Become an entrepreneur and lead the business world. This course will give you the confidence, necessary skills and knowledge to set up and run your own business.
Do you have a great business idea? Do you want to work for yourself instead of being bossed around? If so then the answer is to start your own business!
How do you set up a successful new business? Study for the Level 3 Certificate in Business Start-up. You will learn how to research and plan a business proposition, how to analyze competitors, how to pitch, how to plan, how to manage a business day to day and How to recognise when things are going wrong. It will give you confidence, and will show people that you have the necessary skills and knowledge to set up and run your own business.
Study
Option
Classroom-based
Course Location
Online/On Campus
Course Level
Level 3
Assessment
The six elements are designed to assist in building a business plan or strategy that will give a good start to any new business venture. The plan is then submitted for external moderation by iQualify UK.
Entry Requirements
This is an open entry programme, so there are no entry requirements, although you will need to have a reasonable standard of English and Mathematics. It is the same academic level, Level 3, as a UK ‘A’ Level qualification.
Course Elements
Analyse entrepreneurial and market potential
This unit includes:
Analysing entrepreneurial and market potential
Assessing your own capability against the needs of the proposed business venture
Build the business idea
This unit includes:
Scoping and refining a business idea – what it might look like, feel like, act like and be like
Researching the market to make sure the business idea is of interest to your customers
Plan the marketing approach
This unit includes:
Building the unique selling proposition
Knowing who the customer and market is
Creating the scope of the product and/or service, pricing it, promoting it, selling it, servicing it
Building brand recognition
Plan the business operations
This unit includes:
Ability to identify the need for the right legal set-up for the new business venture, while identifying the right people
Operational processes and resources for the new business start-up
Plan the budget strategy
This unit includes:
Developing a funding and operational budget for the new business start-up, including a daily cash flow
Setting key business performance indicators to monitor performance
Create the business plan and pitch
This unit includes:
Developing a business plan that incorporates all of the above
The ability to pitch and present effectively for business funding from a range of sources
About the Instructors
All leading professionals and academics from accross the globe including Pakistan and the UK.
Ejaz Chowdary brings his business expertise and visionary leadership from his experience in education management, IT and the military. He is the Director and CEO of iQualify UK and shares the ambition of bringing globally recognised professional qualification in accessibility for students and professionals in Pakistan.
Ian Fraser
Ian Fraser has more than 30 years diverse experience in education, aviation and marketing. As the principal and director of iQualify UK, and ICE, Ian aims to realise his ambition to provide quality modern British education to students globally.