Entrepreneurship and Business Acumen

Understanding what key abilities and attitudes to develop for starting and running your own business. Discussion of various kinds of business styles and choosing one that suits you (owner/manager, self-employed, freelancer, broker, 'true' entrepreneur, investor, intrapreneur, etc.) Working through the necessary processes of developing a successful business, from the pre-preparation (learning, research & psychological) phase right through to the exit phase. This program is very practical and hands on. There is a minimum of theory. The emphasis is on trying out ideas that seems to have worked with myself or other successful entrepreneurs and business people, but knowing that the application in each person's unique circumstances will often be very different when it comes to the detail!