Venue:
Harbour View Business Centre, Dún Laoghaire
Category:
Business Training
Looking to Start Your Own Business but unsure of where to begin? Book a place on our 8 Week Course.
Starts Tuesday, 4th October 2016.
Harbour View Business Centre, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
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Get Your Business Up & Running in 2016!
Are you looking to Start Your Own Business but are unsure of how and where to begin?
We've developed an 8 week evening programme for you. Under the guidance of specialist trainers, you will learn how to research your business idea, assess its commercial viability, pick an appropriate business structure, identify sources of funding and explore effective sales and marketing strategies.
All course content has been carefully chosen to support any new product or service-led business.
Class sizes are limited to 15 people to ensure maximize learning outcomes for participants.
This course runs from 6.30-9.30pm on 8x consecutive Tuesday evenings (4th October - 22nd November 2016).
The venue is Harbour View Business Centre, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.
(Included as part of the fee for this course is a 6 month membership of our START Network)
Session 1
| Tuesday,
4th October | Introduction to Enterprise
& Self-Employment - Being an Entrepreneur: The Road to Self-employment
- The realities of starting and running a business in a competitive
environment
- The reasons for small business success and failure
- Trends for 2015/16
- The importance of networking for success |
Session 2 | Tuesday,
11th October | Preparing a Business Plan - Why Develop a Business Plan?
- Key Elements of a Business Plan
- Completing a Business Plan: Pitfalls to avoid
- Understand the purpose of business planning
- Setting Goals & Objectives for a business plan
- Practising the Pitch
- Business Plan templates
|
Session 3 | Tuesday,
18th October | Legal Issues for Your Start-Up - Guide to Choosing a Legal Structure
[Sole Trader, Partnership or Company]
- Registering a business name
- Employment Law: Quick Guide
- Understand insurance & tax implications for a small business
(incl. VAT, PRSI, PAYE)
- Purpose of opening a business account and bank reconciliation |
Session 4 | Tuesday,
25th October | Marketing Your Small Business - The importance of the Marketing Mix for a small business
- Markets Size & Trends: How my Product/Service meets the
needs of customers
- Creating a Value Proposition
- Profiling Target Customers
- Promoting your business on a small budget
- Marketing Online |
Session 5 | Tuesday,
1st November | Finance - Introduction to Small Business Finance
- Identifying different types of business costs
(fixed, direct, capital and variable)
- Establishing start up/ initial running costs
- Determining the overheads in your business
- Different methods of pricing
- How to accurately cost a product or service
- Developing a lean business model |
Session 6 | Tuesday,
8th November | Taxation & Funding Sources
- How to plan capital requirements
- What are the sources and uses of funding
- Examination of personal, private & corporate equity
- Financial ratios for business
- The importance of credit control
- Maximize profitability through optimum liquidity |
Session 7 | Tuesday,
15th November | Basic Bookkeeping
- Prime books of entry
- Preparing a trial balance
- Preparing a projected Profit & Loss Account
- Preparing a projected Cashflow
- Preparing a projected Balance Sheet |
Session 8 | Tuesday,
22nd November | Sales
- The sales process: How & What am I selling
- Developing a sales approach
- Identifying potential customers
- Minimizing time-wasting sales activity
- Providing exception customer care |
* Please note that changes to the running order of these sessions may be made.
The trainer company running this course is Optimum
'Start Your Own Business' Course - How it is Delivered
This course features group work, individual tasks, presentations, Q&A and exercises. The priority is to equip participants with knowledge and skills which they can implement into their new businesses.
Book Your Place & Get Your Business Started...
The Course Fee is €150 per person and is payable prior to course commencement.
To Book & Pay for your place now, simply follow the 'Book Now' link at the top of this page.
If you need any assistance, please contact (01) 204 7083 or contact@leo.dlrcoco.ie
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