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Course 1. Steps to becoming an Entrepreneur – A Free Entrepreneurship Development Course by Lessons At Startup

About the Course

Course Fee – Free

Everyday, we get hundred of requests from our website visitors on – how to start a business?

We wrote a lot of blogs around the topic but still found our readers asking for the same question.

Now from our experience, we know entrepreneurship can be a scary topic to approach for first time entrepreneurs.

Hence, we decided to make it simple and fun!

Also, we worked hard on building a course that gives – practical advice minus all the B.S jargons you hear from all the entrepreneur gurus.

So we got our thought machines together and wrote a series of 6 + 1 blogs that takes you through the entrepreneurial process.

The course is simple – you enrol to the course and everyday you get one email with a link to the blog that explains you on topic in depth.

The course lay out is:

Step 1: Are you ready to be an entrepreneur?

On day one, we teach you about the mental readiness of being an entrepreneur. It is a topic which is avoided by the majority of entrepreneurs as they focus more on fund raising, marketing, etc. We on the other hand have learned that it is all in the mind.

You also get introduced to the topic ‘How to assess your risk taking ability as an entrepreneur’

Step 2: Market Research

As a first time entrepreneur, Market research is a step that can get overwhelming for you. We teach you – how you can use internet to your advantage to do quick and smart market research using a few tools.

The step also introduces you to a few tips that you can use to quickly learn about your competitors.

Step 3: How to create a Business Plan for a small business

Failing to plan is planning to fail. We have used the line to the extent of being repetitive through out our blog.

I am a firm believer in starting a business with a proper plan and i know that small businesses do not need a 1000 page business plan. Instead, they need an easy to understand business plan that lays out their vision, team and financials.

Learn how to create a business plan using some amazing tools available online.

Day 4: What are the different types of Business Organisation

A quick introduction to different types of business entities (pvt ltd, proprietorship, limited, partnership, LLP) and which one is suitable for your business.

Day 5: How to take your Business Online

We live in an internet era where a business’s online presence is not a luxury but a necessity.

We take you through the steps of setting up an online business presence and then introduce you to the tools that can help you promote your business online.

Day 6: How to hire employees for a new Business

When it comes to hiring employees for a new business, you are pitched against established companies. It is an unfair battle between David and Goliath.

Our experience has taught us that it is difficult but not impossible to hire good employees for a new business.

It is a short yet important chapter that teaches you the steps to hire employees for a new business.

Bonus Step : Small Business Automation tools

You will love the step if you are a sucker for automation. At least, we are 🙂 and we encourage every small business owner to use SAAS tools to automate their business processes and rely less on human resource and human mistakes.

And the course is absolute – Free.

Cheers to that!

It is a rare thing to find a decent ‘free’ course in the expensive world 🙂

This course is a starting point for you to get introduced to the world of bootstrapping.

We have used our years of experience to put together something simple and easy to understand.e