Start Your Own Business Course

Entrepreneurial Skills
• The World of Small Business
• Steps to Home Business Success
• Product, Manpower, and Capital Options
• Starting and Managing a Business from Your Home
• Advantages and Disadvantages of a Home-Based Business
• Choosing your Form of Business Organization
• Recordkeeping, Insurance, and Legal Issues
• Balance Sheets, Profit and Loss Statements, Cash Flow Statement
• Time and Stress Management
• Personal Qualities Needed for Success in Business

Becoming an Entrepreneur
• About Entrepreneurs
• Planning for the Business
• Forms of Ownerships
• The Business Plan
• Marketing the Business
• Finding Your Target Market
• Preparing the Marketing Plan
• Hiring, Training, and Compensating Employees
• Preparing Financial Statements

The Basics of Business for an Entrepreneur
• The Basics of Economics
• Measures of Economic Activity
• The Business Cycle
• International Business Basics
• Business Behavior Basics
• Basic Management Functions
• Consumer Information, Skills, Rights, and Responsibilities
• Basic Finance

Entrepreneur: Business Law Basics
• The Basics of Law
• Business Ethics
• Civil, International, and Other Classifications of Law
• The Legal System
• The Basics of Contractual and Property Law
• Bailments and Intellectual Property
• The Basics of Employment Law
• Basic Forms of Business Organization
• The Basics of Debt

Finance Demystified for Entrepreneurs
• Basic Business Math
• The Balance Sheet
• Accounting Principles and Standards
• Financial Statement Preparation
• Using the Financial Statements
• Analyzing Ratios and Other Calculations
• Comparative Financial Statements
• Comparative Balance Sheet
• Comparative Income Statement
• Variable and Fixed Costs
• Break-Even Point
• Gross Profit versus Net Profit
• Preparing Budgets
• Financing Alternatives and Business Valuation

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This educational program is an introductory course designed to help students gain knowledge necessary for the vocational application of this subject. Completion of this program does not fulfill the legal requirements of particular state licenses or certifications, which may require additional training or apprenticeships.

We take great pride in providing you with the most up-to-date textbooks and equipment. One or more of the above-mentioned subjects may, therefore, change if updating becomes necessary during the course of your studies. The order in which the course material is presented may vary.

*Source: U.S. Small Business Association
https://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/advocacy/United_States.pdf