 Welcome to Business 305, Small Business Management. This course will introduce you to the world of entrepreneurship and what it takes to start an enterprise. We will explore the ways in which business ideas are formulated and the steps an entrepreneur needs to take to turn an idea into a successful business. Who knows, you may even decide this is the right career path for you. This video is designed to help you understand how the course is organized and to help you start putting together your own personal study plan. Make sure you review the learning outcomes at the beginning of each unit. These will give you an overview of the materials that will be covered in that unit and what you should know and be able to do by the end of each unit. This course incorporates a wide variety of resources that explore the concepts, disciplines and methodologies of small business management. These resources include textbooks, videos, essays, articles and other multimedia resources. All of the resources will provide you with valuable information to ensure that you meet all the course learning outcomes. Each unit includes an introduction, a list of unit learning outcomes and extensive instructions for each resource. Also, be sure to take notes while you review each course resource. You will begin to find patterns, connections and see how the information of each unit forms the foundation for the new materials to come. Also, taking notes helps you to better remember and retain the concepts you've learned. Finally, no course would be complete without assessments. Each unit of this course ends with a quiz. These quizzes include feedback on each question and will help to reinforce course concepts so that you can be fully prepared for the final exam. Since the final exam covers all of the course materials the end of the course would be a good time to go back and review any areas where you need a refresher and draws on the knowledge you have gained from the course materials. We hope you found this video instruction helpful. If you're ready to start the course, you're already in the right place. If you want a little look at what's to come in Unit 1 you can click the link right over here. Good luck!