Business Start-Up

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Geoffrey Prince | Business Support and Mentoring

Overview of Business Start-up Course

There are absolutely no limits on how or who can become an entrepreneur. You most certainly do not need a university degree or loads of money in the bank or even business experience to start something to become a great success. There is however a great need for building a strong business start-up plan and determination to see it through. The odds are that you are more likely to have a strong drive and a deep desire to be working for yourself, but possibly not the know-how of what to do about building a business.

Business Start up unit 1

The content in this unit:

Your Vison and Mission Statements

Personal development

Personal Goals, Aims and Objectives

S.M.A.R.T.

Personal Development Plan

Personal Skills Survey

Customer care

General business

Personal work experience

Business Start up unit 2

The content in this unit:

Market Research

Market research action plan.

Meeting consumer trends

Research Questionnaire

Questionnaire techniques

Example questionnaire

Competition in business

Startup costs

Investigatory costs

Business Start up unit 3

The content in this unit:

What is Marketing.

A Positive image for your business.

Defining your market.

Market segmentation.

Market positioning.

Marketing Mix.

Marketing Plan.

Why do it?

Crystal clear water.

Business Start up unit 4

The content in this unit:

Intro to Selling and Sales

Introduction

The Sales Structure

Prospecting

Making the Appointment

Pre-Call Planning

Opening the Sales

Probing / Fact Finding

Need Creation

Presentations

Objection Handling

Getting the Sale

Continuous Improvement

Business Start up unit 5

The content in this unit:

Types of Business Structure

Sole Trader

Partnerships

Limited Company

Social Enterprise

Summary

Legal Requirements

Insurances

Value Added Tax (Vat)

Health and Safety Legislation

Premises and Planning Permission

Registration and License Requirements for Different Types of Business

Business start up unit 6

The content in this unit:

Forecasting

Sales Forecasting

Factors Affecting Sales Forecasting

How many Forecasts Should I Do?

Variable Costs

Cashflow Forecast

Income

Costs

Cashflow

Working Capital & Fixed Assets

Profit & Loss

Business Taxation

Income Tax

Business Start up unit 7

The content in this unit:

Bookkeeping and Financial Control

Contents:

Introduction to bookkeeping

Funding

Investment Required

Investment Sources

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    Our Testimonials

    • As someone new to being self-employed Geoffrey has been a godsend to me! It’s all very well being good at what you do, but you also need to know how to run the business side of things. Geoffrey’s Business Start-Up course has made me realise how much information and research is required to run a viable business and given me some much-needed structure. Geoffrey is the reassuring and positive voice of reason, who knows exactly how to encourage you to move forward in the right direction. I would highly recommend his course to anyone thinking of starting their own business.

      Joanne Ford

    • Just a quick note of thanks. I seem to have written a thoroughly researched and systematically compiled business plan. At over forty pages, it was an awful lot more work than the back-of-the-envelope version I had at the start of your Business Start-up course, back in April. However, I sense it is going to be much more useful than the original; and the processes I have learned from you, will be handy in the future too. As I look forward to seeing how this venture of mine turns out, it is good to know I have a good foundation of work to send me on my way and keep me on course too. Thanks again for all your help.

      Jane Spencer

    • Geoffrey was my business start-up course tutor, I found Geoffrey to be very professional in his approach. Geoffrey has a wealth of knowledge gained from many years in business, I found him to be a likeable person who I felt had a genuine interest in what I was trying to achieve. I would recommend Geoffrey to give advice on starting a business. Shopfitting & Joinery

      James Ryan