Start Up Skills Workshop

What can I expect on this 2-day course? Our two-day Business Start-Up Skills course expands on the content from our Self- Employment Discovery workshop, which we recommend you attend prior to booking onto this course. This course provides members of the military community specific training to enable them to launch and sustain a business. The workshop takes a deep-dive into your business plan and contains a mixture of down to earth practical advice and essential business tools to start a successful business. The aim is to equip potential entrepreneurs with the tools to move forward with their ideas from planning to launch. The course is ideal for anyone interested in starting their own business or enterprise and is tailored towards your specific business idea. The content covered will include:

• In-depth questioning of your business idea - to enable individuals to understand their business in context.
• Marketing - market research, understanding the market, competitors, marketing oneself effectively.
• Money and finance - covered in an accessible, interactive way enabling individuals to understand what to consider, how to apply it and mitigate any risk.
• The importance of networking, building connections, and the support available to you.
• Legal aspects - covering various points from intellectual property to legal set-ups for starting a business.
• Sustainability - including ongoing client management, client acquisition, building and developing a business plan over time. You need to sign up to XFE Hub as a member and complete the questionnaire before the training. For any enquiries please call 0121 724 0655 or email events@x-forces.com.

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