Unlock Your Entrepreneurial Potential
- Choose your own schedule
- Turn your hobby into a business
- Build something you're proud of
- Have unlimited career growth
- Control the business decisions
- Create a lifestyle that excites you
- Explore your creativity
- Earn beyond just a salary
Course Trailer Video
Find out from the instructor what the course is all about!
Course Curriculum
- A. Reserving the Business Name (18:38)
- Section 7A Quiz
- B. Registering the Business (21:39)
- Section 7B Quiz
- C. Creating Business Policies and Bylaws (2:43)
- D. Setting Up a Business Bank Account (3:21)
- Section 7C/D Quiz
- E. Obtaining Business Funding (8:44)
- Section 7E Quiz
- F. Finalizing the Business Location (1:25)
- G. Preparing the Location (1:47)
- H. Licensing the Business (2:13)
- I. Additional Business Licenses (8:39)
- Section 7H/I Quiz
- J. Obtaining Business Insurance (2:57)
- K. Setting Up a Business Credit Card (3:50)
- Section 7J/K Quiz
- L. Creating Documents and Forms (7:58)
- M. Setting Up Utilities and Services (2:01)
- N. Setting Up a Web Domain and Website (5:00)
- O. Setting Up a Business Email Account (3:34)
- P. Setting Up a Google Business Account (10:30)
- Section 7N/O/P Quiz
- Q. Setting Up Accounting and Bookkeeping (16:19)
- R. Implementing Proper Accounting Methods (11:35)
- Section 7Q/R Quiz
- S. Setting Up a PST Account (10:14)
- T. Setting Up a GST Account (9:08)
- Section 7S/T Quiz
- U. Determining How the Owners Will Get Paid (11:16)
- Section 7U Quiz
- V. Reviewing Business Contracts (4:29)
- W. Finding the Right Support Team (2:21)
- X. Setting Up Payment Methods (4:28)
- Section V/W/X Quiz
- A. Choosing a Logo, Colours, and Branding (6:54)
- B. Understanding Trademarks, Copyrights, and Patents (4:17)
- C. Creating Business Cards (3:42)
- D. Setting Up Social Media Accounts (3:56)
- E. Exploring Different Advertising Methods (4:37)
- F. Creating Marketing Material (1:42)
- G. Growing the Business (4:28)
- Section 9 Quiz
Who the Course is for
Whether you're happy with your regular job and just want to turn one of your hobbies into a side business or you want to build a huge business with 100+ employees, this course will help you get off to the right start and ensure you've covered all your bases.
From a home-based business operating as a sole proprietor to a big corporation operating out of an office tower, there are many things that need to be considered when starting a business. This course takes all the necessary components of starting a business and delivers them in a way that anyone can understand.
Additionally, the course covers many extras components of running a business such as finding business networking groups, designing marketing material, and setting up a Google business account.
What to Expect From the Course
If you're interested in starting your own business and want to learn more, if you're ready to start a business and don't know where to start, or if you've recently started and want to make sure you're on the right track, you're in the right place.
The course is tailored for businesses based in Saskatchewan and covers all the required steps and extra details for starting a business. Some of the key topics include:
- Choosing an appropriate business name
- Choosing a suitable legal structure
- Registering and licensing the business
- Determining appropriate insurance
- Selecting a location and facility
- Ideas for advertising the business
- Determining the startup costs
- Options for business funding
- Setting up tax and payroll accounts
Planning
Topics covered include: determining startup costs, sources of funding, following proper business naming requirements, writing a formal business plan, getting in contact with the right professionals, and following the proper order of operations for business startups.
Implementing
Taking the right steps at the right time is crucial for starting a business. This course covers the appropriate sequence for events such as business registration and licensing so that business owners can avoid making costly errors in the startup process.
Operating
The course also covers important aspects of running a business once the startup process has been completed. Regular operations include items like: license and registration renewals, collection and remittance of sales tax, and filing of annual income tax.
Meet the Instructor
Josh Buchanan is a business management consultant from Saskatoon who majored in Business Economics at the U of S and taught college business classes such as Business Law, Entrepreneurship, and Microeconomics in Regina before starting his own business consulting company. Josh loves all things business and helping people start and improve their businesses. In his free time, Josh is very active with sports and has accumulated a long list of unique travel experiences from around the world. Josh is also the author of the Saskatoon Real Estate Economics Blog which he has been writing since 2015.
Additional Products and Services
Check out the free business startup seminar, free business startup checklist, or 1-on-1 consulting call options with Josh
