What you will gain from this course:

  • Grow your confidence to start-up a business through exploring your business skills and strengths.

  • Gain foundational business knowledge in areas including idea generation, business structure, finance, understanding your ideal client/customer, and analysing competitors.

  • Grow your thinking by answering business-critical questions that are provided throughout the course.

  • Journey from "seed to start" and feel more ready to launch a new venture.


Structured Learning Pathway

    1. How to use the e-learning platform

    2. Learning Outcomes

    3. Before you start...

    4. Disclaimer

    1. Introduction - What you will learn

    2. An introduction from Viv

    1. Section 1 - What you'll learn

    2. Nourishing the seeds

    1. Quick question

    2. Section 2 - What you'll learn

    3. Your timing and finance

    1. Section 3 - What you'll learn

    2. Turn “can I do it” into “I can do it”

    1. Section 4 - What you'll learn

    2. Market research for start-ups

    3. Quick question

About this course

  • £25.00
  • 1.5 hours of video content
  • Who is this for?

    → Healthcare Practitioners
    → Healthcare Students
    → Any budding health entrepreneur

  • Application

    For anyone wishing to start-up a health or therapy business

  • Study at your own pace

    12 month access to course materials and updates

Meet Your Tutor

Dr. Vivien Rolfe

Researcher

Dr Vivien Rolfe is a respected herbal expert, researcher, and educator whose work is rooted in both scientific enquiry and a deep connection to nature. With more than 60 scientific publications spanning health and plant medicine, she brings academic depth to the study of herbs, wellbeing, and evidence-based practice.

Viv is Academic Co-Director at the National Centre for Integrative Medicine (NCIM) where she teaches professional groups research methods and business development at master’s-level. Alongside her academic work, she runs three small businesses of her own – Curiosity Research, Wayside Herbal Tea and a health coaching practice - giving her hands-on experience in food and health entrepreneurship.

Viv is an experienced educator and is a National Teaching Fellow which is an award for outstanding teaching in Higher Education. Her teaching style is clear and engaging, and her on-line courses encourage learning through listening, thinking and doing. As well as providing visually engaging course materials, she encourages learners to think deeply about concepts so they can grow with confidence and take the transformational steps that are important to them.

Her qualifications include a PhD in Gut Physiology, a Foundation in Herbalism, a Diploma in Health Coaching, and an MBA. It’s a crazy combination but it reflects Viv’s passion for learning!

Viv has a selection of Bitesize courses here on Herbal Tea Blending, Using Evidence and Business Development, and she hopes you enjoy them.

Have questions about this or any other course?

Contact our Education team on [email protected] who will be happy to help.