The first week of the four-week Entrepreneurship Development Program (EDP) involves a five-day residential retreat on Personal Development and Achievement Motivation Training during which the entrepreneurs are engaged in the following sessions:
- Micro-Lab
- Ring Toss
- Self Awareness
- Team Building
- Business Planning
- Leadership Development
- Thematic Apperception Test
- Who's To Blame
- Self Esteem
- Introduction to Business & Business Plan Layout
- Interface with or discussion on successful entrepreneurs
- Business Planning Collage
The second and third weeks comprise the following sessions which run from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- What is a Small Business
- Who is an Entrepreneur
- Survey for Business Identification
- Schemes and Assistance Panel Discussions
- How to identify Available Business Opportunities
- Business Opportunity Guidance
- Steps for Setting up Small Business
- Tools and Techniques for Market Survey
- Individual Counseling on Business Venture
- Field Market Survey
- Presentation of Market Survey Reports
- Discussion and Counseling on Market Survey Findings
- Marketing Skills
- Record Keeping
- Cash Flow and Break Even Analysis
- Assessment of Working Capital
- Costing and Pricing
- Factory Act and Labor Laws
The fourth/final week comprises the following sessions:
- Interface with Successful Entrepreneurs
- Preparation of Business Plan Proposal
- Individual Counseling on Business Plan
- Formalities for Loan Disbursement
- Dealing with Business Challenges
- Presentation on analysis of participants highlighting their Risk Tendencies; Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) Motives; and Entrepreneurial Orientation Inventory (EOI)
- Evaluation