Start Your Own Business

Start Your Own Business (SYOB) is designed to be a practical workshop, aimed specifically at those considering starting their own business. The course is for those who wish to learn how to avoid common pitfalls, reduce risk and progress their ideas and maximise rewards. The course is also suitable for early stage micro business (<9 months).

Dempsey Professional Services will deliver a programme which is designed to provide and easy transference of material to a small business and the processes that it may seek to implement.

Outline Syllabus

Start Your Own Business will cover:

• The Irish taxation system and self assessment 
• The administration of employment and VAT taxes in small business
• Income tax and corporation tax
• Tax management issues for a small business in a changing economic environment 
• Tracking and recovering overheads in a pricing plan 
• Costing, pricing, procedures and practice 
• Understanding a finance role 
• Cash management in a small business 
• Merginign finaces with the day to day operation in a recessionary context 
• Impacts on finance 
• My ‘roadmap’, my idea dn research
• Connecting with the customer, drivines teh sales process
• Managing a business on a day to day basis including use of technology 
• Support for you and your business 
• Administration tax and bookkeeping 
• Managing finances in a start-up
• Preparation of and using a business plan

Anticipated Practical Outcomes

As a participant on this workshop you will be given tools and knowledge which are practical and realistic for those starting out in business.

Training Methodology

Learning tools used will include:

• Live training and supporting presentation 
• Participants will be given a hand-out of the slides and encouraged to take notes during the programme. 
• Facilitated group discussion and specific questions from participants
• Providing opportunity for practice

Assessment Method

Each participant will complete a post-course evaluation form

Duration: 18 hour training workshop (3 hour workshops delivered over 6 weeks) and one 1-2-1 mentoring session.

Time: 6.30pm - 9.30pm

Date: From 8th September every Thursday for 6 consecutive weeks

Venue: MTEK Building, Armagh Road, Monaghan

Cost: €30

Book and pay online at: www.localenterprise.ie/monaghan or contact Monaghan LEO at info@leo.monaghancoco.ie or 047-71818