The mission of the Fredericksburg Entrepreneurial Initiative is to promote, educate and facilitate a robust start-up business environment of exciting new businesses, great paying jobs, and all that implies.

A fourth-generation Texan, Andrea Olsen-Condon is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Tanglewood Family Office, a private wealth management firm headquartered in Fredericksburg. She also has served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, teaching Entrepreneurship to undergraduate business majors.

Andrea received her B.A. in Economics and Business, cum laude, from Rice University, and her M.B.A. in finance from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business in New York City, where she was President of her class.

Learn from Andrea, a serial entrepreneur, and her network of highly successful entrepreneurs in the Start Up Studio. This is an accelerated learning experience. Attendees who are actively engaged in the studio will learn in 10 weeks actionable knowledge that would otherwise take years to acquire.

The Spring 2025 Start Up Studio courses are:

Entrepreneurial Mindset  
Business Overview/Set Up
Operations
Marketing

Finance
Accounting
Sales
Legal
Shark Tank Prep
Shark Tank
Graduation Celebration 
 

Each class will have a duration of three hours. 

 

 

Tuition for Chamber Members is $650

Tuition for Non-Chamber Members is $750

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