Small Business Executive leadership certification training. This three-day residential program is part of the National Ascend program, which is designed to provide developmental training to scale diverse businesses. The program's goal is to help these companies grow by providing access to capital and contracts. The Morehouse Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center (MIEC) and IBM are facilitating one of three hubs for the program. The other two hubs are the University of Washington Foster School of Business and Kellogg School of Management.