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🖥️ Business Prep (SMC 06/04/26 – 08/13/26)
Learn how to build a simple business plan step by step. You’ll set clear goals, understand your customers, plan your marketing, and create a roadmap to grow your business with confidence.
- Be clear about what your business is, what problem it solves, and what you want to achieve.
- Pick the right legal structure, register your business, and organize the basics
- Find out who your customers are and how to tell them about your business
- Learn simple money tools like budgets and income/expense tracking
- Think ahead about hiring help, growing your business, and staying protected
- Show others your business plan and get advice to make it better
Course Breakdown
Week 1. Create your mission and business plan outline
Week 2. Explore operations and management essentials
Weeks 3-4. Master marketing basics and customer engagement
Week 5. Strengthen operations for efficiency and growth
Week 6. Build leadership skills for hiring and management.
Week 7. Manage finances and understand financial statements
Week 8. Learn to plan ahead with financial forecasting
Week 9. Address risks, insurance, and growth strategies
Week 10. Finalize and showcase your vision with a polished, ready-to-launch business plan, and prepare for the next steps
What you’ll learn
- Writing a clear and compelling mission statement
- Assessing your skills, passions, and resources
- Creating a strategy that aligns with your goals
- How to test the feasibility of your idea