So you want to quit your job and start a business?

You may have been considering it for years. Or it might just be that all these changes in life are making you nervous about being an employee. It might even be that your values don't align with those of your workplace.

Almost every single one of us who started our own businesses stood exactly where you are now.

You want to back yourself. You want to make the change. You want to take the big leap into the unknown. But you have a million questions and concerns.

How will I make money?

How will I find customers?

Is this even a good idea?

Will anyone buy what I'm selling?

How do I register a business?

What are the rules?

Is there any support?

Am I all on my own?

This live and interactive session starts with two of our advisors who have owned, and still run their own businesses. Dante St James & Victoria Yuen will explore these topics:

1. How to know if you are ready to start a business, and how it will impact your life

2. What kinds of businesses you can start with minimal investment or even do from home

3. The very basics you need to do to be legally registered to operate as a business

4. Where you can get help with starting and growing your business for free or at low cost.

And finally, it's all about your specific questions. We'll give you time after each part of this workshop to ask your questions about your particular circumstances.

About the presenter

Dante St James is one of Australia's most accredited and recognised digital skills trainers, having started coding his own games on a Commodore 64 in 1985, to building websites from 1996 and having worked in media, marketing and technology since then. Having seen the rise of the web, web 2.0, social media and now the beginnings of the metaverse, Dante has maintained a place at the forefront of technology for nearly four decades.

Now based in the Northern Territory, Dante has been recognised as a finalist for three years running in the NT Digital Excellence Awards, has been selected as one of five accredited trainers for Meta (Facebook) Australia, holds training contracts for Google’s Digital Springboard program and working with the Australian Government’s Digital Solutions and Entrepreneurship Facilitators programs.

Dante has accumulated 107 certifications in various technologies and business skills, which he sees as vital for the operation of his training and marketing agency, Clickstarter, and the growth of his mobile and NBN reseller business, Cellular One. In 2022, Dante has launched StartUp Territory, a pre-accelerator program for new businesses and the Marketing Institute of the Northern Territory.