Online Course for Aspiring Business Owners
If you're thinking about starting a business, this course will help you reach a “go or no-go” decision for your start-up. By completing these five modules and the recommended exercises and research, you'll test and validate your business idea and collect the information you need to determine if your concept will be profitable.
This course is composed of five micro-learning modules that take roughly 15 minutes to complete. Each module contains exercises and activities you can do offline to complete your learning. To increase your chances for success, we recommend that you complete these modules in order and meet with a mentor during and after the course.
If you’re thinking about starting your own business, this module will teach you the basics. You will learn whether business ownership is right for you.
In this module of the Simple Steps for Starting Your Business online program, you will learn how to evaluate your business concept.
In this module, you’ll learn how to market your business by doing a competitive analysis, identifying target markets, outlining a marketing message and more.
In this online module, you'll learn the importance of financial planning, how to build your financial model, how to understand financial statements and more.
In this module, you will learn about accounting and bookkeeping systems, sources of capital, the six C’s of credit and banking relations.
