Business Foundations
How a small business really works: customers and value, revenue, costs, profit, pricing, cash flow, records, suppliers and a simple plan.
Unit 1 is open to everyone. Sign up free to save your progress and earn your star.
What is this course?
The basics every business runs on — whether you sell firewood, fix cars or farm. No business experience needed. We start from zero.
What you’ll practise
- Calculating revenue, costs and profit for a worked example
- Testing how a discount changes profit
- Tracking a month of money in and out
- Writing a one-page plan
How you finish
Finish with the practical assessment: a short real task that a reviewer checks. Pass it to earn your certificate.
The 8 units
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1
What a Business Actually Does
Open to everyone, no account needed
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2
Revenue, Cost and Profit
Free when you sign in
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3
Pricing and Margins
Free when you sign in
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4
Cash Flow — the Timing Problem
Free when you sign in
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5
Business Money and Simple Records
Free when you sign in
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6
Customers and Suppliers
Free when you sign in
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7
Risk, Break-Even and a One-Page Plan
Free when you sign in
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8
Business Foundations Practical Assessment
Free when you sign in
Skills you’ll add to your Skills Passport
- Customer and value
- Revenue, costs and profit
- Pricing and margins
- Cash-flow basics
- Customer and supplier records
- Supplier management
- Basic business planning
Every business owner started at unit 1.
Take it one unit at a time. You’ve got this — and we’re cheering you on.