Entrepreneur developing ideas on a wall-mounted planning canvas

Resilient Entrepreneur Program® · An ISM Signature Program

Build for change.
Move forward stronger.

A hands-on experience that helps students and business leaders respond to uncertainty, rethink what is possible, and turn disruption into a practical plan.

The Resilient Entrepreneur logo

Resilience, made practical

Not simply bouncing back. Learning how to move forward differently.

REP helps participants take inventory, understand what changed, and decide what to do next. The work stays grounded in real choices, real numbers, and a plan they can use.

7–17weeks
3credit hours
1–2×classes weekly

The REP experience

Four chapters. One forward-moving plan.

The curriculum is flexible, but the experience stays focused on the questions that matter when circumstances shift.

Entrepreneur presenting ideas pinned to a planning board
Mindset + self

How am I responding?

Build the awareness and leadership habits that make adaptation possible.

Products, stationery, and planning materials at a small business workspace
The business

What can I work with?

Identify strengths, resources, possible offers, and ideas worth testing.

Entrepreneur writing in a financial planning notebook beside a calculator
The numbers

What does the plan require?

Connect operations, marketing, sales, financials, and funding needs.

Startup founders gathering around a presentation in a workshop
Moving forward

What happens next?

Set priorities, finalize the plan, practice the pitch, and act.

ISM Resilient Entrepreneur Canvas showing Mindset, Self, Business, Me, Around Me, Have, Leverage, Offer, Pilot, and Moving Forward sections

The signature tool

The Canvas keeps every conversation connected to action.

Participants work directly in the REP Canvas and workbook throughout the experience. Each session adds clarity to the plan rather than adding more theory.

Program sessionsFocused learning and business case studies
Group coachingFeedback, reflection, and accountability
Applied assignmentsWork completed between sessions

More than a course

A complete learning environment.

REP participants work with practical tools that help them move from reflection to action. The experience combines planning technology, guided materials, and a shared learning environment so the work continues beyond each session.

Planning technology

ISM’s AI powered business planning tool with market research, strategy prompts, and financial projection support.

Book + workbook

Printed and digital materials turn each topic into guided exercises, prompts, and next-step decisions.

Online community

A shared space for participants, instructors, and guest speakers to continue the conversation between sessions.

Featured program materials
AI planning tool
ISM business planning tool showing a capital readiness program dashboard and forecast overview
Workbook
Cover of the Resilient Entrepreneur workbook by Faris Alami

These materials are meant to work together, giving participants structure during the program and something practical to return to after each session.

For colleges and community partners

Bring REP into the learning environment.

REP adapts to a 7 to 17 week academic term and can be delivered by an ISM Certified Instructor or through instructor certification and implementation support.

Ask about licensing and implementation

Upcoming cohort

Details coming soon

A new REP cohort is taking shape.

We will add dates, schedule, delivery format, capacity, cost, and application details here as soon as they are finalized.

Application coming soon Questions? Contact ISM