Essential Entrepreneurial Skills

Course Overview

Are you an aspiring entrepreneur who wants to actively pursue a particular business venture? This introductory short course will help you develop essential entrepreneurial skills so you can successfully ideate, plan and start a business. 

The Essential Entrepreneurial Skills short course will equip you with valuable business knowledge and practical skills to start a business. Whether you are employed or interested in starting your own business, this online course will help you develop entrepreneurial thinking, which can greatly benefit any stage of your career. 

This short course allows you to integrate practical business knowledge, skills and personal mastery within an applied context, while also building confidence and refining your business idea. 

The course starts by introducing various business concepts such as entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, small medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs), the entrepreneurial lifecycle and critical success factors for entrepreneurs. You will learn about tools of business innovation to generate business ideas as the basis of an entrepreneurial venture. Other topics covered include how to evaluate a business idea’s desirability, feasibility and viability.  

Throughout the course, you will practically apply your learnings by creating your own Business Model Canvas, Value Proposition Canvas and business plan for your own business idea. 

The course will show you how to identify and explore strategies to mitigate risk, which can be applied to your own intended business. Learn how to draw up a business model, complete a value proposition and a SWOT analysis for your business.  

You will learn how to use Microsoft Excel to process, analyze and present quantitative and qualitative data and information to support your business plan. Finally, explore the basic principles of project management to ensure a disciplined approach to the implementation of your business plans. 

What You’ll Learn

Through course videos, readings and discussions, you will explore the following topics: 

Course Outcomes

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Describe core concepts and terminology within the realm of entrepreneurship; the entrepreneurial life cycle and the critical success factors of entrepreneurs. 
• Reflect and gain insight into your personal strengths and development areas. 
• Apply the principles, processes, methods and tools of business innovation to generate possible ideas for a business. 
• Apply the Business Model Canvas technique to illustrate your business model. 
• Develop a Value Proposition Canvas for your intended business. 
• Complete a SWOT analysis for your intended business. 
• Apply desirability, feasibility and viability evaluation processes to assess your business idea. 
• Assess the risks associated with your start-up venture and devise risk mitigation strategies. 
• Develop a business plan to conceptualize and illustrate a viable business idea as a start-up business venture.  

Dates and Registration

• Class of 2026 Apr-Jun: 1 April – 30 June
• Class of 2026 Jul-Sep: 1 July – 30 September
• Class of 2026 Oct-Dec: 1 October – 31 December

Short course classes are on demand allowing you to register at any time and move through course content at a time that suits you. Learners will have access to the course for the class period they choose when registering.

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The Team

The SACAP Global team brings a wealth of knowledge and practical experience across various disciplines. Our expert short course developers and dedicated support team are passionate about sharing their insights to help you get the most out of your online learning journey.