Entrepreneurship

The Mitchell Technical College Entrepreneurship program is a unique opportunity for skilled tradespeople to put their passions to work for them. Presented in a two-days-per-month format spread over a full school year, the Entrepreneurship program is an opportunity for students to extend their education, or for those who have already begun their careers – or even already started their own businesses – to learn skills that will help them succeed as sole proprietors or larger-scale enterprises.

The Entrepreneurship program consists of courses designed to develop strategic thinking and planning, professional selling, leadership, and project management. The eight entrepreneurship courses and four leadership courses, delivered in two days of classes monthly with assignments to be submitted between sessions, will equip graduates with the necessary skillset to launch and manage their own businesses and entrepreneurial ventures or manage existing technical businesses.

The Entrepreneurship A.A.S. degree program is ideal for past graduates of Architectural Design & Building Construction, Electrical Construction & Maintenance, Machining & Manufacturing, Progressive Welding Technology, Diesel Power, Animal Science, Automation Controls/SCADA, the Culinary Academy of South Dakota, or another technical field. Enrollment preference is given to those applicants who have completed that training at Mitchell Tech.

*NEW* – A diploma option is now available for students with no previous technical degree/diploma. Mitchell Tech is waiting for approval for financial aid for the diploma option.

Students who apply to the Entrepreneurship program (A.A.S. or diploma) will be eligible for a single scholarship that covers 50% of their tuition and fees.