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Course Information

This hands-on and outcome-driven course will help you validate your business idea and guide you in starting up in a recession with an execution plan.

Learning Outcomes

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    Pitching Your Business Idea

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    Customer Discovery: Validating Your Assumptions

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    Lean Startup Model and Business Model Canvas

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    Setting up OKRs

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    Marketing

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    Branding and Design

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    Fundraising

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Schedule

Course Date: TBC_x000D_
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Time: 6.30pm – 9.00pm (Tutorial) / 6.30pm – 9.30pm (Mentor Feedback)_x000D_
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Ngee Ann Polytechnic reserves the right to reschedule / cancel any programme, modify the fees and amend information without prior notice.

Lesson Plan

This course consists of 8 modules:

Orientation & Entrepreneurial Mindset_x000D_
● Introduction: Mindset and expectations starting a business in a recession_x000D_
● Develop a pitch and generate hypothesis for the problem worth solving

Idea Generation_x000D_
● Evaluate personal experience and skill sets to brainstorm ideas_x000D_
● Use tools to refine business ideas and route map for validation

Customer Development_x000D_
● Develop and execute customer interview questions_x000D_
● Use templates to understand target customers_x000D_
● Create a customer persona

Lean Startup and Business Model Canvas_x000D_
a. Understand the principles of the Lean_x000D_
Startup Methodology_x000D_
b. Develop Business Model Canvas

Product Development_x000D_
a. Solutioning- Customer Interview_x000D_
b. Minimal Viable Product_x000D_
c. User Testing

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a. Problem selection_x000D_
b. Revenue Models_x000D_
c. Key Metrics for Non-Financial Founders

Branding and Marketing_x000D_
a. Storytelling and Brand-Development_x000D_
b. Brainstorming tools and Research Methods_x000D_
c. Introduction to Performance Marketing

Fundraising and Legal_x000D_
a. Understanding funding sources_x000D_
b. Understanding legal setup and what investors want

Certification

Certificate of Performance will be awarded to participants who achieve at least 75% attendance and pass assessments.


Course Fees

Course fee is payable upon acceptance. It is inclusive of 7% GST and subject to review._x000D_
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This programme has union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP) funding. UTAP is an individual skills upgrading account specially for NTUC members. As a member, you can enjoy UTAP funding at 50% of the unfunded course fee capped at $250 every year. For more information, visit skillsupgrade.ntuc.org.sg or call NTUC Membership hotline at 6213 8008.  Terms & conditions apply.

Applicants / Eligibility Fees
Full Course Fee$680.00
Singaporeans and Permanent Residents$218.28
Singaporeans qualified for SkillsFuture Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy$82.28
Singaporeans and Permanent Residents qualified for Enhanced Training Support for SMEs$82.28