This course is designed for aspiring entrepreneurs who are looking for ways to finance their start-up or expanding an existing business. The course is very useful: it will enable entrepreneurs to identify seed funding for their start-up costs, 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 achieve your main business development goals, become effectively operational and increase your chances of running a viable business.The course consists of four lectures and it will help you develop both strategic and operational plans for making your business more sustainable.Even though they include 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, slow down the delivery speed and pick up from where you previously left off.  Youll also be able to pick and choose subjects that are relevant and important to you at a specific stage of your business development.