LEARN Ultra Courses

We recommend you start in this order (in each case you need to follow the instructions to access passwords to self-enrol):  

• Kickstarting your business: an introduction to entrepreneurship designed to get you thinking about your own venture. 
• Thinking lean: introducing the Lean Canvas technique and creating a Lean Canvas for your own business idea. 
• Customer discovery and validation: start testing the assumptions you have made about your customers, identify your customer base and validate your business idea. 
• Pitch it: an introduction to pitching - how to do it, when to do it, and what to include in a winning pitch. 

As your journey continues towards spinout, the following courses may also be of interest (in each case you need to follow the instructions to access passwords to self-enrol):  

• Directors’ duties: a mini-course introducing you to the duties and responsibilities of company directors, company secretaries and non-executive directors.  
• Financial compliance: This mini course will introduce you to financial responsibilities that owners of businesses or social enterprises should be aware of to comply with the law on matters such as tax, national insurance and VAT. 
• Legal structures: This mini course will introduce you to choosing the right name for your business and provide details on the main legal structures under which you could set up.  
• Understanding your business finance: This course will introduce you to concepts, ideas, and vocabulary helpful in assessing the financial viability of a business endeavour, managing the cash flow and using a balance sheet. The course consists of a series of videos (less than 80 minutes in total) and three short quizzes. 
• Startup case studies: This set of case studies from University of Edinburgh entrepreneurs was created so that early-stage entrepreneurs can relate to real startup stories from our alumni. 

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