Certificate IV in Entrepreneurship and New BusinessBSB40320

Gain a nationally recognised qualification while developing practical entrepreneurial skills you can apply to real business ideas and opportunities.

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Nationally Recognised Training

Connect Business Academy is a Registered Training Organisation - RTO 46529

Andrew Sisley, CEO and Head Trainer
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Qualification
Nationally Recognised
Study mode
Online, self-paced
Start date
Start straight away
Support
Ongoing guidance from experienced business leaders
Access
Everything you need in your Learner Portal
Investment
$1,995 total
($166.25 pm for 12 months)

Entrepreneurial capability designed for the real world

This course focuses on practical entrepreneurial capability you can apply to real business ideas and opportunities - not just theory.

You'll develop the skills to:

  • Communicate business ideas with clarity and confidence
  • Investigate opportunities and support business decision-making
  • Develop business plans, proposals, and marketing strategies
  • Understand risk, finances, and the foundations of sustainable business growth

Supported by experienced trainers with real-world business and entrepreneurial experience, you'll receive guidance throughout your studies.

You're not just completing a qualification. You're building capability that can help you create opportunities, develop ideas, and build something meaningful. Designed for people who want to build something - not just study.

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Build something of your own with confidence

  • Exploring business ideas and opportunities
  • Planning projects, products, or services
  • Solving problems and finding better ways to do things

This course helps you build the skills, confidence, and formal recognition to help turn ideas into real opportunities.

Small Business Owner Startup Founder Independent Service Provider or Consultant Project or Business Coordinator Freelancer or Self-Employed Operator
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Real-world entrepreneurial skills

Apply what you learn to real ideas

Flexible online study

Fit learning around work and life

Trainer support throughout

Guidance when you need it

Andrew Sisley, CEO and Head Trainer at Connect Business Academy Andrew SisleyCEO & Head Trainer at Connect Business Academy

Learn from someone who has built and led real businesses

This program is supported by trainers with real-world business and entrepreneurial experience, providing guidance throughout your studies.

At the centre of the program is Andrew Sisley, CEO and Head Trainer at Connect Business Academy. With more than 30 years of business experience - including senior roles with Samsung and national companies, as well as building his own ventures - Andrew leads the program, helping you develop practical entrepreneurial capability you can apply to real business ideas and opportunities.

You'll have access to trainer guidance throughout your studies - you're not left to figure things out on your own.

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stepping into

Get the full picture of what the Certificate IV in Entrepreneurship and New Business involves - so you can move forward with clarity, not guesswork.

Inside, you'll find:

  • The course units. Every unit you'll study and the order you'll complete them.
  • The course structure. Three key study areas designed to build your capability progressively.
  • Who it's for. See if the course is the right fit for your goals.
  • RPL & Credit Transfer. Discover how your experience or prior study may reduce the amount of training required.
  • Payment options. Three flexible ways to pay.
  • What study looks like. Online learning, trainer support and practical assessment.
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Course guide cover - BSB40320 Certificate IV in Entrepreneurship and New Business

This course is designed to help you turn ideas into something real - not just learn about business, but actually move forward with it.

You'll develop the skills to:

  • Identify and evaluate potential business opportunities
  • Develop and communicate business ideas effectively
  • Understand customers, markets and positioning
  • Contribute to planning and decision-making in a business context
  • Build confidence to explore and progress business ideas

You can apply what you learn as you go - with assessments designed around real business ideas, opportunities, and entrepreneurial scenarios.

This qualification is an investment in building your entrepreneurial capability

You're building capability that supports your next step, and the confidence to turn ideas into something real.

$166.25 per month over 12 months
(equivalent of $38.37/week)
$1,995 total

This is designed to be manageable alongside your existing commitments, while you work toward a nationally recognised qualification that builds your capability, confidence, and entrepreneurial thinking.

The next step is simply deciding when the time is right for you.

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Duration
Up to 12 months
Start date
Straight away
Minimum entry requirements
18 years or older, and Year 10 or equivalent work experience
RPL or CT
Yes - Recognition of Prior Learning and Credit Transfer may be available

Why this qualification stands out for learners

Practical entrepreneurial skills

Learn how to investigate opportunities, develop business ideas, and make confident decisions in real entrepreneurial situations.

Develop the capability to think creatively, take initiative, and build something you're proud of.

Build credentials that reflect your capability.

You've already started building ideas, experience, and initiative. This qualification helps give that capability structure, strengthening your confidence and supporting your next step.

You'll join a community of people who get it.

Ambitious professionals. Future business owners. People who are building something and want to be surrounded by others doing the same.

You'll gain more than a qualification.

Build confidence, capability, and clarity to help turn ideas into real opportunities. All for the equivalent of $38.37/week.

There's no campus you need to attend. You can study online, at your own pace, around your commitments.

Maybe you're thinking
these things

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"I’m not sure I’m ready."

If you're 18 or older and have an interest in business, ideas, or creating something of your own, this course may be a good fit.

The pre-training review we do before you enrol isn't a test. It's a conversation to explore whether this course is the right fit for your goals, experience, and aspirations.

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"What if I start and can’t keep up?"

Study at your own pace, with up to 12 months to complete the course. Trainer support is available throughout your studies - you're not doing this on your own.

Entrepreneurship is a journey, and this course is designed to support steady progress alongside your existing commitments.

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"I’ve tried studying before and it didn’t work out."

Sometimes it's not about ability - it's about finding a study approach that fits your life.

This course is delivered fully online, with flexible study designed to fit around your work, family, business ideas and commitments.

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"Is this actually going to make a difference to my career?"

This is a nationally recognised qualification, aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework.

Combined with the practical entrepreneurial skills you'll develop and the support of your trainers, it can help you build confidence, structure your ideas, and take the next step.

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"I really can’t afford it right now."

With a payment plan of $166.25 per month (equivalent to $38.37 per week), this course is designed to be manageable alongside your existing commitments. It's an investment in your development - building capability, confidence, and entrepreneurial thinking.

Or maybe you have these questions

Take the next step toward building something of your own

You've read this far. You're already considering what comes next.

If you're ready to build your entrepreneurial capability and gain a nationally recognised qualification, the next step is simple.

The gap between where you are and where you want to be isn't that wide. But it doesn't close itself. You already have the ideas. The initiative. The motivation. What's missing is the structure, confidence, and support to help you move forward with clarity. The right trainer is ready. Your next opportunity may be closer than you think.

Start when the time is right for you, for the equivalent of $38.37/week.

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