Get your business off the ground and secure funding by learning how to write a comprehensive business plan. This free online course will familiarize you with the process of developing business plans. For new businesses, funding is a key factor and this course will help you decide what funding options will be best for your venture. Finally, you will learn about franchising, management models and how to effectively manage costs as a start-up. This course will equip fledgling entrepreneurs with pertinent business skills needed for success in the future.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 192335 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Outline the do's and don'ts of writing a business plan • Describe what a business plan is and how to develop one • Explain the process of a business presentation and how to effectively carry out one • Identify potential investors • Develop contingency and risk plans for the business • Outline the eight information sections of a typical business plan • Define business operations • Describe how to write an executive summary • Explain what a mission statement is and how to draft one • Define a business management plan • Outline the benefits of a good management plan • Describe the concepts of franchise, franchising, franchiser and franchisee, identifying their pros and cons |
| Course Code | 1293 |

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