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              Businesses You Can Start for Less than 3,000 Cedis                       Contd from pg 15


                                                                                   C a n   y o u   l e a r n
        7.      Handyman  –  most
        families don't have a clue with                                            entrepreneurship  skills
        regards  to  repairs  round  the                                           online?
        house  or  have  little  time  for
                                                                                   Yes,  there  are  online
        them. If you have the skills and
        a  few  tools,  working  as  a                                             courses available to help
        handyman  will  provide  you                                               you  develop  the  skills
        with a business that will keep                                             you need at every stage
        growing.                                                                   o f                 y o u r

        8.      L a n d s c a p i n g   –                                          e n t r e p r e n e u r s h i p
           although this is a seasonal  takes to launch and succeed in a
           job, for many people it can  new business:                              journey.  If  you're
                                                                                   trying  to  refine  your
           be a year-round venture. If  1.          Do you believe that your
           you  like  cutting  and             business will succeed?              world-changing business
           trimming lawns and bushes,
                                            2.      Are  you  prepared  to  do  idea,  courses  can  help
           raking leaves and working           whatever is necessary to make       y o u   g e t   i n   t h e
           outdoors,  starting  a              your business a success?
           landscaping  business  is                                               e n t r e p r e n e u r i a l
                                            3.      Are  you  willing  to  work
           something  you  should                                                  mindset, generating the
                                               for little or no salary during
           consider.                                                               i n s p i r a t i o n   a n d
                                               your start-up phase?
        9.      Website Designer – if                                              creativity  you  need  to
                                            4.      Do  you  know  who  your
           you  like  working  on  the
                                               competition will be?                think  outside  the  box
           computer  and  have  no
           p r o b l e m   d e s i g n i n g    5.   Do you have a sales and       and  identify  new
           Websites,  then  get  busy          marketing plan in place?            o p p o r t u n i t i e s   f o r
           NOW  and  launch  this           Unless you answered “yes” to all       innovation. Once you've
           venture. There seems to be       of  the  above  questions,  you        got  your  vision,  more
           an endless supply of clients     might not be ready to hang out
           who need new Websites.           your shingle just yet. Take some       practical  courses  can
                                            time, do some research and then  help with things like the
        10.     Party  and  Event
           Planner – are you good at        when you are confident you are         process  of  launching  your
                                            ready to launch, then go for it!
           organizing  parties  and                                                startup,   business  modeling  and
           events? If so, this business
                                                                                   planning,  lean  startup
           might  be  worth  pursuing.
           The  party  business  has                                               principles,  and          change
           grown into a billion dollar                                             management.  And  when
           industry,  and  people                Frequently Asked                  you're ready to bring in
           everywhere are looking for              Questions on                    outside investors, online
           help  to  create  “the  perfect      Entrepreneurship
           party and event!                 equity,  and  choosing  the            courses  can  help  with
        Before You Leap                                                            startup  valuation  and
                                            right funding strategy for
        Whether  you  plan  to  choose                                             financing strategy.
        one of these 10 business ideas      each  stage  of  your
        or a business idea of your own,  business's development is
        take this little quiz before you    a critical skill for aspiring
        proceed. Your answers will let
        you know if you have what it        entrepreneurs.
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