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Business Feasibility

You’ve got an idea for a business, but how do you know if it’s a good one? In this course, experts LeKeisha Grant and Emerald Sparks will walk you through how to do basic market research and customer discovery, how to calculate the revenue you’ll need to generate to make your business sustainable, and important questions to ask as you start to grow and scale. Let’s get started.

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  • By LeKeisha Grant
Free
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Bookkeeping 101

If you want to run a successful business, you have to know your numbers. In this course, accounting expert Emerald Sparks will teach you how to compile and use basic financial documents, including your P&L/income statement, cash flow statement and balance sheet. Let’s get started.

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  • By Emerald Sparks
Free
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Launch My E-Commerce Business

Got a product or service you can sell online? In this course, Ambition Ltd. Founder LeKeisha Grant walks you through how to set up your e-commerce site. Let’s get started.

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  • By LeKeisha Grant
Free
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Working with the DoD

These videos are designed to support you — entrepreneurs, engineers and small business owners — in the commercialization of dual-use technologies with both defense and traditional industry applications.

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  • By Lauren Tiffan
Free
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Marketing 101

If you’re here, you know how important marketing is to run a successful business. In this course, marketing experts Christina Mendez and Danielle Phillips teach everything from how to position your business and write your first marketing plan, to how to claim your Google business profile and run your first paid digital marketing campaign. Let’s get started.

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  • By Christina Mendez
Free
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Intro to Business Law

You know what working in your business looks like day-to-day, but are your i’s dotted and t’s crossed? In this course, business lawyer Chris Nalls helps you get your paperwork in order, no matter where you are in your business journey. Learn how to choose your business structure and file with the government, prep your first operating agreement & hire your first employee.

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  • By Chris Nalls
Free
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Business Operations

Standard Operating Procedures establish processes and standards for your business that create efficiency, effectiveness and consistency. In this course, Teresa lays out areas of operations where SOPs are valuable for pop-up businesses, e-commerce shops, and brick + mortar spaces.

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  • By Teresa Perretta
Free
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Sign Your First Commercial Lease

You're ready to grow out of your home office — but where do you go? In this course, business lawyer Chris Nalls reviews the three main types of commercial leases and common provisions to prepare and watch out for in each.

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  • By Chris Nalls
Free
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Open Your Brick + Mortar

Securing and operating that first storefront is a milestone for many entrepreneurs. But you need more than just a rent to make it happen! In this course, In this course, business advisor and hospitality expert Teresa Perretta shares exactly what goes into that brick + mortar operation so you can decide if a physical location is what your business needs next.

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  • By Teresa Perretta
Free
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Access Capital

Need money for your business, but don’t know where to start? Rushlight Ventures President and angel investor Andy Cothrel is here to help! Through this course, learn what kind of investment dollars are out there; how to determine if outside funding is right for you; and how to appeal to various investor groups and speak their lingo.

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  • By Andy Cothrel
Free
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Launch Your MedTech Startup

On average, it takes a medical startup 7 years to get from idea to market — significantly longer than startups in other industries. Part of the reason for this extended timeline is due to heavier regulation of medical devices by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In this course, experts from Kaleidoscope review the stages of medical device development, how to prepare for your regulatory clearance pathway, and how to set up scalable quality management systems to support business growth.

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  • By Josh Tranter
Free
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Build Your Pitch Deck

There are a lot of reasons you need to have a pitch deck prepared and ready to deliver, even in the early stages of your business journey. In this course, Lauren and LeKeisha from the Entrepreneurs’ Center, will want you through how to build a pitch deck, and offer some tips and tricks to deliver your best pitch.

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  • By Lauren Tiffan
Free
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Conceptos Básicos de Negocios

Bienvenidos al entrenamiento de Launch Dayton para emprendedores y negocios, una colección gratuita de cursos y entrenamientos para negocios y emprendedores que le ayudará a empezar y crecer su propia empresa. En este curso, aprenderá cómo escribir un plan básico para su negocio, qué documentos necesita rellenar y enviar para operar un negocio oficial en el estado de Ohio, y cómo comenzar a crear una estrategia de marketing para su empresa.

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  • By Christina Mendez
Free
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IP For Business Owners

Whether you’re an inventor or a baker, there’s a good chance you have some sort of intellectual property connected to your business. In this course, patent lawyer Tom Lees explains what intellectual property is, what tools (patents, trademarks and copyrights) you can use to protect your IP, and how IP can be leveraged, from seeking investment to marketing online.

  • Course
  • By Tom Lees
Free
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Branding 101

You recognize good branding when you see it — but how do you do it? In this course, branding expert and Paperreka founder Reka Juhasz will teach you how to how to utilize brand strategy and brand design to build a solid, sustainable brand.

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  • By Reka Juhasz
Free
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Intro to Sales

If you're not making money, you don't have a business, you have a hobby. And to make money, you have to make sales. In this course, sales expert Ramone Kenney taps his decade+ of sales experience to help you redefine what it means to sell, find warm leads, and follow a framework for successful sales conversations. Let's dive in!

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  • By Ramone Kenney
Free
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