Start-up Masterclass 2018: 15 Business Courses in 1

Assemble a winning startup team by aligning owner leadership, a proactive manager, and key roles: sales assistant, marketing assistant, customer service representative, web developer, accountant, and packers.

Explore essential facilities and equipment for an online store, including delivery vans and motorcycles, hand trucks, stockroom-to-truck transfers, and an office with computer, internet, printer, telephone with fax, and mobile.

Trace the rise of an online fashion retailer in Southeast Asia from 2012, expanding across multiple countries with customer-centric strategies like flexible payments and a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Three German entrepreneurs founded Lazada in 1999 under Rocket Internet to replicate Amazon’s business structure for the Asian market, expanding to the Philippines with cash on delivery.

Discover the magic 11 success factors for online stores, including a startup sketch, knowing your target market, pricing, domain name, aesthetics, service, advertising, deals, and a soft opening.

Learn the steps of web development, from site classification and hosting security to seven development stages—planning, design, coding, testing, implementation, deployment, and maintenance—plus adding a payment system.

Explore how customers and merchants transact in digital commerce, set up merchant and payment gateway accounts, and apply cash on delivery, credit and debit cards, and third party processors.

Build a coffee shop workforce from owner to bench players like accountants and interior designers, and recruit, train, and motivate a team of managers, baristas, bakers, and cashiers.

Explore essential coffee shop equipment—from grinders and semi-automatic espresso machines to tamping tools, milk frothers, pastry chillers, refrigerators, and dough proofers—and their specs for storage and prep.

Explore specialty coffee, the top 3 percent of global production, grown over three to four years and meticulously processed from soil selection to brewing, including Arabica and Robusta varieties.

Unlock nine key success factors for a coffee shop: craft a business sketch, define your target market, analyze competition, and optimize location, pricing, aesthetics, service, advertising, and a soft opening.

Build a strong eatery workforce by acting as the business architect and assembling a dream team of managers, chefs, cooks, service crew, cashier, janitor, and dishwasher.

Identify the basic eatery equipment: freezer and refrigerator, shelves, stove, rice cooker, water dispenser, and optional air conditioning, and align the setup with your menu and target market.

Craft a startup sketch and define your target market, competition, and location to guide pricing and operations, then advertise and run a soft opening.

Build a startup internet shop workforce by defining the starting five—owner, manager, service staff, cashier, computer technician—and noting bench players: maintenance crew and security guard, with roles, duties, and equipment.

Explore essential computer hardware and networking basics, including keyboards, monitors, mice, routers, and operating systems, to design a reliable local area network for your shop.

Explore the essential computer hardware, from motherboard and BIOS to CPU, RAM, video card, hard drive, and power supply, with emphasis on cores, threads, and RAM speeds.

Explore the eight factors for a successful internet shop, including a startup sketch, target market, competition, swot analysis, location, price, aesthetics, advertising, and a soft opening.

Trace baking’s global timeline from ancient Egyptians to modern bakers, highlighting key milestones—baking powder, commercial yeast, and mixers—and the Philippine bakery tradition from pondy salt to historic shops.

Identify and develop your bakery workforce from the owner-architect role to a skilled manager, bakers, cashiers, assistants, and an accountant, emphasizing team competencies and training.

Shop for and select bakery equipment, from convection, deck, and rack ovens to mixers, proofer, refrigeration, and display cases, to streamline production and display goods.

discover the initial budget and capital required to start your bakery, guided by a sample breakdown and 1-3-6 month estimates for your financial planning.

Highlight key bakery offerings expected by customers, from pandesal to empanadas and buko pie. Learn how iconic treats like Lecce Flann and Spanish bread anchor a bakery's product lineup.

Learn the trade in this industry, explore several ways to stay on top of the game, and adopt a step-by-step mindset to see yourself as a company.

Learn to function as a professional makeup artist by adopting key roles—from CEO to operations manager—and building strong client–supplier relationships, pricing decisions, and bridal-industry collaborations.

Learn the key roles in a beauty startup, from quality control and safety measures to customer service and social media management, ensuring safe, authentic products and responsive client care.

Organize your makeup kit with waterproof bags and pouches, and select lighting with a higher color red index; use a mirror for symmetry and maintain cleanliness with brush cleaners.

Explore makeup services from traditional to special effects, guiding beginners to advanced techniques. Treat the face as a blank canvas using safe materials, airbrush and high fashion applications.

Learn how to build social capital through offline and online networking, nurture client relationships, leverage social media for visibility, and drive word-of-mouth through collaboration and consistent follow-up.

Develop a successful makeup artistry skill set by mastering the craft, investing in a pro kit, and branding to attract your target market and deliver exceptional client experiences.

Identify your dream team and define critical roles from owner-manager to accountant, delivery, washers, administrative staff, and technical assistant, ensuring quality, budgeting, and training drive your water refilling business.

Learn how a reverse osmosis water system powers a water refilling business, from pre-filters and membranes to storage tanks, carbon filters, UV disinfection, and delivery-ready containers.

Estimate initial capitalization with a one-, three-, and six-month budget; adjust items and prices, and use the key budget pedia file as your guide.

Explore mineral, distilled, purified, alkaline, and pipe water, their minerals and electrolytes, and health benefits; learn purification methods and how water quality affects hydration, immunity, and athletic performance.

Master the magic nine key success factors for a water refilling station: startup sketch, target market, competition, location, price, aesthetics, service, advertising, and soft opening.

Explore the history of the sizzling iron cast plate, aka teppanyaki, from a Tokyo 1940s restaurant to Benihana’s rise in New York, its heat preservation, and global adoption.

Trace the history of sizzling sisig from Pampanga origins to its modern, plate-filling appeal. Learn its key ingredients—pig head, ears, brains, chicken liver—and its three-stage cooking: boiling, broiling, grilling.

Define your workforce by appointing the manager as point guard, the chefs and cooks, the service crew, cashiers, cleaners and an accountant, all aligned with training, compensation, and quality standards.

Identify essential facilities and equipment for a sizzling house, including freezer and refrigerator, shelves, stove, rice cooker, water dispenser, and iron cast plates.

Master the magic 8 factors for a thriving eatery: draft startup business sketch, define your target market, analyze competition, location, pricing, cooking, advertising, and conduct a soft opening.

Trace the evolution of tapsilog from beef marinated and sun-dried prep to an all-day breakfast staple, and explore its name origins and the rise of silog varieties.

Develop and lead a strong workforce for your eatery by aligning the owner as architect with a capable manager, skilled cooks, helpful cashiers, trained assistants, and vigilant accountants.

Identify essential eatery equipment for daily operations, including freezers and refrigerators, shelves, stove, rice cooker, water dispenser, and air conditioning, chosen for your menu and target market.

Estimate your bakery’s initial capitalization by reviewing a practical budget with a one-month, three-month, and six-month estimates and a detailed breakdown of items to fund.

Create a startup business sketch, identify your target market, and analyze competition to choose a strategic location, price right, cook nothing but the best, advertise, and conduct a soft opening.

Develop signature filipino breakfast meats by preparing and marinating tapa, tocino, and longganisa; supervise kitchen processes, cure, marinate, and cook to caramelize flavors for a standout startup menu.