Starting and Growing My Business
Are you thinking about starting a new business or growing your existing one to build your self-reliance? Entrepreneurship is an exciting journey filled with opportunities and challenges.
Whether you’re just starting out or looking to expand, the Starting and Growing My Business for self-reliance course offers the tools, resources, and support you need to succeed.
Course Overview
The Starting and Growing My Business course can empower you with the skills, knowledge, and spiritual insights needed to build and expand your business. Whether you are an entrepreneur with a vision for a new business or an established business owner seeking growth, this course offers practical guidance rooted in gospel principles.
Topics in the Starting or Growing My Business course include:
- Assess Personal Readiness for Business Ownership
- Learn How to Identify and Meet Customers’ Needs
- Calculate if My Future Business Could be Profitable
- Discover How to Find Customers and Keep Customers
- Learn and Practice Good Bookkeeping Habits
- How to Manage the Cash Flow of My Business
- Discover Ways to Expand Your Business
- Learn About Financing Your Business
- Continue to Improve My Business
You can also view this course manual in the Gospel Library app or order a physical manual.
“The class was amazing. It opened your eyes to things that you wouldn’t think of yourself. I know that it was Heavenly Father who put us in that class because we had people in our group that started completely different businesses than we were in, but when we were together, the insight they gave was invaluable.”
—Sister Merrill, participant in the Starting and Growing My Business course
How Does Starting and Growing a Business Build Self-Reliance?
Starting a business can build self-reliance through financial independence. It can provide reliable employment and the potential for growth. Business owners learn a wide range of skills in budgeting, marketing, customer service, and more—all of which makes you more capable of providing for yourself and your family.
Starting a business also helps you build other abilities that lead to self-reliance, such as problem solving, initiative, and decision making. As you encounter and overcome setbacks, you learn resilience and empower yourself to face difficulties in other areas of your life.