The NatWest Small Business Academy
Free online courses to help our awesome people to start and grow their businesses
A very warm welcome...
Starting or growing a business is not easy. There are many aspects you need to juggle that sometime it can feel overwhelming knowing what to prioritise - let alone whose advice to listen to.
So we decided to try and help by partnering with the amazing team of Fiona Anderson and The StartUp Tribe to launch this completely free entrepreneurship academy. No ads. No subscriptions. No premium offerings. Just access to world class short courses to help you figure out what to do tomorrow morning to make your dreams come true.
We hope this helps. Of course no online course will solve all your challenges, but we hope this goes some way towards getting you unstuck, whether you are starting out, growing or struggling with your business.
And if we can ever help with also making your life easier with our awesome small business accounts please reach out! But whether you bank with us or not, this academy is for everyone.
Yours
Paul Thwaite
CEO of NatWest
Ready to get started?
Then below are some of our most popular courses for you to try and see if you find something you like or checkout more categories at the top of this page!
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Understanding the entrepreneurial lifecycle
Course4.7 average rating (83 reviews)Inspired by the book called "Corporate Lifecycle" we applied that knowledge to the entrepreneurial lifecycle and mapped it against our experience supporting startups and small businesses in over 83 countries and found some really interesting insights
Free
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Find clients & grow your business
Course5.0 average rating (45 reviews)For professionals, entrepreneurs, startups and those who have lost their jobs who struggle to get commercial traction.
Free
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How to find investors: a reality check
Course5.0 average rating (8 reviews)A powerfully honest course to help you understand what investors are looking for, the probabilities around getting funded and help you think differently around how to grow your business if you looking for funding is taking too long.
Free
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How to deal with setbacks
Course4.2 average rating (9 reviews)How to deal with difficult times. A course for every person on how to handle the inevitable setbacks that you will encounter in your entrepreneurial journey.
Free
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How to discover your personal value proposition
Course4.5 average rating (15 reviews)This is a course to help you understand what you are good at and how to figure out your value proposition to the world.
Free
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Understanding Money and how to handle it: a course for entrepreneurs
Course4.9 average rating (15 reviews)A powerful and easy to follow course for all aspiring and current entrepreneurs who would like to have a better - and simpler - understanding of how money works and avoid the mistakes that so many of us make.
Free
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Understanding why the economy matters to your business (and how to use it to your advantage)
Course5.0 average rating (4 reviews)A powerful short course to explain why the economy matters to your business, why you shouldn't be intimidated by it and how to build a micro, small or medium business within the context of the economy.
Free
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How to thrive in the second half of your life
Course4.5 average rating (2 reviews)A wonderful short course for those about to or who have retired on how to create more value out of this new season in your life
Free
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How to face challenges with your co-founder and work as a succesful team
Course5.0 average rating (1 review)This is a course to help you face the inevitable challenges with your co-founder/s and work as a succesful team.
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How to scale your business: creating a company that can grow exponentially
CourseA course for entrepreneurs and professionals who are serious about creating processes and systems that will allow their businesses to scale exponentially.
Free
What to read what others say instead?
Here's a small selection of the thousands of people whose life we touch every month.
Top Class eye and mind opener 10 out of 10
Peter-Hain Kazapua
Amazing Experience
Luisa Allegro
Incredible how much information was packed in such a short course. I feel encouraged and feel ready for more adventures.
Incredible how much information was packed in such a short course. I feel encouraged and feel ready for more adventures.
Read LessBrilliant!!!
Gift Dlamini
Would recommend to everyone in a journey to start a business!
Would recommend to everyone in a journey to start a business!
Read LessEffective overview and basic steps to follow to success
Johann Venter
Thank you for sharing your experience...
Thank you for sharing your experience...
Read LessPerfect and practical
Lunati Kona
Great exercises
Great exercises
Read LessIt was amazing
Sthandiwe Msomi
I've learn so much in this 14 day challenge, the things that I didn't nkow Thank u
I've learn so much in this 14 day challenge, the things that I didn't nkow Thank u
Read LessExceptional Content
Lucas Kgosana
I am happy and learned a lot from the course, and mostly it is an eye opener on a lot of thing I was not really putting into consideration . It helped a lot ...
Read MoreI am happy and learned a lot from the course, and mostly it is an eye opener on a lot of thing I was not really putting into consideration . It helped a lot and I am grateful
Read LessPractical and insightful
Zikisani Titi
The kind if advice every startup needs - practical and insightful
The kind if advice every startup needs - practical and insightful
Read LessThe title is exactly about what my business needed. Hence...
Joyce Makhema
The wealth of tools that one can use to find clients is appreciated. Some of the tools I under-used. Thanks for the tips and hints on how to go about finding...
Read MoreThe wealth of tools that one can use to find clients is appreciated. Some of the tools I under-used. Thanks for the tips and hints on how to go about finding clients using the tools.
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