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How to Build a $tartup Workshop
Guest speakers on building a company from the ground up.
Clay Guillory · Titan Robotics · Mark Bittle · ConnectionMark
Financial literacy, from the ground up.
ABLE Business organizes free webinars and workshops that teach the money skills school leaves out, and introduce students to how real businesses get built.
Free courses
Learn it at your own pace, and earn a certificate.
Self-paced courses on the money, career and business skills school leaves out, with worked examples, calculators to play with, and a quiz in every lesson. Finish a course and you get a certificate with your name on it. No account, no cost.
Browse the courses- Money & Business FoundationsBudgeting, paychecks and taxes, saving and investing, credit, and how businesses make money.
- Financial Literacy: Money in Real LifeBanking, smart spending, scams, insurance, paying for college, and your first car and apartment.
- Career Readiness: Landing Your First JobFinding work, resumes, interviews, your first weeks on the job, comparing offers, and growing your career.
- Marketing: How Businesses Win CustomersKnowing your customer, brand and message, getting the word out, measuring what works, and honest selling.
- Leadership & CommunicationLeading without a title, communicating clearly, speaking and presenting, teamwork and meetings, conflict, and leading a project.
Webinars and workshops on money and business.
Most people leave high school never having been taught how to budget, build credit, or invest, and pick it up the hard way. ABLE Business runs sessions that explain these fundamentals clearly, before they become expensive lessons.
We also bring in founders and professionals so students can see what building a business actually takes, not the highlight reel, the real version.
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Led by Rhythm Kasat, President of ABLE Business
Webinars, workshops, and guest speakers
Financial literacy workshops
Budgeting, saving, credit, and the basics of investing, explained in plain language with real examples.
Entrepreneurship webinars
Guest founders and professionals sharing how real companies start, scale, and sometimes nearly fail.
Career sessions
Guidance on internships, resumes, and connecting with people who work in the field you're curious about.
ABLE Business workshop
Anyone who wants to be smarter with money, or curious about business.
You don't need a business plan or a finance class under your belt. ABLE Business is for any student who wants to understand money better and get a real look at how the business world works.
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What we've been doing
Every session we've run so far.
Free to attend, and the slides and materials go home with everyone who comes.
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Exploring Business Majors Webinar
Choosing finance, the technical skills business asks for, and applying for internships.
Ameya Yelne · Business student, UT Austin
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An Interview with Jamie Nau
The biggest financial mistakes businesses make and how to avoid them, what a high schooler should know about finance, and what a career in financial management actually asks for.
Jamie Nau · Partner & CFO, Anders · CPA
ABLE Business
Free courses with certificates
We launched business.ableinitiatives.com, a place to learn money and business at your own pace: short lessons with calculators and quizzes, and a certificate for every course you finish.
“Sharing my entrepreneurial journey with this enthusiastic group of students was a chance to connect my real-world story with their curiosity and ambition. Giving young people early exposure to business, entrepreneurship, and the many paths success can take is incredibly valuable.”
“I spoke about my experience from high school to college to recruiting for a job. I shared insights about the activities I did in high school and college and advice regarding how to stand out on college applications. I enjoyed my experience because it was very interactive with participants showing interest and asking questions.”
Who runs it
The ABLE Business team
Students who volunteer their time alongside school to plan and run every session.
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Rhythm Kasat
President
AU
Aaron Ugemuge
Co-Vice President
RW
Ryan Wilson
Co-Vice President
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Trijal Pachauri
Vice President of Outreach
AS
Amogh Sohani
Vice President of PR
Come to the next workshop.
Join as a student, or help run ABLE Business sessions.