Entrepreneurship: How To Start A Business From Business Idea
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Try Udemy for Business- A-Z roadmap of steps to start a business, gain independence and enjoy the freedom of being your own boss!
- Gain confidence and become decisive about the ideal way to proceed with your business
- Expert help and advice from the instructor in 1-to-1 office hours calls and course discussions. 99% of questions are answered within 24 hours.
- Discover more than 10 practical ways to raise funds for your business
- Alleviate the stress you are experiencing from struggling in business
- Identify highly profitable business niches, develop new business ideas, and continuously improve them to increase your profits
- Write a business plan with effective and winning strategies that prepare your business for growth
- Avoid common costly mistakes made by most first-time entrepreneurs, and save precious time and money
- Learn when and how to protect your intellectual property
- Increase your confidence and decisiveness when making crucial business decisions
- Extrepreneurs excited to start a business, be your own boss, and make your dreams come true
Use this course as your A-Z, step-by-step roadmap to turn a business idea into a profitable business.
Achieve freedom and independence that comes from being your own boss.
Includes my 200-page business plan book, which is used by a number of universities.
Even if you are an absolute beginner, this course will guide you to successfully plan and start your business.
ARE YOU BUILDING YOUR FIRST BUSINESS AND FEEL LOST AND UNSURE OF WHAT STEPS TO TAKE?
YOU ARE NOT ALONE...
Millions of first-time entrepreneurs feel that way, and that's exactly how I felt when I started my first business 20 years ago. I've felt the stress you are feeling, and I've been through the hardships you are facing.
The great news is that I'll walk you through every step of starting your business from selecting the best business idea, to business planning, registering your business, raising money, and starting your business with correct fundamentals to give your business the best chance to succeed.
WELL-KNOWN FACT ABOUT STARTING A BUSINESS
Getting the right advice and direction from an expert will help you greatly decrease your learning curve, minimize your period of struggle, and give you the best chance to succeed.
WHAT YOU WILL ACCOMPLISH BY THE END OF THE COURSE
By the end of this course, you will no longer be one of thousands of "wantapreneurs." You will have taken your first positive steps to business success. You will become a strong and independent entrepreneur. You'll know exactly where you are going in business and how you are going to get there. You will be able to make correct and confident decisions.
Use this course as a step-by-step entrepreneurship guide to go from business ideas to starting a successful business.
INSTRUCTOR BACKGROUND: ALEX GENADINIK
My business plan book 'How To Write A Business Plan' is consistently the top business plan book on Amazon. My book is used by a number of universities and high schools in business class curriculums and entrepreneurship centers. I regularly get invited by these institutions to give talks about starting a business to aspiring entrepreneurs.
I've been an entrepreneur for 20 years, have personally coached over 1,000 entrepreneurs, taught business topics to 150,000 students and helped millions of entrepreneurs worldwide to create 6 and 7-figure businesses in the process, and I can help you too.
Imagine how much better and easier your road to success will be, and how much more you can achieve with an experienced mentor.
WHY THIS BUSINESS COURSE IS UNIQUE
There is a unique story behind this course. I originally created the Problemio business apps which now have over 1,000,000 entrepreneurs who downloaded the apps. On the apps, entrepreneurs were able to ask business questions. I took all the questions that were ever asked on the apps, and summed them up into the issues covered in this course. That means that the business issues covered in the course come from entrepreneurs just like you!
So if you are starting a new business, this is a great way to guarantee that the material in the course will be very relevant to the things you are going through now, or things you will be going through soon during your entrepreneurship journey.
BONUSES INCLUDED
* Lots of extra freebies, downloadable worksheets, and exercises to make the course more interactive and valuable
* Free 15-minute coaching call to discuss your business (I don't sell anything and don't collect your email, just answer your questions)
* Personal invitation to my Facebook community for entrepreneurs after you complete the course
* My list of 50 business-success skills after you complete the course
* Be entered to get chosen for my entrepreneur student of the month status and have your business featured
OFFICE HOURS AND ONE-ON-ONE HELP: I GO THE EXTRA MILE FOR MY STUDENTS
What really sets this course entrepreneurship course apart is the personal time I give to hold office hours with students in this course. During the office hours you can ask me any business question you want and I will do my best to help you. The office hours are free, I don't try to sell anything. It is just another thing I do to help you achieve your goals.
