Urban Enterprise Core Curriculum℠
Our Initiatives
Urban Enterprise organizes its work through eight key community-driven verticals:
Founders Forum℠
An Invitation-Only Leadership Experience
Activate Your Vision. Amplify Your Impact!
The
Founders Forum is Urban Enterprise’s signature, invitation-only leadership and breakthrough program for purpose-driven entrepreneurs, nonprofit founders, and community leaders. It’s designed to equip you with the mindset, clarity, and tools to build sustainable businesses, movements, and missions that transform lives and uplift communities.
This action-oriented retreat is more than a training—it’s a catalyst for change. In a supportive, inspiring, and empowering environment, you’ll uncover what’s been holding you back, reconnect with your purpose, and discover new ways to lead with authenticity, courage, and impact.
Join us and walk away with:
- Newfound clarity about your purpose and vision
- A bold, actionable roadmap for launching or scaling your venture
- Stronger confidence, communication, and leadership presence
- A renewed sense of joy, vitality, and alignment with your calling
Whether you're launching a business, revitalizing a nonprofit, or leading community change, the Founders Forum will help you identify and overcome limiting beliefs, align your work with your values, and create powerful momentum toward your next level.
You’ll be part of a select cohort led by highly trained facilitators and surrounded by like-minded leaders who share your passion for impact. Through guided exercises, deep reflection, and focused strategy sessions, you’ll generate the breakthroughs needed to move forward—faster and more effectively.
Bundle & Save
For those committed to lasting transformation, we recommend pairing the Founders Forum with our advanced program,
90 Days @ 100 Percent, a structured mastermind designed to implement and sustain the momentum you generate during the Forum. Special bundle pricing is available for those who enroll in both programs at once.
Urban Business Academy℠
The Urban Business Academy equips entrepreneurs and small business owners with strategic training, mentorship, and access to essential business networks. Through a comprehensive 12-week curriculum, participants gain skills in business development, finance, marketing, and leadership. Our mission is to foster sustainable businesses that strengthen economic mobility and community prosperity.
Urban Excellence Institute℠
Urban Excellence Institute delivers world-class personal growth, leadership development, and coaching through an experiential, cohort-based learning model. Built on today’s most powerful personal development strategies and technologies, our programs are culturally relevant to the unique strengths and experiences of urban communities.
The Institute also houses the International Coach Federation (ICF)-accredited Urban Excellence Coach Academy, equipping individuals to lead, coach, and create transformational impact.
Urban Leadership Forums℠
Urban Leadership Forum champions excellence in civic engagement, public policy leadership, and political participation within urban communities. Through experiential learning, cohort-based training, and mentorship, we prepare emerging and established leaders to shape policy, drive advocacy, and build equitable systems of change. Our programs are culturally responsive, equipping leaders with the knowledge, skills, and networks needed to create lasting impact in public life.
Urban Philanthropy Network℠
Urban Philanthropy Network cultivates nonprofit and philanthropic leadership within urban communities through experiential, cohort-based programs. Our flagship initiative, Launch & Lead, is a year-long program that equips emerging founders to launch 501(c)(3) organizations, promote their work, raise sustainable funding, and maintain legal and regulatory compliance. We prepare changemakers to lead impactful, resilient organizations that drive lasting community transformation.
Urban Health Initiative℠
Urban Health Initiative is a community-based Health Accelerator designed to elevate wellness outcomes in urban communities. Participants engage in interactive wellness labs built on the 8 Foundational Habits of High-Performance Health, including sleep and recovery, nutrition, mobility, brain performance, fitness, emotional resilience, and holistic self-care. We equip individuals to optimize energy, resilience, and well-being for leadership, business, and everyday life.
Urban Housing Solutions℠
Urban Housing Solutions develops innovative strategies to help housing-insecure individuals and families, including the fastest-growing affected population—Black women over 60—secure and sustain stable homes. We advance affordable housing projects, co-living and co-housing models, and themed housing with supportive curriculum. Our mission is to reimagine housing through collaboration, creativity, and empowerment, fostering long-term stability, dignity, and thriving urban communities.
Urban Youth
Leadership Academy℠
Urban Youth Leadership Development Academy equips young leaders with the skills, mindset, and tools to thrive in today’s world. Through a culturally responsive, cohort-based program, youth engage in leadership training, resiliency building, life skills development, educational enrichment, financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and positive self-expression. We prepare the next generation to lead with confidence, creativity, and purpose in their communities and beyond.
Urban Church &
Community Alliance℠
Urban Church & Community Alliance℠ trains and equips church and faith-based leaders to expand their impact within their congregations and across the broader community. Through culturally responsive, cohort-based leadership development, we provide practical tools, strategies, and support to drive ministry growth, community engagement, and social transformation. The Alliance also houses the Christian Coaching Academy, which trains leaders in coaching techniques designed to strengthen Christian growth, leadership, witness, and influence both inside and outside the church. We believe the local church is not just a place of worship—it is a catalyst for lasting change in urban communities.
