The training of the Missional Business Center consists of two parts; the ‘Generate Your Business Idea’ and the ‘Start Your Business Training”.

Generate Your Business Idea Training

thumb-gybA good business starts with a good business idea. Before you can start a business you need to have a clear idea of the sort of business you want to run. A business idea is a short and precise description of the basic operations of an intended business.

The ‘Generate Your Business Idea’ training (GYB for short) is a 2-day training to discover you top 3 business ideas.

Your business idea will tell you:

What product or service will sell.

Who you business will sell to.

How your business is going to sell its products or services.

Which need your business will fulfill for the customer.

 

In the Generate Your Business Idea training you will:

Do a personal assessment exercise: are you suited for running business?

Screen your abilities and experiences.

Discuss different types of businesses: retailing, wholesale, manufacturing, service providing, Agriculture/forestry/fishing.

Exercise structured brainstorming.

Visit the local business area.

Investigate your environment:

  • resources from nature,
  • people’s abilities and skills,
  • institutions,
  • industries,
  • import substitution,
  • publications,
  • trade fairs and exhibitions.
Use your own and other people’s experiences.

Create an ‘Ideas List’.

Be introduced to field research.

Perform a SWOT analysis of your business ideas.

Analyze your business ideas and select the best three.

 

If you are motivated for starting a business and positive about your generated business idea(s), you can sign up for the Start Your Business Training.

 

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Start Your Business Training

thumb-sybDo you want to know how to set up a successful business? Do you want to set up your own small business. Have you attended the GYB-training and now you want to materialize your idea into a business? If you do, this training is right for you.

The Start Your Business training (SYB for short) is a 5-day training that helps you understand how a business works, and focuses on:

The basic principles of a business.

The marketing: how to sell your product or service?

The process flow: everything that needs to happen from raw materials come into your business until you have a happy customer.

The finances

Sources of finances

Business responsibility and a legal form for your business

The Start Your Business training focuses on:

The basic principles of a business.

The marketing: how to sell your product or service?

  • quality of your product of service,
  • know your customers,
  • know your competitors,
  • know the size of your market
  • promotion and advertising
The process flow: everything that needs to happen from raw materials come into your business until you have a happy customer.

  • Improving your product: How to produce a better product
  • The space and equipment your business needs
  • Make an action plan including time planning and risk analysis.
  • Calculate the Start-up costs
The finances

  • Calculate Start-up costs: set-up costs and initial operating costs
  • Calculate Operating Costs: fixed and variable costs
  • Calculate Revenue
  • Calculate Profit
  • Calculate Break-even point
  • Calculate Cash Flow
  • Equipment and Replacement
Sources of finances

  • Looking for getting the capital to start your business
  • Looking at repaying loans
Business responsibility and a legal form for your business

  • Sole proprietorship
  • Partnership
  • Corporation

The target group of the MBC are people from deprived (slum) areas in underdeveloped and developing countries. To benefit from the training, the potential entrepreneur must be able to read, write and do simple calculations. The training is fit for men and women aged 18 or older.

 

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