These exciting two hour, one-day or three-day courses give teenagers an in-depth look at business ownership. Students enjoy group activities, games, case studies and guest speakers as they develop skills in communication, negotiation, problem solving, time management, business decision making and public speaking. Young people go home with a new title of chairperson or owner of their own company, a working business plan, business cards, flyers and marketing plans — ready to generate sales from their first entrepreneurial ventures.

YoungBiz entrepreneurship programmes
teach students how to:

• Recognise money-making opportunity
• Estimate start-up costs and operating expenses
• Write a real business plan
• Create marketing materials and ads
• Deliver a sales presentation
• Become a job-maker instead of a job-taker
• Start and operate a youth-owned business

2-Hour, 1-Day and 3-Day Programmes        Learn more

Smart Start to Business Course Alignment:
The YoungBiz Smart Start to Business training modules are designed to teach students Enterprise Capability, to develop improved financial capability and increase economic and business understanding. This programme contributes to achieving all nine Elements of Work Related Learning, as well as Key Skills and Wider Key Skills, and supports the aims of Every Child Matters.

At the school's request, YoungBiz is also able to tailor our Smart Start to Business programmes according to a school's specialism, such as art, business and enterprise, engineering, humanities, language, mathematics and computing, music, science, sports or technology.

What Students Are Saying…
"YoungBiz has shown me the 'light' about business and how anyone, anywhere, at any age can be an entrepreneur."

"I would recommend the Smart Start course to people because making a business in three days is exciting — a good challenge!"

"I came into Smart Start with very limited knowledge of business, but I am now more confident because of the information I received."