Transitioning to Entrepreneurship
A growing number of Nigerian corporate professionals reach a point in their careers where they consider leaving full-time employment to build something of their own. Few have a structured way to test that decision: they have functional expertise from years inside an organisation, but little exposure to business model validation, startup financing or the discipline of running a venture without a monthly salary behind them.
The Lagos Business School (LBS), Business Innovation Accelerator (BIA) has the mission to develop impact driven entrepreneurs for national transformation, by providing high-quality entrepreneurship training and empowerment to Nigerians nationwide. This programme extends that mandate to corporate professionals seeking to make the transition to build sustainable ventures.
About the Programme
“Transitioning from Corporate to Entrepreneurship” is a four-day, hybrid programme at Lagos Business School for professionals weighing, or already making, the move from employment into business ownership. It combines LBS faculty teaching with experience sharing sessions led by founders who built their businesses from the ground up.
This programme is for:
- Corporate executives and managers are seriously considering leaving employment to start a business.
- Professionals are already running a side business who wants to formalise the move to full-time.
- Organisations that want to offer a structured career-transition or exit benefit to staff.
Programme Objective
By the end of the programme, participants will be able to:
- Apply a structured framework to decide whether, and when, to leave employment for a business.
- Validate a business idea and draft a first version of its business model.
- Identify realistic financing options and build a personal financial runway for the transition.
- Separate personal and business finances and plan for the early cash-flow gap.
- Draw lessons directly from founders who have made the same transition.