Starting a Small Business

Many young South Africans want to work for themselves, and many already do: selling food, fixing phones, braiding hair, tutoring, washing cars or reselling clothes. Some of these small businesses grow, and some stop after a few weeks. The difference is often not luck or money. It is whether the owner chose an idea that people really want, tested it before spending, and understood the basic numbers. This course teaches you to think like an entrepreneur, find and compare business ideas, understand your customers and competitors, test your idea cheaply with real people, work out your start-up costs and whether the business can make a profit, and bring it all together in a one-page business plan. The course is fully online and self-paced. Each lesson has a short activity in your workbook. You finish with a practical task, in which you write a one-page business plan for your own idea, and a final assessment, and you receive a MetaCo Certificate of Completion that you can add to your CV.