Finishing is the part that counts, and it is the part most people do not do. Programmes everywhere have far more people who start than complete, and the businesses that reach the end are a much smaller group than the ones who attended the first session.

That matters to you rather than to us. Completion is what turns a programme into a credential you can point at, a cohort who know your business properly, and a set of advisors who have seen enough of your situation to be genuinely useful rather than politely general. The last two sessions are usually where that happens.

Look at the whole commitment before the first session rather than discovering it in week four. Sessions, homework, anything you have to produce, and whether it needs the same person each time.

Put every date in the calendar at the start, including the ones months away, and treat them the way you would treat a customer appointment. Programmes get dropped because a session collides with a busy week, and that collision was always going to happen.