New Venture Creation Programme
- Flexible
- 32 Credits
- NQF Level 2
- SAQA ID: SP210401
Starting a new venture can be daunting, especially if you do not have a roadmap of what to cover first, how to avoid critical pothole or prepare for scaling your ideas.
With the New Venture Creation Programme, Leverage Leadership enhances this learning experience by emphasising self-awareness and resilience as critical factors for business strength, strategic thinking, and perseverance.
Programme Objectives
The New Venture Creation Programme targets the following objectives:
- Gather and analyse information for an industry
- Determine market requirements relevant for marketing and selling goods and services
- Determine financial, human and infrastructure requirements
- Manage financial, human and infrastructure resources of a business
- Plan for the establishment of business
- Organise and conduct business activities
Who will benefit?
- Delegates who want to start a new business
- Delegates who intend to improve, stabilise and expand existing small businesses
- Organisations who are seeking to invest in CSI projects to empower previously disadvantaged individuals
Programme Modules
Knowledge Modules
- Topic 1: Being an entrepreneur
- Topic 2: Know yourself
- Topic 3: Know your industry
- Topic 4: Identifying Market opportunities
- Topic 5: Innovation
- Topic 6: Customer Service
- Topic 7: Financial and Cash flow management
- Topic 8: Basic business financial statements
- Topic 9: Pricing of goods and services
- Topic 10: Marketing
- Topic 11: SMART goals
- Topic 12: Business planning
Application Component
- Topic 1: Calculations and Pricing
- Topic 2: Basic Bookkeeping
- Topic 3: Marketing project
- Topic 4: Customer service
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