skills create income. opportunity builds freedom!

Get paid while gaining real-world experience.
Put your skills to work inside the FORGE Forward E-Commerce Incubator. Learn inventory management, product photography, pricing, digital merchandising, customer service, order fulfillment and shipping while earning a stipend. You won’t just learn how e-commerce works—you’ll experience what it takes to operate in a real business environment and build experience for your résumé. 

 Have an idea for your own online store?  We’ll help you take it from idea to action.  Learn how to source and manage inventory, price products, create listings, track sales, serve customers and understand the numbers behind a business. 

Graduates pursuing entrepreneurship can access inventory storage through the incubator and receive a tablet to help continue building and managing their business. 

Build skills. Earn a credential. Prepare for what’s next.
Develop the professional and technical skills employers are looking for while preparing for the NRF Foundation RISE Up Business of Retail credential. You’ll strengthen your résumé, interviewing, networking, financial literacy, workplace technology and retail business skills—giving you a foundation to move forward into employment, additional education or training, or entrepreneurship.