Start Your Own Business

Build critical skills to set up a successful small business

Gain the knowledge and practical skills to turn your small business ambitions into reality, with The Open University.

Courses under this program:
Course 1: Start Your Own Business: Your Business Idea
-Build critical skills to assess your business idea, evaluate the resources you need for success, and plan your next steps.

Course 2: Start Your Own Business: Marketing a New Business
-Gain the skills to develop a compelling sales proposition that entices your customers to buy into your product or service.

Course 3: Start Your Own Business: Creativity, Innovation and Research
-Inject creativity and innovation to your business idea and learn to leverage your network opportunities.

Course 4: Start Your Own Business: Financial Viability for a New Venture
-Learn to identify the financial implications of a new business idea and how its financial viability can be improved.