The Brilliant Path: Choosing your ideal career, trade, or business
The Brilliant Path helps individuals identify their ideal career or business startup options by matching their skills, interests, and goals with real-world opportunities. Key features include personalized skill and interest assessments, skill-gap analysis, and tailored education, training, and business venture suggestions.
Your Success
The Brilliant Path is an interactive course and software designed to empower high school and college students to make informed career and business decisions. By exploring personalized skill assessments, skill-gap analyses, and tailored recommendations, participants will identify the path that aligns with their strengths and goals. Through assignments, quizzes, and feedback, this course ensures actionable results.
Take Action
Discover your unique skills, interests, and goals to identify viable career and business opportunities.
Set Goals
Define short- and long-term objectives to guide your career or business journey.
Make a Plan
Create a comprehensive action plan for achieving financial and personal rewards.
Our Advantage
Join over 150 entrepreneurs from some of the top startups in the U.S.
Take Action
Learn from a team dedicated to bridging the gap between education, employment, and entrepreneurship.
Interactive Course
Email-based learning with interactive quizzes and assignments.
Pre-recorded videos to deepen understanding of course topics.
Step by Step Plan
Build confidence and clarity by creating a detailed, actionable roadmap for your future.
Our Curriculum
Module 1
Foundations of Self-Discovery
- Identify personal values, interests, and life goals.
- Understand how these shape career and business decisions.
Module 2
Skills and Interests Assessment
- Evaluate your current skills and passions.
- Analyze transferable skills for various industries.
- Create a personalized skills and interests profile.
Module 3
Exploring Career and Business Options
- Learn about non-traditional paths like trade schools, contracting, and entrepreneurship.
- Explore common and emerging industries with real-world examples.
- Match personal profiles with viable opportunities.
Module 4
Skill-Gap Analysis and Growth Planning
- Identify skill gaps for preferred paths.
- Receive tailored education and training recommendations.
- Learn cost-effective strategies to acquire new skills.
Module 5
Financial Analysis and ROI for Career Paths
- Basics of financial literacy and opportunity cost.
- Understand ROI for education, training, and business ventures.
- Calculate and compare potential returns.
Module 6
Tailored Pathways for Success
- Create a customized plan for your career or business.
- Leverage resources like scholarships, grants, and mentorships.
- Balance short- and long-term goals effectively.
Module 7
Overcoming Barriers and Building Confidence
- Address fears, imposter syndrome, and external challenges.
- Develop resilience and a success-oriented mindset.
- Build a support network of industry professionals and peers.
Module 8
Action Plan and Next Steps
- Finalize and present your action plan.
- Set milestones and accountability systems.
- Access additional resources for continued growth.
How It Works
daily emails with a lesson and assignments
Templates
Pre-recorded videos
Individual feedback on assignments
Reviews
“Colleen provides valuable, constructive feedback. I would definitely use her again and would not hesitate to recommend her.”
“Colleen was so great to work with. She just got it and was proactive about making suggestions. We’re hoping to work with her again”
“I have a great experience working with Colleen. She’s extremely knowledgeable and also very easy to work with.”
“Colleen was amazing to work with. She was very supportive of my ideas and business. Invaluable! Her firm also provided very timely market research and other research for our business.”
“It was great working with Colleen! Her expertise makes her well-suited to provide realistic counsel and helpful guidance. I’ll definitely be working with her again in the future.”
“Colleen is a deep expert, always available to provide guidance, and committed to her client’s success. I highly recommend Colleen and plan on leveraging her knowledge, professionalism, and commitment to excellence.”
About Colleen
Dr. Colleen Spiegel has helped over 150 companies with their grant proposals, supporting both R&D and commercialization planning, and guiding clients through the intricate steps of the non-dilutive funding process. With a rich background in entrepreneurship, she has founded multiple companies, including her own high-tech venture, giving her firsthand insight into the unique challenges faced by high-tech entrepreneurs. Dr. Spiegel is also an accomplished author of scientific and engineering textbooks, such as Designing and Building Fuel Cells (McGraw-Hill, 2007) and PEM Fuel Cell Modeling and Simulation Using MATLAB (Elsevier Science, 2008), underscoring her strong technical foundation crucial for product development. Over her career, she has consulted for more than 170 companies and held positions at prominent organizations like Bausch & Lomb,
gaining
diverse industry experience across pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, and energy. This depth and breadth of expertise make Dr. Spiegel uniquely qualified to guide your company through non-dilutive funding processes and the path to successful commercialization.
Frequently Asked Questions
This course helps individuals identify their ideal career or business startup options by matching their skills, interests, and goals with real-world opportunities. It includes personalized skill and interest assessments, skill-gap analysis, and tailored recommendations for education, training, and business ventures.
This course is designed for anyone seeking clarity in their career or business path, including students, career changers, aspiring entrepreneurs, and professionals looking to explore new opportunities.
Unlike traditional career counseling, this course focuses on both career and business startup options, including non-traditional paths such as trade schools, contracting, and entrepreneurship. It also incorporates financial analysis and ROI calculations to help students make informed decisions about their time and money.
The course consists of eight modules:
i. Foundations of Self-Discovery
ii. Skills and Interests Assessment
iii. Exploring Career and Business Options
iv. Skill-Gap Analysis and Growth Planning
v. Financial Analysis and ROI for Career Paths
vi. Tailored Pathways for Success
vii. Overcoming Barriers and Building Confidence
viii. Action Plan and Next Steps
i. Foundations of Self-Discovery
ii. Skills and Interests Assessment
iii. Exploring Career and Business Options
iv. Skill-Gap Analysis and Growth Planning
v. Financial Analysis and ROI for Career Paths
vi. Tailored Pathways for Success
vii. Overcoming Barriers and Building Confidence
viii. Action Plan and Next Steps
The course is self-paced, allowing participants to complete it at their own speed. However, it is designed to be completed within 1-2 weeks, depending on individual commitment.
The course includes self-discovery exercises, skills and interest evaluations, skill-gap analysis, and financial calculations such as ROI comparisons for different career and business options.
Yes! The course provides tailored education, training, and business suggestions based on your unique profile.
No prior experience is necessary. The course is designed to guide participants step by step through the process of discovering their ideal path.
By the end of the course, you will have:
i. A clear understanding of your skills, interests, and career/business options.
ii. A customized action plan to pursue your ideal path.
iii. Strategies to overcome barriers and build confidence.
iv. Knowledge of financial implications, including ROI calculations.
v. Access to resources such as scholarships, grants, and mentorship opportunities.
i. A clear understanding of your skills, interests, and career/business options.
ii. A customized action plan to pursue your ideal path.
iii. Strategies to overcome barriers and build confidence.
iv. Knowledge of financial implications, including ROI calculations.
v. Access to resources such as scholarships, grants, and mentorship opportunities.
Yes! Participants will have access to a community of like-minded individuals, as well as guidance from industry professionals and mentors.
Enrollment is simple! Visit our website and follow the registration instructions. Once enrolled, you will receive immediate access to the course materials.
Feel free to contact our support team via email or through our website. We’re happy to help!
Ready to take control of your future? Enroll today and start your journey toward a fulfilling career or business!
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