From Knowing to Discovering: Entrepreneurship Essentials (Foundational)

Course Overview

The purpose of this course is to equip participants with essential knowledge and skills to create a business plan. This two-day course is designed for those who have decided to take a step further; from knowing to doing. From identifying business opportunities, market evaluation, risks and rewards of entrepreneurship, to validating and refining ideas. This course is designed for people exploring a career transition, realising a dream to be their own boss or aspiring to start their own company.

                       

Course Duration

15 Hours

Course Mode

Physical Class

Course Dates (Total 15 Hours)

2024 Dates - May onwards

     

Course Details

Course Outline:

  1. Recap on What is Entrepreneurship
  2. Brainstorm and Identify Business Opportunities
  3. Ideas Evaluation and Market Studies
  4. Apply the Theories and Concepts to a Case Study: QB House
  5. Validate Concepts and Refine Business Strategy

At the End of This Course, Participants are Expected to:

  1. Identify and Evaluate Business Opportunities
  2. Gain Insights into Different Perspectives from Peer Sharing and Group Discussion on Business Ideation and Creation
  3. Validate the Business Ideation
  4. Apply and Evaluate a Real-Life Case Study to Develop a Preliminary and Broad Business Plan Analysis
  5. Refine Business Strategy
     

Admission Info

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for people exploring a career transition (for mid-career workers), realising a dream to be their own boss or are aspiring to fund their own company.

Full Course Fees

S$2,100 (Before GST)

1. SkillsFuture Series

Full Course Fees

Funding Type​​ Subsidy CriteriaProgramme
Base Grant 70% Singapore Citizen /​​ PR age 21 and above Course Fee: $2,100 - $1,470
9% GST: $56.70
Full Fee Payable: $686.70
Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy (MCES) 90% Singaporean age 40 and above Course Fee: $2,100 - $1,890
9% GST: $56.70
Full Fee Payable: $266.70
Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS) 90% Singapore Citizen / PR who is SME sponsored Course Fee: $2,100 - $1,890
9% GST: $56.70
Full Fee Payable: $266.70


2. SkillsFuture Credit

Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use their SkillsFuture Credits (up to S$500) to pay for the course fees. The credits may be used on top of existing course fee funding. This is only applicable to self-sponsored participants.

Applications via MySkillsFuture.sg must be made within 60 days before course commencement. Please click here for more details. Please login to Skillsfuture portal and submit appropriately.

3. Absentee Payroll

Companies who sponsor their employees for the course may apply for Absentee Payroll via the SkillsConnect system. For more information, please visit SkillsConnect. 

4. NTU Alumni Course Credit

From 1 July 2019, NTU alumni may utilise their course credits of S$1,600.00 to co-pay up to 50% of the nett fee (exclusive of prevailing GST) payable for courses with starting date from 1 July 2019 onwards. There will be no administrative fee involved for the use of NTU Alumni Course Credits on courses with starting date from 1 July 2019 onwards. For more information, please visit here. 

 

An online assessment will be conducted at the end of the course.​

Online assessments and evaluations will be conducted at the end of the course. Participants taking the SkillsFuture grant must comply with the following requirements to be awarded with the grant:

Achieving minimum attendance (75% of the total course hours)
Completion and pass the course assessments

*Course Certificate will be awarded to the participant who have fulfilled all the above requirements and upon completion of all assessments.

Registration

Registration is open. Click here to register.

     

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