Start Your Own Business. Business Plan

Author: Beijing Office of the International Labour Organization
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: "Start Your Business" (SYB) is a training program aimed at individuals who have entrepreneurial ideas and are genuinely planning to start a new business. It introduces participants to the various steps of starting a business and guides them in conducting feasibility studies for their entrepreneurial ventures. The goal of the "Start Your Business" training program is to enable individuals with entrepreneurial aspirations to independently practice the steps of starting a business, complete their business plans, and receive follow-up support to help them establish sustainable micro-enterprises.
The "Start Your Business" teaching material includes a Business Awareness Training Manual, a Business Plan Training Manual, and a Business Plan Template. The Business Awareness Training Manual assesses whether participants are suitable for entrepreneurship and whether they have practical business ideas. The Business Plan Training Manual guides participants through the various stages and steps of starting a business, helping them evaluate the viability of their potential enterprise. The Business Plan Template is the final outcome of the training, where participants systematically fill in the exercises completed during the training to form their own business plan, which can then be used to take action and start their own business.
The "Start Your Business" teaching material was introduced to China by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the China-ILO/PEP (Urban Employment Promotion Project) in collaboration with the ILO's "Start and Improve Your Business" (SIYB) project in Vietnam. It was developed based on the Vietnamese version of the "Start and Improve Your Business" teaching material, maintaining the original framework while adapting necessary content and extensively revising the text. Through pilot testing in cities involved and not involved in the PEP project, it received positive feedback from both teachers and participants, proving that, like in other countries, it is indeed a training material tailored for micro-entrepreneurs.
The introduction and development of the teaching material were supported technically by the ILO's SIYB Vietnam project and financially by the Japanese government. In 2003, to further promote the development of entrepreneurship training nationwide, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security organized experts to revise the material in line with China's specific conditions, resulting in the book you see today.