Advanced course

BSF start-up: finding and validating a business

A step-by-step course for finding and validating the best BSF business for a region. The lessons cover the principles, the path from an initial idea to a scalable production, product and service choices, funding and the challenges to expect.

1. Course introduction

   What the start-up course covers: finding and validating the best BSF business for a region.

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2. Principles, rules and steps from idea to business

   The principles and rules of a BSF business, and the steps from an initial idea to a scalable operation.

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3. Creating a production model

   What a sound production plan includes and how the pieces fit together.

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4. Validating the business potential

   How to test the assumptions behind a case before committing further.

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5. Choosing the most suitable products and services

   How the product and service mix follows from the local market.

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6. Finding funding

   An overview of funding sources for a BSF project.

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7. Challenges and solutions

   Common challenges in building a BSF business and ways to work through them.

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8. Summary and next actions

   The main points of the course and the actions that follow.

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