Chris Croft Training

Launch and Grow Your Business - Entrepreneurial Leadership Specialization

Chris Croft Training

Launch and Grow Your Business - Entrepreneurial Leadership Specialization

Launch and Grow Your Business - Entrepreneurship.

Practical MBA tips for entrepreneurial leadership: pricing, marketing, idea generation & operations

Chris Croft

Instructor: Chris Croft

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
Beginner level

Recommended experience

4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • How to maximise profits using customer focused pricing strategies, mindful cost cutting, and ethical negotiation

  • Start your own business from scratch, or grow an existing business using practical leadership techniques. MBA level theories for business expansion.

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March 2026

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Specialization - 4 course series

Profitable Side Hustles: start your own business

Profitable Side Hustles: start your own business

Course 1, 10 hours

What you'll learn

  • Find work-life balance and fulfilment: Create a joyful career aligned with personal values. Stop working in the corporate rat race!

  • Navigate Self-Employment: Understand pros, cons, and logistics of business ownership

  • Generate profitable ideas, tap into your passions and identify successful side hustles, market to the right audience and build a retirement plan

Skills you'll gain

Category: Entrepreneurship
Category: Business Strategies
Category: Ideation
Category: Marketing
Category: Risk Mitigation
Category: Business Planning
Category: Business Risk Management
Category: Cash Flows
Category: Marketing Strategy and Techniques
Category: Self-Motivation
Category: Cash Management
Category: Market Opportunities
Category: Cash Flow Forecasting
Category: Entrepreneurial Finance
Category: Growth Strategies
Category: Small Business Accounting
Category: Brainstorming
Category: Risk Analysis
Category: Feasibility Studies
Category: Self-Starter

What you'll learn

  • How to massively increasing your profit overnight by maximising your price

  • Discover how to sell and negotiate without eroding your margins

  • Overcome concerns about losing business or seeming expensive

Skills you'll gain

Category: Customer Retention
Category: Price Negotiation
Category: Profit and Loss (P&L) Management
Category: Consumer Behaviour
Category: Sales Strategy
Category: Entrepreneurship
Category: Growth Strategies
Category: Revenue Management
Category: Marketing Psychology
Category: Upselling
Category: Brand Loyalty
Category: Gross Profit
Category: Operating Cost
Category: Cost Accounting
Category: Finance
Category: Product Strategy
Category: Strategic Marketing
Category: Product Lining
Category: Leadership and Management
Category: Small Business Accounting
Cost Reduction: Cut Costs and Maximise Profits

Cost Reduction: Cut Costs and Maximise Profits

Course 3, 9 hours

What you'll learn

  • Be flooded with ideas on how to cut your costs - the goal is to double your profits without any extra sales or customers

  • Look in detail at YOUR company costs/income - for example identify the most profitable customers and which to "fire", or learn where bottlenecks are

  • Build a motivated workforce and effective company culture so team/employees can give great service and be creative with new ideas

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cost Reduction
Category: Cost Management
Category: Cost Control
Category: Operational Efficiency
Category: Cost Benefit Analysis
Category: Marketing Budgets
Category: Leadership
Category: Cost Estimation
Category: Cost Accounting
Category: Management Accounting
Category: Profit and Loss (P&L) Management
Category: Operating Cost
Category: Gross Profit
Category: Operating Expense
Category: Customer Analysis
Category: Culture Transformation
Category: Organizational Effectiveness
Category: Process Optimization
Category: Lean Methodologies
Category: Expense Management
Entrepreneurship: MBA-level tips for business leaders

Entrepreneurship: MBA-level tips for business leaders

Course 4, 14 hours

What you'll learn

  • All the big and small things you MUST know as a business owner or manager

  • Tools to help you boost your sales team, increase profit margins, motivate employees, identify bottlenecks, cut costs - and so much more!

Skills you'll gain

Category: Profit and Loss (P&L) Management
Category: Marketing Strategies
Category: Operational Efficiency
Category: Talent Management
Category: Sales Management
Category: Growth Strategies
Category: People Management
Category: Sales Strategy
Category: Entrepreneurship
Category: Marketing Communications
Category: Business Leadership
Category: People Development
Category: Leadership and Management
Category: Leadership Development
Category: Cash Management
Category: Business Management
Category: Strategic Marketing
Category: Leadership
Category: Strategic Leadership
Category: Human Resources Management and Planning

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