Start a Business in France — Legal Structures, Business Plan & Funding
About Course
From the first idea to official registration, this course walks you step by step through starting a business in France. You learn how to pick the right legal structure, build a solid business plan and finance your project by the book.
Every module is grounded in the real, up-to-date French framework: micro-entreprise, sole proprietorship, EURL, SASU, SARL and SAS, the INPI one-stop shop, URSSAF, VAT schemes, and support measures such as ACRE or ARCE. You work with concrete notions: break-even point, financing plan, forecast income statement.
By the end, you will be able to compare legal structures against your own situation, build a credible forecast, put together a funding application, complete the registration formalities and understand your first accounting and tax obligations. A complete foundation for launching your business with confidence.
Course Content
Module 1 — Choosing your legal structure
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Micro-entreprise, sole proprietorship or company: the big picture
15:00 -
Liability, taxation and social security regime
17:00 -
Which structure should you pick? A decision tree
16:00 -
Quiz — Module 1
Module 2 — The business plan and the financial forecast
Module 3 — Funding your project
Module 4 — Registration formalities
Module 5 — Accounting, tax and legal basics
Go further with a trainer
Technical and educational support is included in your training and remains free of charge. What follows is individual coaching, in addition.
Group workshop
Two hours in a small group, 8 seats. The price shown is per person. To move forward with others and leave with a first deliverable.
- 1 session of 120 minutes
- Remote (video call)
- Written reply within 48 business hours
- To be used within 3 months
Kick-start
Two sessions to unblock a specific point, with a review of your work. The format to try it out.
- 2 sessions of 45 minutes
- 1 deliverable review
- Remote (video call)
- Written reply within 48 business hours
- To be used within 3 months
Ongoing support
Four sessions spread across your course, two reviews of your deliverables. The format that suits most learners.
- 4 sessions of 45 minutes
- 2 deliverable reviews
- Remote (video call), On site at our premises
- Written reply within 48 business hours
- To be used within 6 months
Intensive
Eight sessions and four reviews over a year, on site if you wish. For a career change or a full professional project.
- 8 sessions of 45 minutes
- 4 deliverable reviews
- Remote (video call), On site at our premises, On site at the client's (in-house)
- Written reply within 48 business hours
- To be used within 12 months
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