obtain a tax ID number and sketch out a rough business plan.
Purpose Institute has set up a mobile app that uses augmented reality features to deliver its courses, which are taught by Drakeford. He said people who typically attend his courses are students in community colleges who are looking to take a new direction, adults looking to become entrepreneurs and ex-convicts looking for some help and a fresh start.
Purpose Institute received a $225,000 grant in 2019 from the National Science Foundation to set up the app and its courses.
The event on June 17 will be held at Purpose Institute's office at 4300 East Washington St. Follow this link to sign up.
