Business Start-Up
Helps with: business and planning.
UKRS: being checked
Ages 16 to 17A day in the life
- Answer customer messages and orders
- Plan this week's social media posts
- Meet a yard about a partnership
- Update the budget and stock list
- Design a new product idea
Skills you will need
- Ideas and creativity
- Marketing
- Money and budgets
- Pitching
- Customer service
- Resilience
Skills
The skills this career uses
Longer bars show what matters most for a equestrian entrepreneur at 16 to 17.
Horse careFeeding, grooming, health
Behaviour and handlingReading and handling horses
People and communicationCustomers, teams, teaching
Safety and first aidKeeping people and horses safe
Business and planningMoney, plans, marketing
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Your best first courses, for 16 to 17
The three courses that build the most useful skills for this career at your age.
Pitch Your Equestrian Business
Helps with: business and planning, people and communication.
Coming soonSocial Media for Business
Helps with: business and planning, people and communication.
UKRS: being checkedYour route · 16 to 17
Your Launch route
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Launch16 to 17
- Pitch Your Equestrian BusinessComing soon
Turn a Hobby Into a Side HustleComing soon
Pitch to Investors: Fund Your Yard ExpansionComing soon
Sponsorship and SportComing soon- Business Start-UpUKRS: being checked
- Social Media for BusinessUKRS: being checked
- Customer ServiceUKRS: being checked
- GDPR and Data ProtectionUKRS: being checked
- Understanding Your Strengths for WorkWork preparation
After this route
Start a small side business
0 UKRS accredited courses on this route, plus 4 more we are checking
Recognised training you can show colleges and employers. Courses marked "being checked" only open as UKRS accredited once their standard and minimum age are confirmed.
Next steps
What to do next
Try nextStart a small side business
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