Become a Small Business Owner

Start your own business and get it right the first time. Learn everything you need to become a small business owner, from understanding the responsibilities of entrepreneurship to figuring out the legal, financial, and operational aspects of your future business.

• Learn what it takes to start a business alone or with family and friends.
• Build your business model and develop your business plan.
• Establish your business as a legitimate legal entity.

• Course 1: Guy Kawasaki on Entrepreneurship
• Explore Kawasaki's thoughts on entrepreneurship-centered topics including focusing your pitch and prototypes, predicting new markets, and capitalizing on social media.
• Course 2: Entrepreneurship Foundations
• Learn the foundations of entrepreneurship and assess your potential to become a business owner.
• Course 3: Entrepreneurship: Finding and Testing Your Business Idea
• Determine what new businesses are best suited for you as an entrepreneur. Brainstorm ideas, identify the best opportunity, and test the validity of the business before starting.
• Course 4: Understanding Business
• Learn the basic concepts underpinning all businesses, small to large, including marketing, supply chains, accounting, and HR.
• Course 5: Creating a Business Plan
• Looking to build a business or expand one you're already running? You need to write a business plan. Learn how to define your business, market, product, sales strategy, and more.
• Course 6: Setting Up Your Small Business as a Legal Entity
• Helps entrepreneurs understand if they should incorporate, and navigate choosing and setting up a corporate entity.
• Course 7: Foundations of Raising Capital
• Explore several different methods for raising capital for your business, including loans, accelerator programs, angel investors, crowdfunding, and venture capital.
• Course 8: Finance Essentials for Small Business
• Manage your small business successfully with these finance essentials from accounting professors Jim and Kay Stice.
• Course 9: Starting a Business with Family and Friends
• Learn how to start your own business with family and friends. Discover how to set expectations around roles, ownership, and finances.
• Course 10: Finance Foundations: Income Taxes
• Learn how to file your US income taxes. Discover everything you need to know before filing your personal or professional tax return and get tips to help with tax planning.
• Course 11: Balancing Work and Life
• Learn how to have it all and enjoy it all by balancing your life and work.