Looking to start up a side hustle? Gain the knowledge and tools needed to successfully turn your passion into a profitable venture.

  • Gain a comprehensive understanding of how to identify and evaluate side hustle opportunities.
  • Learn effective marketing techniques to promote your business.
  • Acquire the financial management skills crucial for running a successful side hustle.

From idea generation to execution, How to Set Up a Side Hustle will guide you through the essential steps of building a sustainable side hustle that complements your main career. You’ll learn practical strategies for identifying opportunities, developing a business plan, marketing your venture and managing finances, enabling you to turn your passions into profitable ventures.

By the end of the course, you’ll have a comprehensive understanding of how to identify and evaluate side hustle opportunities and have developed a viable business plan tailored to your chosen side hustle.

This course is open to aspiring entrepreneurs, professionals looking to supplement their income and anyone interested in starting a side hustle.

Overview

What you'll do

Day one

  • Introduction to side hustles: Identifying opportunities
  • Business planning: From idea to execution
  • Marketing fundamentals: Building your brand and audience
  • Financial management: Budgeting, pricing, and funding options
  • Hands-on workshop: Developing your business plan
  • Q and A session and discussion

Day two

  • Scaling your side hustle: Growth strategies
  • Operations and time management: Balancing your hustle with your main career
  • Legal and regulatory considerations: Protecting your business
  • Hands-on workshop: Pitching your side hustle
  • Final Q and A session and certificate distribution
Location

This course will take place online.

Dates and times

This course will take place in 2025. To be informed of new dates, please express your interest in the course.

Cost

How to Set Up a Side Hustle costs £160 per person.

What to bring

You'll need a laptop for this course.

Meet the team

James Vincent is the Co-Owner of Hot Source Creative, an award-winning marketing and public relations agency based in the West Midlands, as well as a UK blog awards finalist and public speaker. James specialises in all forms of digital marketing and business technology integration.

Terms and conditions

Read the terms and conditions for taking part in this short course.

Contact us

If you'd like a bespoke course created for your company, would like to attend but can't make the dates listed above or have any queries, please contact us on shortcourses@bathspa.ac.uk .