Start Your Own Business Programmes are designed to support participants in County Meath, to explore their next steps to starting a business. 

You will work collaboratively with a small group of like-minded individuals towards building the skills, confidence and the network you need to succeed as a start-up.   Our expert trainers will guide you through the legal, financial and research considerations required and you will develop confidence by building a viable plan of action.

Who should attend?

Anybody taking the first steps towards Self-employment, or is thinking about starting your own business. Programme open to those that don’t have a concrete business idea.

What will you learn?

Over the six weeks you will be shown the fundamentals of getting a business up and running, ask yourself are you ready self-employed, get to test your business idea, learn who you have to tell about starting you own business and learn how to structure you start-up in a way that will give it the best chance of success.

Some of the topics covered include:

• Starting Up/ Getting Started

• Identifying, understanding & researching your target market

• Tax, law and insurance

• Financial Planning (pricing, costing)

• Promoting your business 

• Sales and Service

• Basic Bookkeeping

• Developing your Business Plan

6 week online course - with 2 interactive sessions each week.  ( 6.30pm - 8.30pm Tuesday & Thursday)

**Upon completion of this course you can avail of 2 free hours of mentoring with the course tutor.

If this course is booked out, please email us and we will either add an extra space for you  localenterprise@meathcoco.ie

Course Dates:

18^th, 20^th, 25^th, 27^th January

1^st, 3^rd, 8^th, 10^th, 15^th, 17^th, 22^nd & 24^th February