Starting a Business

Course Description:

It is one thing to start a business and another thing altogether to start a business that is successful.  Most new businesses fail.  What makes it difficult to establish a stable business that serves people?  What particular wisdom do new business owners need as entrepreneurs?  How do you scale a business?  This course is a practicum in which students are required to produce a business plan for a business they are starting or intend to start someday.  The course is taught by a business owner, not an academic.  

 

Guiding Questions:

• What does it take to launch a viable business?If I were to start a

• business, what would my values proposition be?

• Am I ready to start a business?  Do I have ample funding and resources?

• What is my exit plan for leaving what I am starting?

• What does the Bible say about running a business?