The aim of these business modules is to help you understand the initial steps of a business start-up. You will understand how to develop business start-up ideas, understand business ownership and work out what resources are required to develop a business start-up. You will begin by Understanding how to develop business start-up ideas, Identify a range of potential business start-up ideas and explain the most appropriate idea for the business start-up

When starting a business or ensuring your business survives you will be able to explain relevant skills needed to support the business start-up and existing business and describe the different products and/or services that comprise the business.

Business start up and development also requires you to understand the different types of business ownership, describing the type of business needed choosing from the four types of business ownership, and explaining the most appropriate type of ownership for the business start-up or development.