Entrepreneurial & & Business Creation: Building Startups for Impact

This Entrepreneurship program is designed to equip aspiring founders, innovators, and business enthusiasts with the mindset, frameworks, and practical tools needed to build and grow successful ventures. Through structured modules covering idea validation, business modeling, funding, marketing, legal compliance, and social impact, learners gain a holistic understanding of the startup ecosystem.

The program culminates in a hands-on capstone project where participants develop an investor-ready pitch deck or scalable enterprise plan.

Understand entrepreneurial thinking, opportunity recognition, and global startup dynamics.

Identify market problems, generate viable ideas, and validate them using lean startup principles.

Develop effective business models using structured frameworks such as the Business Model Canvas.

Build financial literacy in startup budgeting, forecasting, funding instruments, and investor expectations.

Apply branding, marketing, and digital growth strategies to acquire and retain customers.

Assess the role of social entrepreneurship and create ventures with sustainable developmental impact.

Understand the legal, compliance, taxation, and governance requirements for setting up and scaling a business.

Prepare and present a professional startup pitch deck or enterprise plan to potential stakeholders.

Module 01: Introduction to Entrepreneurship – Understanding entrepreneurial mindsets, business life cycles, and the global startup ecosystem.

Module 02: Idea Generation & Validation – Identifying market gaps, validating ideas, and assessing feasibility using lean startup principles.

Module 03: Business Model Development – Developing business models using the Business Model Canvas and defining value propositions.

Module 04: Start-up Finance & Funding – Startup budgeting, financial planning, investor pitching, venture capital, crowdfunding, and funding strategies.

Module 05: Marketing, Branding & Growth Strategy – Building market presence using digital branding tools and creating customer acquisition strategies.

Module 06: Social Entrepreneurship & Impact Ventures – Understanding social innovation, CSR integration, and building sustainable enterprise models.

Module 07: Legal, Compliance & Governance – Business registration, intellectual property, taxation, and ethical governance practices.

Module 08: Capstone Project – Learners prepare a startup pitch deck or social enterprise plan addressing a real-world problem.