Overview
Key facts
This course will cover a wide variety of topics for those interested in starting, or seeking employment in, a small business. The course will capture the entrepreneurial spirit, and students will get first-hand exposure to the benefits and drawbacks of starting a new business and being your own boss. Issues pervasive in small businesses such as spotting trends or taking advantage of niche business opportunities will be discussed and factored into class exercises. Students will have the opportunity to practice start-up skills through feasibility analysis, the idea pitch, defining markets, targeting customers, operations, and deciding on which type of business to start.
The ability to maintain and sustain operations of a small business will be experienced with particular attention to budgeting, forecasting, and cash management. In this course, students will have an authentic opportunity to test their entrepreneurial skills through a real business venture.
Canadore College's Entrepreneurship programme will teach you more about this topic.
Programme Structure
- Courses include:
- Interpret and record business transactions, and prepare basic financial statements.
- Integrate knowledge of capital investments, credit planning, and finance into relevant aspects of work.
- Utilize the concepts and business applications of computer information systems.
- Adhere to the concepts of organizational behaviour, and apply decision-making and problem solving techniques in formulating business policy.
- Apply the concepts of human resource management and organizational behaviour to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
- Analyze a marketing situation and develop appropriate advertising recommendations and sales promotion strategies.
- Compare and contrast various pricing strategies and their effects on sales and profits.
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 4 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApply anytime.
Language
English
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
Entrepreneurship View 6 other Short Courses in Entrepreneurship in CanadaWhat students do after studying
Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- You may enroll in a Continuing Education course at Canadore College if you are 19 years of age or older or if you have earned an Ontario Secondary School Diploma/Ontario Secondary School Graduation Diploma or equivalent.
Tuition Fee
Funding
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