​Your BUSD 2022 Instructor

• ​Passionate about entrepreneurship

• Currently working at NorQuest College as a Program Manager

• ​Former Management Consultant with EY and Deloitte

• Self-published author

• ​Side hustler (digital writer, former Uber driver, former co-host of podcast)

​Introduce yourself. Tell me who you are and your favourite book

​What are we going to learn?

1. ​Entrepreneurship in Canada

2. The Small Business Decision

3. Business Opportunity

4. The Business Plan

5. Buying a Business and Franchising

6. Funding

7. Marketing

8. Ongoing Operations - Accounting, Operations, HR

9. Growth

10. Transfer of Business

​What will you know at the end of this course?

​1 Understand what an entrepreneur does, and how an entrepreneur thinks

​What will you know at the end of this course?

​2 Know the difference between an idea and an entrepreneurial opportunity and understan how to assess the opportunity

​What will you know at the end of this course?

3 Know what is in a business plan and how to develop a business plan for start-up

​What will you know at the end of this course?

4 Understand what resources and finances are needed to start a business, and how to value a business

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5 Know the role of marketing, and why it is important for business

​What will you know at the end of this course?

6 Describe how to operate a business, in particular the role of accounting, operations and human resources