South Louisiana Community College Online
Certificate Own Small Business
Lafayette, USA
Certificate
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Key Summary
About: This online Certificate Own Small Business teaches the skills to plan, launch and run a small enterprise. You’ll learn how to choose the right opportunity, build marketing strategies, explore traditional and nontraditional financing, set employee-management procedures, and write business policies. The course covers time-management techniques for entrepreneurs and practical tips that distinguish successful ventures. Courses run online with interactive lessons led by expert instructors from the Online Instruction Center; they’re affordable, fast, and convenient. Keywords: entrepreneurship, startup, small business management, business planning, marketing strategy, financing, human resources, productivity.
Career Outcomes: small business owner, startup founder, operations manager, marketing coordinator
Learn how to take your dream of starting a business and put it into action. In this class, you will learn everything you need to know about starting a business. You will begin by discovering the tricks to picking the right opportunity for you. Next, you will learn how to develop proven marketing techniques to easily build sales. Since every business needs money, this course discusses traditional and nontraditional financing options. Finally, you will learn easy-to-implement employee-management procedures and how to write business policies that help you build your business.
You, as a business owner, need to manage all your limited resources. One resource that often gets overlooked is your time. In the final lesson, you will learn time-management techniques, especially for entrepreneurs. While taking this course, you will discover the secrets that separate successful entrepreneurs from struggling ones.
