Would you have bought a step-by-step course to help you start your business?

Hi everyone,



I recently shut down a side business of mine in order to focus on other things going on in my life right now, but I was wondering how much use you would find in a course or guide on starting a freelance side business? I found it took a lot of time and trial and error to get it right and have a business that made money and I wanted to help others do the same. I have a general outline for the course already and wanted to see if anybody wished they had something like this when they first started out, or if there is anything I might be missing. This would be a paid course with followups and guidance to make sure that you do not get stuck.



Outline:

• Finding an idea


• Defining and refining the target audience for your idea


• Testing your idea against the audience for profitability


• Focusing your efforts on what will grow your business and how to recognize time-wasters


• Finding high-quality paying customers


• Setting up the technical (website, payment system, email, etc.)


• Setting up the systems to find customers


• Refining the business to ensure future profitability


• Setting up systems to ensure repeat business or referrals