Ideation to Execution: Validating Your Business Concept

Every successful venture starts with an idea, but how do you know if that idea has the potential to succeed? 

Join Rice Business Executive Education for an engaging webinar featuring Rice University Senior Lecturer Al Danto and Rice Business alumnus Ope Amosu, founder of Houston's acclaimed West African restaurant ChòpnBlọk, a Michelin Bib Gourmand recipient and one of *Esquire's* Best New Restaurants of 2025. 

Building on Rice Business's nationally recognized expertise in entrepreneurship, ranked No. 1 in the nation for graduate entrepreneurship by *The Princeton Review* and *Entrepreneur*, this session combines academic insights with real-world experience to explore how ideas become viable opportunities. Discover practical strategies for market testing, understanding customer needs, leveraging AI tools to validate assumptions and developing sustainable business models. 

Whether you're an entrepreneur, business professional, organizational leader or someone with an innovative idea, this session will provide actionable insights to help you move from ideation to execution.

This virtual event is complimentary and open to the public. Please register below.

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Continue the experience by joining us for Small Business Entrepreneurship, a new online, self-paced program taught by Al Danto, Craig Ceccanti and Bo Bothe.

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