This course is designed for aspiring entrepreneurs who want to - Set up and start-up their first business, - Identify seed funding for it, - Learn the art of business negotiation, and - Increase their chance of securing business or trading opportunities.Each lecture offers short tutorial with clear learning objectives, explains the theoretical framework and provides useful examples, practical case studies and additional resources.Whether your business is at a conceptual stage, piloting, is fully operational or whether it is considering an expansion phase, this course will help you gain confidence, knowledge and understanding to establish and register your business, and set up an action plan for achieving your main business development goals.The course consists of five lectures that will help you develop both strategic and operational plans for making your business more sustainable.Even though they address complex and comprehensive topics, each lecture covers contents that are easy to follow and understand (both in terms of language and visuals), and are designed to accommodate a variety of learning styles and abilities. Furthermore, you will have the option to pause and rewind the videos at any time, as well as slowing down the delivery speed.youll also be able to pick and choose subjects that are relevant and important to you at a specific stage of your business development, and learn in your own time and pace; youll be able to pause and rewind the video as often as you need to, and pick up from where you previously left off.