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Level 5 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Resource acquisition for start-ups

AB506 · Business Start-up: Conception to Market — Week 2 of 16

CourseAB506
Week2 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Resource acquisition for start-ups

  1. Physical and digital premises
  2. Human capital and staffing
  3. Technological infrastructure
  4. Physical plant and equipment
  5. Resources of a Business
  6. Talent Acquisition Explained [2025]
  7. Business Strategy: Resource Allocation

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Describe the range of resources required to start a business.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: describe the range of resources required to start a business.

Study materials

Videos

  • Resources of a Business · YouTube · Galton College · 30 min · for registered students
  • Talent Acquisition Explained [2025] · YouTube · AIHR - Academy to Innovate HR · 11 min · for registered students
  • Business Strategy: Resource Allocation · YouTube · Galton College · 22 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Introduction to Business 2e, ch. 10.4: Resource planning – purchasing and suppliers · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 337–341 · for registered students
  • Human Resource Management, ch. 4: Recruitment · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 91–124 · for registered students
  • Intermediate Financial Accounting Vol. 1, Lyryx 2021-A, ch. 9: Property, Plant, and Equipment · PDF · Other, textbook chapter; pp. 337–366 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Entrepreneurial capabilities and skills
  • Week 2: Resource acquisition for start-ups
  • Week 3: Legal structures and regulatory compliance
  • Week 4: Financial support and capital structures
  • Week 5: Government enterprise support
  • Week 6: Non-government and non-financial support
  • Week 7: Business planning: operational and market strategy
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Business planning: financial projections
  • Week 10: Business plan integration and feasibility
  • Week 11: Stakeholder communication and pitching
  • Week 12: Applying Business Start-up in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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