Getting your business hustle on
The Street Smart Upstarts course is a dynamic innovation think tank-type programme designed to equip entrepreneurially inclined youth with the necessary knowledge and skills related to starting, running, and growing their own businesses. Each learning unit is geared to support learners to achieve fundamental and elective learning outcomes that they can build on beyond the programme. This programme is outcomes-based that stimulates entrepreneurial drive and business readiness, and equips participants with the necessary skills to start, run, and take their hustle or side hustle to the next level with as little as R100,00.
Street Smart Upstarts is aligned with the Lucha Lunako C-A-R-E learning framework and activates participants to practically apply their newly obtained or refreshed skills in real-life contexts such as business, personal budgeting, and self-management.
Lucha Lunako ensures that the personal growth and mental well-being of the entrepreneur are prioritised during and beyond the enterprise development process.
Duration: 12 lessons (weeks) of 2 hours each
Who is this course for? We’ve designed this course for anyone who would benefit from becoming more entrepreneurial in both their outlook and practice:
- Small scale entrepreneurs
- Young people on learnership, YES Youth programmes and other technical skills interventions
- Youth Not in Employment, Education, or Training (NEETs)
- Learners and students who are completing high school (Grade 11s preparing for the future and matriculants starting out in the world)
- Anyone who wants to start a side hustle
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