Sydney Community College Blog | on 27 September 2019
"Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can," as the saying goes.
No time may feel like the right time to set off down a scary path, but if you wait for it all to be in alignment, you may never take that first step.
“Starting my own business was a fast track to self-development”, says SCC student Alison Gorman. Late last year she attended the Build a Side Business Course to flesh out an idea she’d had brewing for a while. This year she gave up her job to focus full time on Inkling Writing Studio, running children’s creative writing classes.
Ready is as ready does
“I didn’t know this (until the course) but I was really ready to get going.” Alison had shopped around for small business courses, but most were “the whole box and dice” she says. Having just a “vague and nebulous idea” for her business, she found the Build a Side Business Course to be perfect. It is “bite sized and focussed” – making the time and cost commitment an easier investment at that early stage. At the course Alison filled her (now “lucky”) notebook, then launched Inkling Writing Studio right away. “In December I ran my first pop-up workshop…” January saw two classes, and by March she decided to quit her job to invest in the new business. “My primary school classes are now booked out,” she says. “I felt sick in my stomach starting out”, Alison says, but the course helped her learn how to communicate the value of her business and “it made me really organised”.
A colourful celebrant
Personal & Career Development Short Courses
- Facebook & Instagram Advertising Course
- How to Start an E-Commerce Business Course
- Mastering Small Talk Course
- Mastering the Art of Communication Course
- Mental Health First Aid Course
- Microsoft Excel Course: Level 2
- Microsoft Power BI Course: Level 1
- Microsoft Project Course: Project Management Software
- Project Management Course: Introduction
- Social Media Manager Course
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