Entrepreneurship: How To Start A Business From Business Idea

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Course introduction: watch this first to understand what you get from the course

Lecture 1: How this entrepreneurship course is structured, and the steps for your business

Lecture 2: How to get the most out of the best Udemy features, and how to troubleshoot

Lecture 3: Correct entrepreneurship mindset to take on and conquer obstacles

Lecture 4: Biology and Neuroscience of entrepreneurship and starting a business

Lecture 5: How to personalize this course for your needs!

Chapter 2: How to get feedback on your business ideas and make them better than ever

Lecture 1: How to get feedback on business ideas & how to get expert feedback

Lecture 2: Paid options to get business idea feedback

Lecture 3: Validating business ideas by starting small and testing them in the market

Chapter 3: CLASS PROJECT: STARTING A REAL BUSINESS TOGETHER AS A CLASS

Lecture 1: Introduction to the WaveIfYouLike business plan and our class project

Lecture 2: Showing the class project and its three sentence business plan

Lecture 3: Exercise: the business case – have I sold you on it? Or do you have doubts?

Lecture 4: Artificial Intelligence solving the design problem

Lecture 5: You can participate in the project, Facebook group, and the rules

Lecture 6: Introduction to accounting with COGS (Cost Of Goods Sold)

Lecture 7: Gross Profit and Net Profit

Lecture 8: How much demand is there? Starting to calculate the market size

Chapter 4: Let's discuss the current business ecosystem

Lecture 1: Impact of AI on businesses we are starting

Chapter 5: Business idea strategies, and common business ideas questions and issues

Lecture 1: Section introduction – deeper dive into business idea evaluation and theory

Lecture 2: Five types of different business risk you must be aware of

Lecture 3: Different kinds of business ideas & what you must be aware of with each

Lecture 4: What to do if you have too many ideas

Lecture 5: Should you follow your passion?

Chapter 6: Real-world examples of starting businesses

Lecture 1: Section introduction – more practical examples of starting different businesses

Lecture 2: Starting an agency business…in 4 different valid ways

Lecture 3: Practical approach to starting an online business

Lecture 4: Local business – bookstore

Lecture 5: Few more thoughts on the previous video

Lecture 6: Client case study: Choosing an influencer niche and monetizing it

Lecture 7: If I personally had to start a business from scratch today

Chapter 7: Case study of a $10,000,000 client

Lecture 1: Section introduction – case study of a $10,000,000 client

Lecture 2: How this business started, and the lessons learned

Lecture 3: Reaching the success phase

Chapter 8: Productivity and emotional intelligence to make you a better entrepreneur

Lecture 1: 50 productivity skills that will help you for the rest of your career

Lecture 2: EXERCISE and brief introduction to emotional intelligence, productivity

Lecture 3: Five productivity tips to boost quality and quantity of your work

Lecture 4: Stress management for entrepreneurs

Lecture 5: Your brain and business – which parts of the brain work when

Lecture 6: The Marshmallow test – Stanford study of the best predictor of future success

Lecture 7: Think how Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg think

Chapter 9: How to protect intellectual property

Lecture 1: How to protect business ideas and your company's intellectual property

Lecture 2: How to protect your business by creating a moat around it

Lecture 3: For first-time entrepreneurs: More on moats, barriers, being first-to-market

Lecture 4: Case study of my decision of whether to get a trademark

Chapter 10: How to write a business plan

Lecture 1: Business planning section introduction

Lecture 2: What is a business plan

Lecture 3: How long should a business plan be?

Lecture 4: The executive summary of a business plan

Lecture 5: The product section of a business plan

Lecture 6: Product mistake

Lecture 7: The stage of your business

Lecture 8: Your market size section of the business plan

Lecture 9: Example of writing the target market and market size part of the business plan

Lecture 10: The marketing plan of your business plan

Lecture 11: Your business competition

Lecture 12: Your revenue streams

Lecture 13: Pricing and customer lifetime value (LTV)

Lecture 14: Your founding or management team

Lecture 15: Your business unit economics

Lecture 16: S.W.O.T analysis

Lecture 17: S.W.O.T example

Chapter 11: Business plan financials

Lecture 1: The cash flow statement

Lecture 2: How to calculate the gross profit, net profit and the bottom line

Lecture 3: How to calculate your company profit margin

Lecture 4: Example of calculating profit and margin

Lecture 5: Balance sheet introduction

Chapter 12: Promotion and marketing strategy for your business

Lecture 1: Marketing plan section introduction

Lecture 2: Basic marketing plan for an Ecommerce product

Lecture 3: Local business marketing plan example

Lecture 4: Agency or services (marketing, web development, design) company marketing plan

Lecture 5: Marketing plan for a blog or YouTube or podcast or influencer or coach

Lecture 6: Marketing plan for a platform or big website domination

Lecture 7: Marketing plan for an innovative new product or website

Lecture 8: B2B company marketing plan

Chapter 13: Fundraising: how to raise money to start your business

Lecture 1: Fundraising section introduction

Lecture 2: How much money you need to raise

Lecture 3: WORKSHEET: New business expenses and calculating how much you need to raise

Lecture 4: WORKSHEET: Existing business expenses and calculating how much to raise

Lecture 5: Fundraising paths worksheet

Lecture 6: Bootstrapping your business

Lecture 7: Raising money from loans

Lecture 8: Raising money from grants

Lecture 9: Notes on grants

Lecture 10: Raising money from investors

Lecture 11: TEMPLATE: Pitch your business ideas to investors or during conversation

Lecture 12: Raising money from donations and crowdfunding

Lecture 13: Earning money from your own revenue