Colorado DVR Self-Employment Services | Colorado RAD
DVR-authorized business coaching, feasibility assessments, business plans, marketing strategy, branding, website development, and technology planning for Coloradans with disabilities.
DVR-Authorized Self-Employment Coaching, Marketing, Branding, and Website Services:
Colorado DVR Vendor Number: VS50000000061020
Turn your business idea into a clear, practical, and sustainable plan with individualized support from a Colorado Division of Vocational Rehabilitation vendor.
Colorado RAD helps Coloradans with disabilities evaluate business ideas, develop business plans, understand their customers, build strong brands, create professional websites, and gain the skills needed to confidently operate and market a business.
Self-Employment with Colorado RAD
It needs to be realistic, sustainable, understandable, and designed to work with your goals, strengths, needs, and life.
Colorado RAD helps turn big ideas into clear plans—and clear plans into manageable action.
Self-Employment Should Work for You
Build a Business Around Your Goals, Skills, and Strengths
Starting a business can create greater flexibility, independence, and opportunity—but it also requires planning, research, systems, and a realistic understanding of what it takes to succeed.
Colorado RAD provides individualized self-employment services designed around each participant’s employment goal, abilities, accessibility needs, business experience, and approved DVR authorization.
Whether you are still exploring an idea or are preparing to launch, Colorado RAD can help you understand:
- What your business will offer
- Who your customers are
- Whether there is demand for your product or service
- How your business will make money
- What tools and technology you will need
- How to price and package your services
- How to market your business
- What kind of website will support your goals
- What steps should happen first
You do not need to have everything figured out before beginning. The purpose of these services is to help you organize your ideas, make informed decisions, and create a business that is realistic for you.
Offerings
Business Launch & Growth Coaching
Individualized business coaching provides practical guidance, education, and accountability as you develop or implement your self-employment plan.
✓ Clarifying your business concept
✓ Defining products or services
✓ Identifying your ideal customer
✓ Developing prices and packages
✓ Establishing business goals
✓ Organizing startup priorities
✓ Developing business processes
✓ Creating a marketing action plan
✓ Building referral and networking strategies
✓ Learning how to use marketing tools
✓ Reviewing progress and next steps
✓ Building confidence as a business owner
Business Idea & Feasibility Review
A feasibility assessment examines the business idea, marketplace, participant preparedness, startup needs, potential challenges, and financial assumptions.
✓ Business-owner skills and experience
✓ Products or services
✓ Customer demand
✓ Target audiences
✓ Industry conditions
✓ Competitors
✓ Competitive advantages
✓ Pricing assumptions
✓ Startup expenses
✓ Equipment and software needs
✓ Licenses, insurance, or permits
✓ Daily operating responsibilities
✓ Marketing requirements
✓ Preliminary revenue potential
✓ Training or support needs
✓ Disability-related barriers and accommodations
Business Plan Development
Colorado RAD works collaboratively with participants to organize business ideas into a practical written plan for a clear roadmap that may include:
✓ Executive summary
✓ Business descriptionMission and goals
✓ Owner background and qualifications
✓ Products and servicesTarget customers
✓ Industry and market researchCompetitor analysis
✓ Brand positioning
✓ Pricing strategy
✓ Marketing and sales planOperations plan
✓ Equipment and technology requirements
✓ Startup timeline
✓ Startup budget
✓ Revenue and expense assumptions
✓ Break-even considerations
✓ Business milestones
✓ Long-term sustainability planning
Marketing, Branding & Customer Strategy
Colorado RAD’s marketing assessment helps participants understand their market, choose appropriate marketing channels, and create a manageable strategy.
✓ Marketing goals
✓ Target-audience profiles
✓ Customer needs
✓ Market research
✓ Competitor review
✓ Brand positioning
✓ Value proposition
✓ Business messaging
✓ Brand personality
✓ Voice and tone
✓ Tagline recommendations
✓ Product or service positioning
✓ Website recommendations
✓ Search engine optimization strategy
✓ Social media strategy
✓ Email marketing strategy
✓ Content recommendations
✓ Referral and partnership opportunities
✓ Community outreach ideas
✓ Advertising recommendations
✓ Marketing budget priorities
✓ Measures of success
✓ A six- or twelve-month marketing roadmap
Technology & Software Planning
Colorado RAD helps participants identify practical and affordable technology for managing, marketing, and operating the business.
✓ Website platforms
✓ Domain registration
✓ Website hosting
✓ Professional email
✓ Scheduling systems
✓ Customer relationship management software
✓ Point-of-sale systems
✓ E-commerce tools
✓ Email marketing platforms
✓ Design software
✓ Project-management tools
✓ Invoicing systems
✓ Cloud storage
✓ Cybersecurity tools
✓ Social media scheduling
✓ Analytics platforms
✓ Industry-specific software
✓ Accessibility tools and features
Creative & Brand Services
Additional materials may be necessary to the self-employment plan and specifically included in the written DVR authorization, additional services may include:
✓ Logo development
✓ Visual brand identity
✓ Basic brand guidelines
✓ Business cards
✓ Brochures and flyersSocial media templates
✓ Email campaign materials
✓ Website graphics
✓ Advertising creative
✓ Marketing collateral
✓ E-commerce product setup
✓ Website maintenance
✓ Content creation
How DVR Services Work
Step 1: Talk with Your DVR Counselor
Tell your counselor that you are interested in self-employment services through Colorado RAD.
Step 2: Identify the Appropriate Service
You, your counselor, and Colorado RAD may discuss which authorized service best supports your employment goal.
Step 3: Receive Written Authorization
Colorado RAD must receive written authorization from your DVR counselor before any DVR-funded service begins.
Step 4: Complete Your Initial Meeting
We will discuss your business, current stage, communication preferences, accessibility needs, goals, and approved deliverables.
Step 5: Work Through the Authorized Service
Services may include meetings, guided exercises, research, document development, coaching, website production, or other specifically approved activities.
Step 6: Review Progress and Deliverables
Colorado RAD will provide the participant and counselor with the required deliverables, progress documentation, and service reports.
Working with Colorado RAD
Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you’re needed by someone.
-Martina Navratilova
For DVR Counselors
Vendor: Colorado Rad Ltd
DVR Vendor Number: VS50000000061020
Primary Service Area: Self-employment consultation, business development, marketing, branding, websites, and business technology planning
Service Delivery: Virtual, in person, or hybrid depending on location, participant needs, and authorization
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Contact
100 Park Ave W, #1708
Denver, CO 80205
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(719) 204-3569
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