Small Business Start Up Short Course

Small Business Start Up 20 online course: Get your new business venture off on the right footing, with this short online business programme. 

According to the Small Business Association, 30 percent of new start ups go out of business within two years for various reasons including:

• A failure to investigate the market properly
• A bad or incomplete business plan
• Not enough financial investment
• Establishing a business in the wrong place
• Poor internet presence and marketing
  

Learn how to avoid the pitfalls associated with starting a business, and increase your chances of being one of the 70 percent of businesses that make it into their third year. There's no deadlines to worry about, but you could complete this excellent course over a couple of weeks, or even as a weekend project. 

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Seven lessons in this course cover:

Lesson 1: Introduction to Business -understanding why some succeed and others fail

Lesson 2: The Product or Service -What are you selling?

Lesson 3: Systems for Managing a Business

Lesson 4: How to find Potential Customers

Lesson 5: How to Make a Sale

Lesson 6: Delivering the Product or Service

Lesson 7: Pitfalls to Avoid

COURSE ASSESSMENT:

This course is completed entirely online, including lessons, self-assessment tests, plus obtaining your certificate at the end, which is immediately downloadable after successful completion. Please note that there is no tutor support, as it is not required. The assessment breakdown is as follows:

1. Study lesson 1.
2. When you are ready, take the self-assessment test. Retake until you reach the required level of learning.
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 for the following 6 lessons.
4. Take the final assessment.
5. Download your certificate of completion, with your name on it.

Now you are ready to stand out at a job interview, or put your newly acquired knowledge to use straightaway.