Description
Would you be your own boss? Have you ever dreamed of starting your own business? Don’t know what to do with your great business idea? If you have ever thought about these situations then you need our entrepreneurship workshop. Let our Entrepreneurship workshop help you achieve your dreams. Being an entrepreneur can be full of risks. These risks are minimized through drafting a business plan, knowing your competition, and successful marketing. All these and more can be found in our Entrepreneurship workshop.
Designed for:
Those wanting to know how to get started in Entrepreneurship.
Those wanting to learn about starting a business, and planning for the all-around aspects of business startups.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this workshop, you should be able to:
Understand how to start a business.
Develop a business plan.
Get financing for your business.
Hire and train employees.
Run your business.
Grow your business.
Getting Started
Just to make sure the experience is as smooth as possible we’d like to suggest a couple of things you may or will need to get on with the course:
While we are happy for anyone to enroll in the course, we suggest that you should be at least managing/leading a team (big or small) or preparing for a role that requires your leadership skills
Internet connection is a big must
Readiness to learn, remember this is about you and so you need to be ready to take time to yourself and motivate yourself
Maybe something to write some notes down or ideas, but don’t worry the course documents can be downloaded at the end of the course for you to review and use at any time
Have fun!
The Course Outline
Decide on the Type of Business
What’s in it for me: This sections looks at your initial idea. Assess what is feasible, what to look out for and your background, interests expertise, experience, and passion.
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What Is the Market/Competition Like?
What’s in it for me: Before you start your business you want to assess your market. Learn about what to consider in terms of your customers, competitors, prospecting and market to target.
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Basics of Starting a Business
What’s in it for me: Get started with deciding on a name, understand the legal structures of company structures, accounting, how to register a business and choosing the right location.
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Create a Business Plan
What’s in it for me: Every business needs a plan! Learn about what to include in the business plan, gather the right information, develop the outline and draft a real business plan.
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Financing
What’s in it for me: Businesses need financing especial at the early stages, Look at organizations for guidance, decide on the financing type and learn what to do when you get your finance.
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Hire Employees
What’s in it for me: Hiring employees in a business is needed but here you will learn about key factors to manage the hiring against costs and how to find the right staff. Learn about interviewing and setting expectations, and the selecting of right candidates for your new business which is critical to its success.
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Training Employees
What’s in it for me: No business works without the right Training. Teach your company culture and implement right training for your new staff ensuring you also know when to develop and create better methods as the business grows.
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Market the Business
What’s in it for me: Learn about traditional marketing methods, the use of websites, social media and networking in developing your business.
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Run the business
What’s in it for me: In this section, we go to the nuts and bolts of running your business – the sell sell, sell factor, procurements and managing cash flow.
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Grow the business
What’s in it for me: As your business grows and learns about expansion: offering more products, services and expanding to new locations. We look it Franchising as well as managing large contracts.
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Closing up the course
What’s in it for me: You’ve done it, well done! But don’t stop here. Let’s summarise all you have learnt and remember knowledge is no good kept in a cupboard. Implement what you have learnt, try the tools and see the outcome until you find a combination that works for you! Congratulations we know you got what it takes to make a great leader!
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