How to start a business from scratch?

Name: How to start a business from scratch?
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Bring your idea to life and transform it into a sustainable business.

Created byDaniela Zamudio

Last updated 3/2022

English

What you'll learn

How to structure a business starting from the aha! moment to structuring it
Free tools and apps ready to use to start transforming the idea into reality
Enhance your grasp of the processes involved in developing and validating a business idea.
Learn some basics on finance, marketing and planning

Course content

5 sections • 21 lectures • 2h 27m total length

Welcome!1:01

Introduction2:34
Welcome to Starting a business from scratch! In this introduction you will get to know a little bit about me and my entrepreneur story and how I came to create this methodology that will help with discharge or move forward with business ideas that come to mind.
In this course we will cover:
Igniting your idea: the first steps after the big aha! moment
Planning: using practical tools to have everything at the top of your screen. (BONUS: no need to be an excel whiz)
Testing: simple methodologies to test out your idea with other, quickly.
Implementing: How to create and launch your first product
Results: How do I know its profitable?
Course overview3:44

I have an idea. Now what?5:47
The ideation stage could be a roller coaster. It's important to stay focused and to go through the process of discarding ideas until we get the winner.
In this lesson, we will learn:

How to rank your different ideas
Idea board classification
Self Organization5:52
Establishing goals and objectives11:42
We need objectives to start a business. Seems obvious right? but we need them to be the RIGHT objectives.
In this lecture we will learn how to create SMART objectives so we can have even smarter results.
Take a look at the PDF attached before the lesson, so you can be familiar with the terminology, go through the lesson and finalice the assessment filling out your own SMART objectives.
Creating SMART GOALS together4:59
In this lecture, we will use the Miro tool to create our SMART goals in a very visual, easy to identify way.
Be sure to click on the link provided.
SMART OBJECTIVES

How to start a plan? Concept ,Opportunity Product, Business Model, Competitors8:31
What is testing and why is it imporant?7:09
How to create a survey using Google Forms17:31
Introduction on Creating a business plan2:59
Your one-stop-shop to create a business plan: Cuttles1:05
Let's create your business plan9:50
What is a pitch and why is it important?12:26
Let's create your pitch5:04
The Grab - How to lead with the most compelling statement of why you have a really big idea.
The Problem - You need to make it clear that there is a big problem out there that you are going to solve.
The Solution - What specifically are you offering and to whom.
The Opportunity - Provide the basic market segmentation, size, growth, and dynamics, give your audience a feel for the size of the opportunity.
The Competitive Advantage - Why are you different from your competitors.
The Business Model - How are you going to generate revenue and from whom?
The Team - Why is your team uniquely qualified to win?
Let's create your budget3:41

Requirements

Have a good idea and be willing to see it through
Be willing to dedicate time to build your business using the provided tools

Description

Welcome to Start a business from Scratch and congratulations for taking the first step!

How many of us have had great ideas that if put into practice, could be a sustainable business and additional income. But for time constraints, lack of knowledge, or daily routine we don't follow through with them?

In this course, you will learn how to develop, nurture and grow an idea from the ground up to develop a business whether you are a first-time or seasoned business owner.

When you complete the course, you will be able to have an entrepreneurial mindset, generate and validate new business ideas, organise yourself efficiently, and benefit from real company techniques to put your idea into practice.

To begin this course, we will go over some basic concepts that you should know before starting a new business venture. Following that, I will walk you through the process of generating and validating a business concept with a practical methodology so you can work on your business plan on the go.

In the following section, we will next go through how to create suitable and reachable objectives from planning to budgeting so you can have an MVP ready to test. (Don't know what an MVP is? don't worry ,we'll cover all of that in this module)

The course concludes with some marketing and branding strategies to round up the whole concept of your business. I will provide super easy to use tools so you can create your own assets for social media platforms, web pages and product design.

The ideal student for this course is anyone that has an idea willing to try out and by building small projects, you can eventually transform your idea into a proper business. They key to any successful business venture, is to start!

There are no prerequisites for enrollment. It's designed so you can dedicate a small amount of time each day to go through the lesson and the practical exercises that will get you closer to where you want to be.

Who this course is for:

Entrepreneurs with no previous experience in building a business
Corporate professionals looking to have a side hustle

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Course content

Welcome1 lecture • 1min

Introduction2 lectures • 6min

Igniting your idea4 lectures • 28min

Planning: How do I put my idea into paper (or screen)9 lectures • 1hr 8min

Implementing5 lectures • 43min

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