Sometimes as an entrepreneur, you have doubts or low confidence, and no one to talk to. Getting that extra support can go along way in your entrepreneurship journey.
MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE
This business course comes with an unconditional, Udemy-backed, 30-day money-back guarantee. This is not just a guarantee, it's my personal promise to you that I will go out of my way to help you succeed just like I've done for thousands of my other students.
Invest in your future. Enroll in this now.
- First-time entrepreneurs
- People who want to start a business
In this part of our business course give you strategies and tips on how to tell if a business idea is good. If you have ever wondered if your business idea is good, this tutorial has practical ways you can test your business idea.
I talk about 3 kinds of business ideas: original and unique business ideas, commoditized and traditional business idea that we are all familiar with, and a hybrid of the two.
Entrepreneurship is difficult. It can be scary, stressful and daunting. It can often make people have low confidence and low self esteem. And those are bad mental states to do business. So in this lecture I talk about getting out of those mental states that are unhealthy, and getting yourself into healthier mental states out of which you can think more rationally and make better business decisions.
Let's start a new section of our business course. In this section, I will teach you about different ways you can protect your intellectual property like your business ideas.
Do you want to protect business ideas? You ever wonder how to protect your business ideas? In this lecture I explain how to protect your business ideas and intellectual property in a few different ways: with an NDA (non-disclosure agreement), non-compete agreement, working with people whom you can trust and a few other ways.
One of my favorite ways to beat your competition and protect your business ideas is to build a moat around your business. The moat strategy is a very popular and maybe an intermediate or advanced topic. In this lecture of the course I explain what is a moat strategy and how to create it for your business.
It is great if the kind of company you are starting has barriers to entry. This is similar to having a moat strategy, but with a few distinction. The moat helps you during competition. The barrier to entry helps to prevent your potential competitors from even starting the business.
How much progress have you made with your business? It is ok if you are just starting. Every company had to start somewhere. You must simply help the reader of your business plan know how long have you been working on your business, and what kind of traction or growth you have. If you have customers, product or revenue, this is a good place to note the maturity of those.
Do you know how to calculate your target market size? You must know that, and express it clearly in your business plan. If investors read your business plan they should be able to determine whether the overall opportunity is big enough, and whether you have a good understanding of the size of your own target market. Additionally, depending on how you count, different calculations can result in different target market size numbers, which as you can imagine, leads to some pretty interesting discussions.
The all important marketing plan in your business plan. You must be able to promote your business and get customers. Without marketing and without clients, a business can't survive for long so your marketing plan is absolutely important. It isn't enough just to have any old marketing plan. Your marketing plan must be very good and savvy. If your current marketing plans consist of promoting on Facebook, Twitter, with business cards and flyers, you must definitely come up with a more professional marketing plan.
You must have a section discussing your business competition. You must also explain how you are different than your competition. You don't need to say that you are better than your competition, but you should explain how your business is unique, and how it differentiates itself from competition.
Discuss how your business will make money. What will be your revenue stream or revenue streams if you plan to have more than one source of income. There is typically a big decision for whether you decide to pursue multiple revenue streams or just one, and you have to explain this reasoning in this section as well.
Discuss your founding and management team. Also mention any investors, advisors that you have on your team, and the board of directors if you have a board of directors. Most importantly, list all the members of your founding team, their education, and their relevant skill sets and professional experience.
The cash flow statement is an important financial part of your business plan. The cash flow statement is as much a very good thing to add to this document as it is good for you to be able to look at a cash flow statement and use the cash flow statement to help you understand where all the money is going and coming from in your business. Having a cash flow statement can help you to realize what to do to stop or decrease some of your spending, and what to do to increase revenue.