Delve into the world of entrepreneurship, from generating an idea to writing a business plan and launching your new successful business. The Entrepreneurship and Small Business (ESB) is a certification from Certiport, sponsored by Intuit and the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, that ensures tomorrow's leaders are prepared with the toolkit they need to get ahead in today's competitive landscape. In this business owner course, you will refine your start-up idea and learn practical steps to launch your business as you prepare for the ESB certification. You will learn foundational business principles of an entrepreneurship venture, such as legal structure and requirements, funding sources, intellectual property law, operations, marketing, advertising, and finances. ESB certification prepares you to pursue additional postsecondary training or elect to enter the small business sector immediately upon high school graduation. So, whatever business venture you want to start, an ESB credential validates your understanding of core business principles, including the essentials needed to launch and maintain a successful business. You should have key conceptual knowledge of entrepreneurial and small business principles through at least 150 hours of instruction to take the ESB certification exam, which this entrepreneurship course meets. Successfully completing this business start-up training course will validate that you possess the skills and knowledge to work in a middle-skill trade profession as your own boss and/or in other related entrepreneur and small business roles. This program is available with or without an the Artificial Intelligence AI-e module. This 6-hour online course exposes you to the basics of AI and its practical uses. As part of your program completion, you will be required to submit or present a brief summary of how AI applies to the subject of your main program.