From Idea to Enterprise: Start Right, Build Smart

Turn your idea
into a real business

A three-day, hands-on foundation program for anyone with a business idea and no clear map to launch it — validated by Day One, budgeted by Day Two, pitched by Day Three.

Duration 3 Days
Daily Hours 9:00am - 4:00pm
Format Virtual & Physical
Dates Starts Sept. 14th

Built for people at the very start of the business journey.

If you've got an idea but no roadmap, this programme was designed with you in mind. Click any badge to see how we tailor to you.

Get your business off the ground with a concrete plan, validated model, and realistic startup budget built in just three days.

What you'll be able to do by Day Three.

We skip theoretical lectures to focus on actionable outputs. You will actively build and refine these assets.

Identify viable business opportunities

Spot market gaps, evaluate everyday business trends, and filter ideas with high scalability potential.

Validate ideas before investing money

Test demands early with live customer interviews and low-cost MVP (Minimum Viable Product) testing methods.

Develop a simple business model

Complete your own full Business Model Canvas, establishing revenue streams and customer relationship strategies.

Understand your customers and market

Build precise buyer personas, identify customer demographics, and design target-specific retention campaigns.

Register and formalise the business

Learn compliance rules, understand Business Names vs. Limited Liability structures, and map out legal requirements.

Calculate real startup costs

Build a rigorous, realistic startup budget so you know exactly how much capital you need to raise.

Use digital tools to launch efficiently

Leverage Google Workspace, Canva, WhatsApp Business, and productivity APIs for immediate, fast setup.

Build a simple marketing strategy

Design multi-channel campaigns to acquire your first 100 users without spending a fortune on ads.

Price products and services correctly

Understand margins, unit economics, value-based pricing, and how to avoid the trap of selling too cheap.

Walk away with a Business Launch Plan

Compile everything built into a unified, clean plan of action ready to guide you on Day Four and beyond.

Three days, in order — discover, build, launch.

Each day compounds on the last. You don't move to registration until your idea is validated, and you don't pitch until your budget and marketing plan are real.

Discover the Entrepreneur Within

S1

Entrepreneurship Mindset

Why entrepreneurship, myths about business, traits of successful founders, growth mindset, overcoming fear, building resilience.

Activity → Entrepreneurial Readiness Assessment
S2

Finding Business Opportunities

Solving real problems, passion vs opportunity, market gaps, everyday business ideas, trend spotting.

Exercise → Opportunity Mapping
S3

Choosing the Right Business

Evaluate ideas against skills, passion, demand, competition, profitability, and scalability.

Tool → Business Idea Evaluation Matrix
S4

Validating Your Idea

Customer interviews, MVPs, surveys, pilot testing — knowing whether customers will actually buy.

Exercise → Live customer interviews
S5

Designing Your Business

The Business Model Canvas, end to end.

Exercise → Build your own canvas
You leave Day One with:
  • One validated business idea
  • A customer profile
  • A completed Business Model Canvas

Build Your Business

S1

Starting Lean

Minimum viable business, bootstrapping, managing startup costs, avoiding unnecessary expenses.

Exercise → Prepare a startup budget
S2

Business Registration

Business name vs limited company vs cooperative, tax ID, opening a business bank account, compliance.

Guest Speaker → CAC Accredited Agent
S3

Money Basics

Revenue vs profit vs cash flow, managing income and expenses, pricing, savings, business finance.

Exercise → Calculate startup capital requirements
S4

Marketing That Works

Finding customers, building trust, selling, customer service, referrals, social media basics, WhatsApp Business.

Exercise → Create a marketing plan
S5

Personal Branding

Why founders matter, networking, communication, credibility, LinkedIn, your professional profile.

You leave Day Two with:
  • A startup budget
  • A marketing plan
  • A founder profile

Launch and Grow

S1

Digital Tools for Small Business

Google Workspace, Canva, WhatsApp Business, AI for productivity, bookkeeping apps, payment platforms.

S2

Building Systems Early

Simple record keeping, customer database, inventory, receipts, daily planning, weekly and monthly reviews.

S3

Business Planning Made Simple

Vision, mission, goals, business plan, action plan, risk management.

Exercise → One-Page Business Plan
S4

Funding Your Startup

Bootstrapping, friends and family, grants, competitions, loans, angel investors, crowdfunding, financial discipline.

S5

Pitch Your Business

Present your business idea, customer, revenue model, marketing strategy, and growth plan to a live panel.

Panel Feedback → Interactive assessment
You leave Day Three with:
  • A live pitch delivered
  • Panel feedback
  • A complete Business Launch Plan

Everyone leaves with the tools, not just the theory.

Each resource is built interactively during the sessions to form your ready-to-run startup toolkit.

01

Certificate of Completion

02

Business Idea Validation Tool

03

Business Model Canvas

04

Startup Budget Template

05

Pricing Calculator

06

Marketing Plan Template

07

Business Registration Guide

08

One-Page Business Plan Template

09

Startup Launch Checklist

10

90-Day Startup Roadmap

11

Develop a simple business model

How it's taught:

Interactive workshops / African MSME case studies / Group discussions / Business simulations / Customer interviews / Peer reviews / Business clinics / Pitch presentations

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Physical

83,000
  • Full 3-day in-person attendance
  • All workshop materials
  • Graduation package
  • Certificate of Completion
  • 30-Day Launch Challenge
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The 30-Day Launch Challenge.

The programme ends on Day Three. The real test is what happens after — so every graduate gets four weeks of structured implementation tasks.

Week 1

Validate with customers

Validate your idea with at least 10 potential customers using structural feedback tools learned on Day 1.

Week 2

Business structures

Register your business (or begin the process), open a business bank account, and set up WhatsApp Business.

Week 3

Onboard paying customers

Make your first sales or onboard your first paying customers using targeted local marketing workflows.

Week 4

Accountability and review

Review progress, refine your business model, and present lessons learned in a virtual accountability session.

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Stop sitting on the idea.
Start building the business.

Three days. A validated idea, a business model, a budget, a marketing plan, and a live pitch — all built by your own hands.

Venue: Suite 8, 3rd Floor, 77 Ogui Road, Enugu, Enugu State

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