About Crystal

Crystal Ochemba is a serial entrepreneur, adjunct professor of entrepreneurship, and founder of Concept to Credible™ — a structured implementation framework designed to support founder readiness and program execution.

With over a decade of experience launching and advising ventures across beauty, education, and innovation spaces, she operates at the intersection of academic rigor and real-world founder execution.

Crystal designs and teaches applied entrepreneurship labs at LaGrange College, where students build and validate ventures through experiential, marketplace-based learning.

Her published and advisory work includes contributions to Dermascope Magazine, Skin Deep Magazine, and the Milady Standard Esthetics — reinforcing her ability to translate technical expertise into structured, accessible implementation frameworks.

As both an active founder and university-level instructor, she specializes in guiding early-stage innovators and program cohorts toward clarity, traction, and measurable next steps.

My Framework

Signature Focus

  • Idea Validation & MVP Design

  • Founder Readiness

  • From Inspiration to Execution

  • Structured Entrepreneurship for Non-Traditional Founders

  • Building Programs That Actually Move Founders Forward

 AUDIENCES

  • Colleges & Universities

  • Entrepreneurship Centers

  • Workforce Development Organizations

  • Corporate Innovation Teams

  • Founder Cohorts

PHILOSOPHY

Ideas are abundant. Structure creates momentum.


You don’t have to stop to pivot — you need a framework to move forward.

Signature Offer:

Concept to Credible™

An implementation-focused workshop that moves participants from early-stage idea to validated MVP direction within a single structured experience.

Designed for programs that want more than inspiration — Concept to Credible™ equips founders with clarity, alignment, and a concrete execution roadmap.

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