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Level 5 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Applying Business Start-up in practice: case studies

AB506 · Business Start-up: Conception to Market — Week 12 of 16

CourseAB506
Week12 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Applying Business Start-up in practice: case studies

  1. Case analysis
  2. Linking theory to practice
  3. Evaluating evidence
  4. How To Secure Startup Funding in the UK
  5. Startup Funding Explained: Everything You Need to Know
  6. STARTING A BUSINESS AND NOT SURE WHERE TO START?

What you will be able to do

  • 2.1 Compare sources of financial support.
  • 2.4 Compare sources of non-financial support.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Case-study workshop: apply the unit’s concepts to a real or realistic case and evaluate the outcome.

Study materials

Videos

  • How To Secure Startup Funding in the UK · YouTube · TechRound · 5 min · for registered students
  • Startup Funding Explained: Everything You Need to Know · YouTube · The Rest Of Us · 9 min · for registered students
  • STARTING A BUSINESS AND NOT SURE WHERE TO START? · YouTube · Heelan Associates · 13 min · for registered students
  • Brave or crazy?! International business start-up, learn how you can do it · YouTube · The Open University Business School · 44 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Start Up Loans (GOV.UK) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
  • Exploring Business, ch. 5: The Challenges of Starting a Business · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 201–259 · for registered students
  • Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research · Reading · Arxiv, article · 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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