When: Instant access. Learn online at your own pace. Lifetime access.
Where: Online, self-paced
Taught by UnBranded
Certificate: yes, with a verifiable credential ID
Your product is good. That's not a business yet.
What this is
Most small businesses don't die because the product is bad. They die because nobody designed how the money comes back. This free short course walks you through the building blocks, eight common model types and simple unit economics, following one Malaysian sambal business from kitchen to launch to its first hard decisions.
What you will be able to do
Explain any business model in three plain questions
Map the nine building blocks of your business on one page
Compare eight common model types and where each one breaks
Spot when an opportunity is really a new business in disguise
Score opportunities on fit, money, capacity, learning and risk
Work out contribution per unit and a break-even that pays you
Weigh what a customer costs to win against what they return
Choose a model for your idea and design a cheap test for it
Modules
A product is not a business. What a business model really is, and why the same product can become very different businesses. 2 lessons.
The building blocks. The nine parts every business model is made of, and how to lay them out on one honest page. 3 lessons.
Common business model types. Eight models Malaysian businesses use every day, what makes each one work, and where each one breaks. 3 lessons.
Assessing new opportunities. How to tell a real opportunity from a distraction, using the model you've already built. 2 lessons.
Simple unit economics. The few numbers that tell you whether each sale and each customer actually makes money. 2 lessons.
Sambal Nek Som: launch, manage, measure. Follow one business through development, a 90-day launch, daily management and the data that decides what happens next. 2 lessons.
Choose and test your own model. Pick a model that fits your idea, your customer and your life, then test it cheaply before you bet your savings. 2 lessons.
Who it is for
First-time founders turning a hobby or side hustle into a business
Owners who are busy every month but never seem to keep the money
Professionals weighing an idea before they risk their savings
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