NoUniversity Paths Faculties A to Z Kits About Start a Small Business Turn an idea into a registered, profitable small business.
Start with Session 1, Part 1: Introduction: Most Startups Fail; How to Improve Your Odds (69 min, MIT OpenCourseWare), then Who Even Is An Entrepreneur?: Crash Course Business - Entrepreneurship #1 (13 min, CrashCourse). All 38 lessons in Start a Small Business are free. No degree. An idea. A starter kit costs about $270. Depends on the business; the SBA has free help too.
To start: No degree. An idea. Earning: Depends on the business; the SBA has free help too.
From idea to plan Test it before you spend.
Session 1, Part 1: Introduction: Most Startups Fail; How to Improve Your Odds (69 min, MIT OpenCourseWare, Beginner)Who Even Is An Entrepreneur?: Crash Course Business - Entrepreneurship #1 (13 min, CrashCourse, Beginner)Kevin Hale - Startup Pricing 101 (20 min, Y Combinator, Beginner)How to Close An LLC *Step By Step* (12 min, Karlton Dennis, Beginner)Simple Products That Became Big Companies – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel (21 min, Y Combinator, Beginner)How to Develop a Business Idea: Crash Course Business - Entrepreneurship #2 (12 min, CrashCourse, Beginner)Sell Talk to customers.
How to Become a Better Negotiator: Crash Course Business - Soft Skills #8 (12 min, CrashCourse, Beginner)Enterprise Sales | Startup School (23 min, Y Combinator, Intermediate)Session 4, Part 2: Negotiation Skills (64 min, MIT OpenCourseWare, Intermediate)The Sales Playbook For Founders | Startup School (19 min, Y Combinator, Intermediate)Build and Deploy a Polished AI Project and Get Sales (57 min, freeCodeCamp.org, Intermediate)Session 1, Part 2: Market Identification and Sales: Finding Your Customer (89 min, MIT OpenCourseWare, Intermediate)Marketing Get known.
Complete Affiliate Marketing Course for Beginners (108 min, Ahrefs, Beginner)EVERYTHING You Need To Know About Marketing In 10 Minutes [FREE CRASH COURSE] (15 min, Alex Cattoni, Beginner)The Marketing Funnel Explained: What Is It & How To Write One (11 min, Alex Cattoni, Beginner)How I Would Learn Digital Marketing (If I Could Start Over) (13 min, Ahrefs, Intermediate)The 8 Trends I’m Betting My Entire Marketing Strategy On in 2026 (15 min, Neil Patel, Intermediate)How To Train Google’s AI to Send You Customers (12 min, Neil Patel, Intermediate)Manage People, projects, cash.
5 Things You Need To Do If You Make Less Than $100k (21 min, The Financial Diet, Intermediate)9 Things To Stop Spending On By 30 (26 min, The Financial Diet, Intermediate)Hiring and Culture with Patrick and John Collison and Ben Silbermann (HtSaS 2014: 11) (51 min, Y Combinator, Intermediate)I Just Met With 100s OF Recruiting Managers. Here's What I Learned. (12 min, A Life After Layoff, Intermediate)What Do Hiring Managers Look For In Job Interviews? (18 min, A Life After Layoff, Intermediate)Redux Toolkit Tutorial – JavaScript State Management Library (111 min, freeCodeCamp.org, Intermediate)Start the business Register it, price it, and set it up properly from day one.
Sam Altman - How to Succeed with a Startup (16 min, Y Combinator, Intermediate)How To Price For B2B | Startup School (18 min, Y Combinator, Intermediate)Your Prices are Killing You on eBay & Poshmark. The Magic $46.01 Rule. (10 min, Daily Refinement, Intermediate)How to Price Smart and Sell Smarter | Clicks to Riches Show Ep. 18 (75 min, Printify, Intermediate)Pricing CNC Products - Making a Custom Logo Sign (16 min, Carbide 3D, Intermediate)Get local customers Google Business Profile, local SEO, reviews and social posts.
Complete SEO Course for Beginners: Learn to Rank #1 in Google (117 min, Ahrefs, Beginner)How to grow on instagram from 0 | STEP BY STEP GUIDE | organic Instagram growth tips (21 min, Jade Beason, Beginner)Start CRUSHING your INSTAGRAM game!! (14 min, Peter McKinnon, Intermediate)The New Rules of SEO (2026) (12 min, Neil Patel, Intermediate)How to Negotiate A Counter Offer With Your Employer (20 min, A Life After Layoff, Intermediate)Books and taxes Simple bookkeeping and taxes for the self-employed.