Essentials of Entrepreneurship: Thinking & Action
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Essentials of Entrepreneurship: Thinking & Action
This course is part of Career Success Specialization
Instructor: David Standen, MBA
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What you'll learn
Describe the entrepreneurial process and how to manage it
Recognize opportunities to develop new business ideas
Apply entrepreneurial approaches, concepts, and methods
Understand operational challenges involved with creating new business ventures
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There are 4 modules in this course
Success in business can be greatly enhanced with an understanding of key entrepreneurial characteristics and competencies solutions. This interactive course provides potential entrepreneurs with the knowledge of succeeding in an entrepreneurial opportunity. Topics include: how creativity, opportunity and feasibility are best evaluated; business strategies for new businesses; importance of a business plan; achieving success in a new business. At the end of the course students will have the skills and confidence to evaluate starting a business, in addition to becoming more enterprising in how they approach their roles should they decide to work in organizations.
Upon completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Learn about the many faces of and contexts for entrepreneurship 2. Learn about the entrepreneurial process and how to manage it 3. Learn about what it takes to be an entrepreneur and your own potential to be one 4. Learn to recognize opportunities to generate and assess your own business idea 5. Explain the business planning process 6. Apply entrepreneurial approaches, concepts and methods to your own business idea 7. Learn about the operational issues in developing new business ventures
What's included
2 videos3 readings1 assignment
2 videos•Total 22 minutes
- 1.1 Process of Entrepreneurship•12 minutes
- 1.2 Risk and Uncertainty•10 minutes
3 readings•Total 30 minutes
- About this Course•10 minutes
- Please Take this Survey•10 minutes
- Module 1 Lecture Slides•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Review•30 minutes
What's included
2 videos1 reading1 assignment
2 videos•Total 19 minutes
- 2.1 Feasibility Studies•13 minutes
- 2.2 Financial Equation•6 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
- Module 2 Lecture Slides•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Review•30 minutes
What's included
3 videos1 reading1 assignment
3 videos•Total 32 minutes
- 3.1 Entrepreneurial Skills and Tools•7 minutes
- 3.2 Marketing Strategy•10 minutes
- 3.3 Human Resources and Operations•15 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
- Module 3 Lecture Slides•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Review•30 minutes
What's included
3 videos3 readings1 assignment
3 videos•Total 36 minutes
- 4.1 Starting a Business•13 minutes
- 4.2 Accounting•11 minutes
- 4.3 Systems & Technology•12 minutes
3 readings•Total 30 minutes
- Module 4 Lecture Slides•10 minutes
- Course Wrap-Up•10 minutes
- End of Course Survey•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Review•30 minutes
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Reviewed on Nov 7, 2015
I really enjoyed this class. It has given me serious motivation to start my own company. I liked being able to see an overview of the steps I need to take to start my business off on the right foot.
Reviewed on Apr 13, 2020
Very useful course to those who teaches entrepreneurship subject and those who take intiation to start business before what are the important inputs to analye the person
Reviewed on Jan 8, 2018
The course is practical enough in terms of short yet comprehensive course presentations. However, more reading materials will increase the learning available for students in class.
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