Starting a Small Business

Starting a Small Business
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Vital information for the entrepreneur: identifying new business ideas, recognizing opportunity, developing a vision statement and creating a dynamic business plan.

Estimated program length : 15 Hour(s).

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Entrepreneurship I: You the Entrepreneur Entrepreneurship II: Opportunity Knocks Entrepreneurship III: Charting Your Course
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Achieve your business goals with a business plan that gets you where you want to go.

Module Outline

Creating a business plan is an exciting part of launching a new venture. Research on new business indicates a good business plan is a critical factor in small business success. In this course you'll see why you need a business plan and what goes into an effective plan. We will identify strategies for writing an effective business plan, and locate planning resources on the Internet that will help you reach your goals.

Learning Objectives

On completion of this 5 hour module you should be able to:

Write a Vision Statement for your small business.
Discuss the benefits of a well-written business plan.
Describe the Five Step Planning Process.
List the contents of a Marketing Plan, a Human Resources Plan, an Operations Plan and a Financial Plan.
Identify sources of planning assistance for entrepreneurs.
Create a draft business plan using the resources of the Internet.
Identify the basis requirements of an effective Business Plan.
Skill Set

ENTREPRENEURSHIP
SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
PLANNING