Customer clarity
Understand your customer, test your value proposition and make stronger product or service decisions.
BLACK ENTREPRENEUR CAPACITY BUILDING
Build the business
you’re ready for.
A 12-week incubator for Black entrepreneurs who are ready to move from ideas and insight into practical implementation, stronger systems and a clear next move.
✦ GrowthWheel-aligned · practical · supported
REGISTER YOUR INTEREST
Let’s build your
next chapter.
The BPES Black Entrepreneur Capacity Building Incubator is a 12-week program designed to help Black entrepreneurs strengthen their businesses, build practical skills and develop strategies for sustainable growth.
Please complete this short form to register your interest. We’ll follow up with next steps.
THE PROMISE
Education is the beginning.
Application is the point.
This is not learning for learning’s sake. Every week is designed to help you build a usable business asset, make a meaningful decision or take an action you can carry into your business immediately.
You’ll receive individualized support, expert and ecosystem access, accountability throughout the cohort and a 90-day growth plan you can keep working after graduation.
IS THIS FOR YOU?
For entrepreneurs ready to make the next move more deliberate.
Whether you are clarifying your offer, strengthening your operations or preparing for growth, the incubator meets you where your business is and helps you focus on what matters next.
01You want a clearer founder vision and measurable goals.
02You are ready to test, build and improve—not just take notes.
03You value practical guidance, relevant connections and accountability.
WHAT YOU’LL BUILD
A stronger business,
in tangible pieces.
The program follows your business through the foundations that create momentum.
Business foundations
Strengthen pricing, cash flow, operations, leadership, legal and risk readiness.
Growth systems
Build practical sales and marketing activity, a KPI dashboard and a GrowthWheel-aligned growth plan.
Opportunity pathways
Map relevant partners, financing, mentorship, procurement and other next-step opportunities.
THE 12-WEEK JOURNEY
From business snapshot
to 90-day action plan.
Each stage builds on the last. You’ll see what you’re working toward, what support is available and how progress is measured.
Find your focus
Diagnostic, founder vision, customer discovery and a sharper value proposition.
Build the engine
Sales, marketing, financial foundations, operations and leadership priorities.
Open the doors
Partnerships, risk, financing and the ecosystem connections that fit your business.
Make it measurable
Exit diagnostic, KPI dashboard, founder showcase and your 90-day action plan.
MORE THAN A CLASSROOM
Useful people.
Useful access.
Expert sessions are built for practical value: clinics, Q&A, office hours, warm introductions and real opportunity pathways where they fit.
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Individualized support
Your entry diagnostic helps identify strengths, gaps and priority growth needs.
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Expert & ecosystem access
Connect with advisors, mentors, financing organizations and community partners relevant to your next step.
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Accountability that continues
30/60/90-day progress reviews help you surface barriers, adjust support and keep implementing.
MEASURE WHAT MOVES
See your progress
in the work.
You’ll complete a structured Business Growth Diagnostic before Week 1 and again near the end of the program. The result is a simple scorecard: baseline, priority gaps, actions taken, exit score and next priorities.
BUSINESS GROWTH SCORECARDBPES / 2026
Business clarity+24
Customer & market+18
Financial readiness+31
Operations+22
ENTRY→EXIT90 DAYS
WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE
Leave with more
than attendance.
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A credible founder pitch and a focused 90-day action plan—grounded in what you’ve learned, built and tested.
- A clearer founder vision and measurable business goals.
- Validated customer understanding and a stronger value proposition.
- Practical sales, marketing, financial and operating tools.
- A stronger network of advisors, partners and ecosystem organizations.
- At least one clear pathway to continued support, financing, mentorship, market access or another relevant opportunity.
YOUR NEXT CHAPTER STARTS WITH A CONVERSATION
Ready to put
your business in motion?
We’re looking forward to learning more about what you’re building.
Questions? Contact diacre.bayishime@bpes.ca