
💼 Business Basics for Young Entrepreneurs
Got an Idea? Learn How to Turn It into a Real Business.
💼 Business Basics for Young Entrepreneurs
Got an Idea? Learn How to Turn It into a Real Business.
🚀 Ready to Launch Something of Your Own?
You’ve got ambition, curiosity, and a big idea — but where do you start?
This course gives you the tools, mindset, and real-world strategies to start and grow your own business — even if you have zero experience.
No boring lectures. No fluff. Just smart, step-by-step lessons that break business down into bite-sized, practical knowledge.
💡 What You'll Learn
- Think like a real entrepreneur (mindset, grit, vision)
- Spot great business ideas and test them fast
- Build products and services that people want
- Create your brand, story, and marketing plan
- Understand money, pricing, budgeting and profit
- Use smart tools to stay productive and efficient
- Launch your business with confidence
- Learn from real feedback and improve over time
🧠 Inside the Course
✅ 8 Full Modules
✅ 60+ Bite-Sized Lessons
✅ Interactive Quizzes at the End of Each Module
✅ Bonus Reading Lists (with Amazon links)
✅ Downloadable Tools & Visuals
✅ Lifetime Access — Learn at Your Own Pace
📋 Course Modules
- Think Like an Entrepreneur
- Find Your Big Idea
- Make It Real
- Your Brand Story
- Marketing Magic
- Let’s Talk Money
- Tools, Tech & Time
- Your Launch Blueprint
Each module ends with a quiz to test your knowledge + a handpicked reading list.
👩🎓 Who This Is For
- Beginners and young Thinkers who want to start their first business
- Creative minds with ideas, but no clue or in need of guidance on where to start
- Students who want real-world business skills — not just theory
- Side-hustlers ready to take their next steps
- Future founders who believe in learning by doing
📈 What You'll Walk Away With
By the end of this course, you’ll have:
✅ A clear business idea
✅ A tested product or service
✅ Your brand and first marketing plan
✅ Basic financial know-how
✅ A launch plan ready to go ✅ And most importantly — the confidence to build something real
Meet Your Instructor, Dirk Cox, Founder of Haven Blue
With over 25 years of experience across finance, teaching, sport, and entrepreneurship. He holds an MBA from the University of Birmingham, and has taught and coached in top international schools and built multiple successful businesses.
Dirk has helped people learn complex topics in plain English — from high-net-worth clients to young athletes and students.
Smart Stock Strategies combines his experience as an investor, educator, and coach to give you the investing course he wishes he’d had starting out.
🎯 “This course is about clarity, not chaos. Logic, not luck.”
Example Curriculum
- 1.1 What Is an Entrepreneur?
- 1.2 Epistemology: How Do We Know What Works in Business?
- 1.3 The Growth Mindset vs Fixed Mindset
- 1.4 Resilience and Failure: Learning to Bounce Back
- 1.5 Thinking Critically and Creatively
- 1.6 Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
- 1.7 The Power of Grit and Long-Term Vision
- Module 1 Quiz: Mindset & Foundations
- Recommended Reading on Entrepreneurial Mindset
- 2.1 Problem Solving: Start With Pain Points
- 2.2 The Idea Generation Toolkit
- 2.3 Trends, Timing & Timing It Right
- 2.4 Evaluating Your Idea: Is It Viable?
- 2.5 Market Research Made Simple
- 2.6 Knowing Your Audience: Who Will You Serve?
- 2.7 Crafting a Clear Value Proposition
- Module 2 Quiz: Ideas & Opportunity
- Recommended Reading on Innovation & Idea Testing
- 3.1 Product vs Service vs Experience
- 3.2 Building a Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
- 3.3 Naming Your Business and What Makes It Stick
- 3.4 How to Test and Get Feedback Early
- 3.5 Prototyping and Simple Product Design
- 3.6 Legal Basics: Business Structure, IP, and Protection
- 3.7 Planning Your First Offering
- Module 3 Quiz: Making It Real
- Recommended Reading on MVPs and Prototyping
- 4.1 What Is a Brand, Really?
- 4.2 Telling Your Origin Story
- 4.3 Creating a Mission and Vision Statement
- 4.4 The Power of Consistency in Brand Identity
- 4.5 Tone of Voice: Speak So People Listen
- 4.6 Simple Design Tips for Beginners
- 4.7 Logo, Colours & Style Guide Basics
- Module 4 Quiz: Branding Basics
- Recommended Reading on Branding and Storytelling
- 5.1 Intro to Marketing for Beginners
- 5.2 Understanding the Customer Journey
- 5.3 How to Use Social Media Effectively
- 5.4 Building a Simple Website or Landing Page
- 5.5 Email Marketing: Your First 100 Subscribers
- 5.6 Content Marketing 101: Blogs, Reels & More
- 5.7 How to Sell Without Being Pushy
- Module 5 Quiz: Marketing Strategy
- Recommended Reading on Modern Marketing Tactics
- 6.1 How Does a Business Make Money?
- 6.2 Intro to Revenue, Profit, and Costs
- 6.3 Setting the Right Price
- 6.4 Budgeting for Beginners
- 6.5 Essential Financial Calculations: ROCE, Profit Margin, Break-Even & More
- 6.6 Cash Flow: Why It Matters Most
- 6.7 Simple Tools to Track Your Finances
- Module 6 Quiz: Business Finance
- Recommended Reading on Money and Finance for Entrepreneurs
- 7.1 Time Management for Entrepreneurs
- 7.2 Intro to Productivity Tools
- 7.3 Basic Accounting & Invoicing Tools
- 7.4 Using AI and Automation Wisely
- 7.5 How to Work with Freelancers and Teams
- 7.6 Systems Thinking: Build Once, Reuse Often
- 7.7 Tracking Progress and Staying Accountable
- Module 7 Quiz: Efficiency & Tools
- Recommended Tools & Resources Guide
- 8.1 What Makes a Successful Launch?
- 8.2 Your 30-Day Launch Plan
- 8.3 Getting Feedback Before Going Live
- 8.4 How to Attract Your First Customers
- 8.5 Managing Your First Sales
- 8.6 Refining Based on Results
- 8.7 Planning for the Next Phase
- Module 8 Quiz: Ready to Launch?
- Recommended Reading on Launching and Scaling