Entrepreneurship Bootcamp: How to Start a Small Business

Welcome to Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, a course designed for new and aspiring business owners.

You might be telling yourself: "I want to start a business but I don't have a business degree." It's OK, neither do I, and I was still able to grow, and continue to grow successful small businesses. Experience and creativity are better than education. Experience cannot be taught, the only way to learn new skills is through first-hand experience. The best business you can start is one that aligns with your skills, expertise, passion, and goals.

This course is designed to help you learn how to start any business. Whether you want to open a home-based business, online retail store, coffee shop, or day-care center, the strategies you will learn in this course are the foundation to the success of any business.

NOT YOUR TYPICAL BORING LECTURE

This is not a typical boring lecture where you sit and learn theories through slide shows. I learned about business the hard way: lots of failures, successes, and everything in between. In other words, real-life experience. This course will show you real-world examples of starting a business, how to avoid pitfalls, strategies to increase your profits, and more.

This course gets straight to the point and is easy to understand so you get maximum value from it.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• Find your WHY. Do you want to start a business because you have to or because you want to? Is your goal to make money or to make a positive and lasting impact in your community or the world?

• Unleash the power of your skills. Use what you know to your advantage. Discover what you are good at and transition from employee to business owner.

• How do you know if your customers will buy from you? Learn how to validate your business idea and strategies you can implement to outperform your competition.

• Find the right customers to maximize your profits.

• Find opportunities to become a leader in your market.

• Create financial goals to grow a profitable business.

• Create a great brand that connects with customers.

• Learn the main legal entities for small businesses.

• Why you need a business plan and how to create one.

• Find the information you need to legally register your business.

KEYS FOR SUCCESS

It is highly suggested that you complete assignments for each chapter. By the end of the course, you will have a short version of a business plan. If you need help understanding certain sections of this course, do not hesitate to ask, I am here to help you learn.

Understand that starting a business is a risky investment and like any type of investment, success is not guaranteed.  But if you apply the strategies used in this course, you will have a higher probability of growing a successful business.