Start Your Own Business Bootcamp

Are you thinking about setting up our own business but not sure what is involved?

Do you have some ideas for a business but not sure whether they are viable or not?

If so, the Start Your Own Business Bootcamp is for you. The programme will give you an introduction to the skills and knowledge required to set up and manage a successful business.

By the end of the programme, you will be able to:

• Describe the attributes of a successful Entrepreneur
• Recognise the key components of a successful business: Market, Money and Management
• Describe the key factors of strategic planning
• Create your Vision statement and set personal and business goals
• Understand how to use the Business Floor Plan tool and describe what a Business Plan contains
• Identify your own key strengths, experience and skills and understand how these will add value to your customer proposition
• Know how to gather vital and practical market research to learn about your target market
• Conduct an evaluation of the external factors that impact on the business using PESTLE analysis
• Conduct a SWOT analysis of your proposed business
• Know what formal and legal steps required to set up a business in Ireland
• Describe the features of the various legal business structures
• Have a basic understanding of the Irish tax system and how it relates to self-employment
• Complete a personal budget
• Know how to determine your Direct (Variable), Capital and Fixed Costs
• Know how to access appropriate statutory support
• Choose the most appropriate source of commercial funding
• Know how to calculate your break-even point
• Know how to prepare Financial Projections

You will receive a comprehensive Start Your Own Business Manual, and a series of templates to enable you to complete your Business Plan and Financial Projections.