Starting your own business?

Starting your own business – Some questions from IVC Malta…. A college by business for business

The more planning you give to the job of running your business, the more chances of SUCCESS

These are some questions you should consider before you start:

• What are my prospects given that the economy remains a very difficult one?
• Are you the sort of person who can succeed in business?
• Have you any funds you can put into the business?
• Are you familiar with the legal requirements that will be placed on you as a business proprietor?
• Have you considered how much you will earn during your first year?
• Do you need help raising finance for your business?
• After business expenses, including taxation and national insurance, have you estimated what your salary and profit are likely to be?
• Have you considered how you can minimise your tax liability so that you keep more of what you earn?
• Have you considered how technology can benefit your business?
• Have you decided how the internet can be used to your advantage?
• Does social media have a role to play in promoting you and your business?

At IVC we believe that education is about real skills. A recent report from CEDEFOP, which is the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training stated that, vocational education is more successful "at getting individuals into work in the short and medium terms". Our Diploma in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship students are all satisfied with the career choices they have made.

Furthermore, the more workplace content in the education, particularly when combined with previous work experience, the better the labour market outcomes. This statement is confirmed by analysis of the transition from education to the labour market. Our graduates  (VET graduates) find employment fasted than general education graduates. The transition is smoother and it gives access to permanent full-time jobs to students, which is so essential at this early stage of their careers.

Blue Whitney, above... was one of our IVC students, who is now doing a great job which gives her both the financial rewards and personal ones.

Malta Segway Tours Brand Investigation.

The International Vocational College discovers the fun of Malta Segway Tours, on a Sunday Tour in the rural area of Malta's Dingli cliffs. A great insight into the Segway Brand and a good reminder of the beauty the Maltese Islands hold.

The Enterprise and Entrepreneurship students  got a hands on experience of Malta Segway Tours, for the purpose of a Brand investigation project.

 Students at the College looked into the core structure of Malta Segway Tours.

Asking questions like....

• What is Segways ideal target Market?

• What are the core values of the Malta Segway Brand?

• What are the unique differences that put Malta segway tours ahead of other tours?

• What is the fulfillment aim, what does Malta Segway Tours what to portray? investigation 

Dingli Funtastic Tour

At the International Vocational College real experiences are what distinguishes our successful students, and is what makes them reach a greater understanding of the potential with in Enterprise.

We challenge the norm of education, and break into inovation at its best.



Course in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship 

or ask for more direct information by emailing 

info@ivcm.edu.mt

Isaac Aydelman - Making it Happen

Join as at the International Vocational College on the 25th 

to hear how inspiration struck 17 year old Isaac Aydelman to start up
The AI Ark a premiere concierge & lifestyle managent company
in Hong Kong, Portugal and Malta.

All this while maintaing his correspondence  A- Level studies. 

This guy takes determination to another level!

Come on guys no excuses, Whats stopping you!?

What does it mean working as an Intrapreneur?

 — building a new businesses inside established companies... how can we help employees to do that?
Most companies, when hoping to improve innovation, focus on generating ideas. Managers obsess over the front end of the innovation process. But the real leverage is in the back end—in execution, in Intrapreneurship.

Here are the 10 commandments of Intrapreneurs:

1.Come to work each day willing to be fired.
2.Circumvent any orders aimed at stopping your dream.
3. Do any job needed to make your project work
4. Find people to help you
5. Follow your intuition about the people you choose, and work only with the best.
6. Work as long as you can.
7. Never bet on a race unless you are running in it.
8. Remember it is easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission.
9. Be true to your goals, but be realistic about the wasy to achieve them
10.Honour your sponsors.

Companies which are willing to let their employees be Intrapreneurial, will see new businesses develop within their established ones, allowing for growth.

PluggedIn Joins the Talk on the 23rd.

Young Entrepreneurial Guest Speakers will be introducing their brand new innovative idea!  - PluggedIn at The Entrepreneurship talk on Wednesday the 23rd January at IVCM.  Make sure to Check out PluggedIn  - http://www.facebook.com - and if you like what you see, be sure to join us on the 23rd to find out where their great idea came from!! 

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship according to successful entrepreneurs, Luke and Stefan. Come and join our event on the 23th of January, 2013 at 5.30 pm. Venue: IVCM