CommerceUplift:

As an affiliate of the Kauffman FastTrac program, Black Entrepreneurs of the Flint Hills proudly offers CommerceUplift—a 12-week business acceleration experience designed for entrepreneurs who are already selling and ready to grow.

CommerceUplift is built for founders who didn’t have access to traditional resources or formal business training when they started—but moved forward anyway. Whether you launched through hustle, community support, or pure determination, this program meets you at the point where your business is real, active, and generating revenue, but needs stronger structure to reach the next level.

This program is designed for entrepreneurs who:

• Started without a formal business plan but took action and launched

• Have validated their product or service through real customers and sales

• Are ready to move beyond survival mode and into intentional growth

• Want to strengthen their foundation, build systems, and increase consistency

• Are prepared to scale their business into new markets, retail opportunities, or expanded operations.

🚀 What This Program Is (And What It’s Not)

CommerceUplift is not a startup or ideation course.

It is a scaling-focused experience designed to help you:

• Turn hustle into systems

• Turn sales into sustainable revenue

• Turn a business into a growth-ready enterprise

📈 What You’ll Do in This 12-Week Program

Through the FastTrac® framework, you will:

• Strengthen your business model based on real customer behavior

• Analyze your market position and identify growth opportunities

• Build a clear revenue strategy and refine your pricing for profitability

• Develop a marketing system that consistently attracts customers

• Clarify your brand identity and competitive advantage

• Improve your operations, structure, and team readiness

• Create financial projections and understand your numbers with confidence

• Learn how to manage cash flow and access capital

• Prepare your business for retail, e-commerce growth, or expansion

  🌍 Who This Program Is For

  CommerceUplift supports entrepreneurs from underrepresented, underserved, and historically excluded communities, particularly those building businesses in rural regions like the Flint Hills.

  We prioritize founders who:

  • Are actively selling products or services

  • Have demonstrated traction (sales, customers, or revenue)

  • Are ready to grow beyond their current capacity

  • Are committed to building businesses that contribute to economic opportunity and community impact

🔄 Our Growth Framework

We’ve reimagined the FastTrac experience to meet entrepreneurs where they are—already in motion.

ALIGN: Assess where your business stands today—your sales, systems, and opportunities.

POSITION: Strengthen your market position, refine your customer focus, and clarify your value.

BUILD: Develop revenue strategies, pricing models, and financial systems that support growth.

SYSTEMIZE: Create repeatable processes for marketing, operations, and customer acquisition.

SCALE: Prepare your business to expand—into retail, new markets, or increased production.

By the end of this program, you won’t just have a plan—you’ll have:

• A clear path to growth

• Systems to support consistent revenue

• Confidence in your numbers and strategy

• A business positioned to scale with intention