Business Start-Up Training
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Business Start-Up Training Course
Introduction:
Starting your own business involves a series of crucial stages. This course aims to provide participants with a realistic understanding of what it takes to successfully launch and run a business.
A key aspect is developing an effective plan that allows you to test your product or service, make necessary adjustments, and drive continuous improvement. It all begins with generating a viable idea and transforming it into a tangible business concept.
The Business Start-Up Training course combines the principles of lean start-up and design thinking, with a focus on creative industries. By the end of the course, you will have tested and validated your business concept, honed your pitching skills, and practiced presenting your idea to others.
Throughout the course, you will evaluate and discuss each essential element of your business plan, receiving valuable feedback on your ideas. This process will help you refine your value proposition and gain a deeper understanding of your customers' needs, as well as your own strengths as a founder. Equipped with this knowledge, you will be ready to progress your idea, pitch to potential customers and investors, and take your business forward.
Join this course to gain the insights, tools, and feedback necessary to launch your business successfully. Develop a strong foundation for your entrepreneurial journey and confidently pursue opportunities for growth and success.
Course Objectives:
At the end of this Business Start-Up Training Course, learners will be able to do:
- Understand the stages involved in setting up a business
- Gather an understanding of the financial needs and legal requirements for a small business
- Be able to construct and prepare and present a business plan
- Understand the nature and requirements of the market and marketing
- Budgeting to enable better business cash flow management.
Who Should Attend?
Our Business Start-up Training course is ideal if you:
- Have a business idea, but want to learn how to turn it into reality.
- Want to explore if self-employment is right for you.
- Would like to develop a thorough business plan.
- Have launched your business and want to be aware of common pitfalls and how to build a strong foundation.
- Enjoy learning about practical real-life examples.
- Need a flexible approach to study, to establish your fledgling business alongside other commitments.
Course Outlines:
You as a Founder
- Discuss the key roles of the founder and use tools to discover and discuss your abilities and competencies, and the founder role that will suit you best.
Your Offer and Value
- Develop your core value proposition, evaluate it for clarity, and discuss how to validate demand for your idea.
Your Market
- Learn how to realistically define your market, and how to plan a phased approach to market entry.
Your Target Customer
- Develop personas for your customers, to uncover their needs and design a more tailored proposition.
Your Resources and Money
- Learn how to properly cost your plans, estimate the resources required to reach key business milestones, set prices, prepare cashflow forecasts, and look at sources of funding to support your business.
How to Pitch
- This session covers the essential elements of a business pitch, and how to tailor your presentation to different audiences.