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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