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LinkedIn Learning

Become Your Own Boss

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

Learn how to launch a small business—especially while you're still working—with lessons from one of the country's leading small business experts.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Become your own boss
1. Deciding to Take the Leap into Starting Your Business
  • The astounding small business landscape
  • My story
  • What do you need to get started in business?
2. What Do You Need Personally
  • Partner and family buy-in
  • Must haves, good habits: Your kitchen cabinet of advisors
3. Finding and Evaluating Good Business Ideas
  • Buying an existing business and internet businesses
  • Sell what you know and what you love
  • Franchise businesses
  • How to evaluate your business idea
4. Do You Have a Life Plan?
  • Your key considerations
5. How Are You Going to Pay for Your Business?
  • Your three piles of money
  • Three methods for beating down your bills and debt
6. Essentials of Being an Entrepreneur
  • What are the elements of a business?
  • Entrepreneurial skills
  • Doing it all: Jobs within your job as an entrepreneur
7. Marketing and Beyond
  • Developing your marketing plan
  • The five Ps: Product and price
  • The five Ps: Placement and promotion
  • The missing P: Profit
8. Develop Your Business Plan
  • Business plan tools
9. Launch While Working
  • Start your business as a side hustle first
  • Final thoughts

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genConnectU

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