START / Your business education
Give your idea a starting point.
Explore the foundations of a business plan, understand your customers, and decide what comes next.
Open the startup guideBusiness education / Free to explore
There’s always
something
to learn.
A business starts with an idea. It grows with what you learn along the way.
Find your next useful idea
AMI pitch competition / December 2025
Start here
Your first idea deserves
a practical next step.
The business startup guide
From a blank page
to a business plan.
Work through the foundations of starting a small business, with a guide you can return to as your idea takes shape.
Open the startup guideMake room
for a budget.
Understand what comes in, what goes out, and what’s possible.
Learning is a practice.
One useful idea.
Then another.
BUILD / Your business education
Get comfortable with your numbers.
Learn to work with costs, income, and a budget that helps you make decisions.
Explore budgetingGROW / Your business education
Keep finding your people.
Build your marketing knowledge and learn how to connect with the customers your business serves.
Explore marketingThe resource library
Find your next
“I’ve got this.”
Practical reading for the questions that come with running a business.
Getting started
Finding customers
Growing your business
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Bring your curiosity
Some things
are better learned
together.
Free workshops and practical resources for people building businesses in our community. Come with a question. Leave with a next step.
Explore workshops & eventsWest Valley Pitch Competition
Bring your business
to the stage.
AMI’s pitch competition comes to the West Valley, organized with economic development teams from Peoria, Goodyear, and Avondale.
Saturday, October 24, 2026 · 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Rio Vista Recreation Center, Peoria
$10,000 in prizes
Register
Sign up free online. Registration stays open through the event.
Learn
Attend at least two of three free virtual workshops, Thursdays 12 to 1 p.m.: Business Model Canvas (Oct 1), Small Business Accounting (Oct 8), and Pitching and Q&A (Oct 15).
Pitch
Take the stage at Rio Vista on October 24 and pitch for a share of $10,000.