Learning business practices/studies

[jammy_basturd]

I never did any business studies whilst at school, but in the last year or two I've had aspirations to start my own company. Ideally I'd like to learn as much about starting/owning/running my own business as possible before I start and so I've thought maybe doing a Business Studies course is the right way of going about things? The two I've looked at are:

the OUs foundation degree in Business
http://www3.open.ac.uk/courses/bin/p12.dll?Q01G07

or NEC's Business Studies A-level
http://www.nec.ac.uk/courses/product?product_id=65...

Has anyone else done a similar thing, or should I just read Business Links website inside out and as many other business books as possible. Maybe even try and get a job at a small company where I could experience many different aspects of business running (though in current climates that might be not too easy)...

[ShadownINja]

Um. Just get the curriculum for any course and read a load of books from the library. The test comes when you're writing up the annual accounts after the first year.