Start Your Own Business Programme

  Workshop 1
  • Entrepreneurship - What is it?
  • Personal Skills Analysis
  • Steps to Starting a Business 
  • Reasons for starting a business
  • Reasons for Small Business Success and Failure
  • Understanding how to develop an idea
  • Networks of support and advice  
 Workshop 2
  • Guide to Legal Structures
  • Employment Law -  A Quick Guide 
  • Contracts
  • Insurance
  • Registering a Business Name
  • Tax Requirements
  • VAT
  • PAYE
  • PRSI
  • Opening A Business Bank Account
  • Bank Reconciliation
 Workshop 3
  • Why Develop a Business Plan
  • Main Elements of a Business Plan
  • Setting Goals and Objectives
  • Reviewing the Business Plan  
 Workshop 4
  • Introduction to Marketing 
  • The 4P's
  • Market Environment
  • Market Size and Trends
  • Product / Service and Comparison
  • Identifying and Meeting Customer Needs
  • Developing a Marketing Plan
  • Promotion for the Start-up
  Workshop 5
  • Market Research Methods
  • The Internet as a Source of Information
  • Sources of Information
  • Primary Research 
  • Secondary Research
  • Price in the Context of Marketing
  • Promotion
  • Place / Location
  • Conducting a PEST / SWOT Analysis
 Workshop 6
  • Introduction to Small Business Finance
  • Drawings and Personal Budget
  • Business Costs
  • Pricing
  • Break Even Analysis
  • Accounting Options and MIS Systems
  • Developing a Marketing Plan
  • Promotions for the Start-up
 Workshop 7
  • Sources and Uses of Funding
  • Personal / Private / Corporate Equity
  • Basic Financial Ratios
  • Credit Control
Workshop 8
  • Books of Prime Entry
  • Cash Flow Forecast
  • Profit and Loss Account
  • Balance Sheet  

Workshop 9

  • Building on Market Research to Identify a List of Sales Targets
  • Develop a Sales Plan
  • Selling and Approach
  • Introduction to Customer Service and After Care

                            Workshop 10

                            • Business Uses of Word / Excel
                            • Email as a Business Tool
                            • Use of the Internet
                            • Online Registration Revenue / ROS / CRO
                            • Use of CSO for Facts and Figures
                            • Business Plan Websites
                            • Developing a Website
                            • Use of CD's
                            • Alternatives - E-Bay for Start Your Own Business

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                            Fingal County Enterprise Board, Mainscourt, 23 Main Street, Swords, Fingal, Co. Dublin   Tel: (01) 890 0800   Fax: (01) 813 9991   Email: info@fingalceb.ie   Company Registration: 224780   
                            Fingal County Enterprise Board is funded by the Irish Government and part-financed by the European Union.