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Entrepreneurship: How to Create a Successful Business So you want to be your own boss…or maybe you have a business idea but don’t know where to start. VGC’s two-week Entrepreneurship seminar is a great place to bring your business ideas into fruition. Entrepreneurship: How to Create a Successful Business So you want to be your own boss…or maybe you have a business idea but don’t know where to start. VGC’s two-week Entrepreneurship seminar is a great place to bring your business ideas into fruition.

Entrepreneurship: How to Create a Successful Business

INTRODUCTION

This program combines lectures, case studies, and a final group project for assessment. By the end of this seminar course, students will gain a solid and structured understanding of entrepreneurship and how to start a successful business. Through case studies and lectures, students will gain an understanding of the importance of industry analysis, writing a business plan and financing a new venture. By the end of the course, participants will develop and present a new business and show full understanding of the process of taking a business idea to realization.

COURSE OVERVIEW

This seminar will teach you the basics of how to succeed in creating your own business. The course is broken up into the following sections:


  • Identifying Opportunities and Generating Ideas.
  • Feasibility Analysis.
  • Competitor Analysis.
  • Examining Various Business Models.
  • Financing or Funding.
  • Components of a Business Plan.
  • Writing a Business Plan.
  • Designing a Business Model.
  • Presenting and Critiquing a Business Plan.
Program Information

Monday to Thursday – 8:45am to 1:50pm
Friday – 8:45am to 11:45am

– Class start and end times may vary as schedules will be modified to accommodate Canadian holidays.

Duration

2 weeks in duration for each program.

37 hours of instruction for each program.

Admission Requirements
International Students:

  • Complete high school or be a mature student of 18 years and older.
  • Reach an IELTS 5.5 (academic) or TOEFL 70 or equivalent or achieve a VGC Level 6 Upper Intermediate or pass the VGC placement test.
  • Pass an admissions interview


Domestic Students:

  • Complete high school.
  • Pass an admissions interview.
Start Dates
2021 – July 19 to July 30 

* These programs are offered as a special request for groups throughout the year.

Fees
  • Registration fee: $150 – Unless already registered as a VGC Student.
  • Tuition Fee: $900
  • Material Fee: $30
  • Administrative Fee: $20
  • Assessment Fee: $30
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