About this Professional Certificate
The Professional Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship distills vast amounts of research in psychology, sociology, marketing, strategy, and finance into a practical how-to guide for aspiring and active startup entrepreneurs and corporate innovators. Our world-class, award-winning faculty present a whole new understanding of entrepreneurial ideas and actions. At its core, we present a powerful argument that anyone can be a successful startup entrepreneur or corporate innovator by thoughtfully examining themselves and the business opportunity. By harnessing these insights within our curriculum, we share how to create and transform your business ideas into new ventures that are lasting successes.
This experience is valuable for startup entrepreneurs and corporate innovators. Learners interested in developing and commercializing their own ideas into a product or service-based startup can do so in this Professional Certificate. For learners interested in acquiring the knowledge, competencies, and relationships to solve innovation challenges within established companies and organizations, this Professional Certificate is equally valuable.
Our innovation and entrepreneurship courses are designed to map the lifecycle of a new venture, with learners crafting their ideas throughout the four-course program. With an emphasis on actionable projects, learners can select and work on new business ideas or corporate ventures of their choosing, and apply the lessons learned to their own interests. This is valuable for for-profits, non-profits, social entrepreneurs, and government organizations.
The University of Maryland is a global leader in educating entrepreneurs and innovators, recently ranked as the #3 public university in this category by The Princeton Review. The team leading the Professional Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship created and leads the Master of Professional Studies in Technology Entrepreneurship (the #1-ranked online master’s program in entrepreneurship by BestColleges.com), the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Living-Learning Program (Winner of the Outstanding Specialty Entrepreneurship Program of the Year by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship), and over 20 courses in Innovation and Entrepreneurship serving over 5,000 full-time University of Maryland students annually.
What you'll learn
- Identify entrepreneurial ideas with entrepreneurial thinking (entrepreneurial mindset, motivation, & behavior), seeing (industry condition, industry status, macroeconomic change, & competition) & acting (value innovation & opportunity identification).
- Create innovative business models to effectively design value propositions, assemble and lead a well-comprised team, pursue big ideas that really matter to customers, and craft a financial model that minimizes risks and maximizing your success.
- Explore the marketing of innovations by learning tactics to gather marketing research and customer intelligence, understanding the need for adopting a customer-orientation, and applying marketing strategies to dynamic environments.
- Build financing strategies with an understanding of short-term finance alternatives, capital structures, cost of capital, sources of entrepreneurial capital including angel investors and venture capitalists, and alternative sources of capital.
From | UMD, USMx, The University of Maryland, College Park, University System of Maryland via edX |
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Hours | 48 |
Instructors | Michael Pratt, James Green, Lola Koiki |
Language | English |
Subjects | Business |
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Professional Secretary $41k
Gifted Certificate Program Coordinator $48k
Instructor, Paralegal Certificate Program $52k
Instructor and Taskforce Committee Member for Certificate in Fundraising Operations $60k
Finance Professional 3 $65k
Certificate Analyst $67k
Continuing Education Professor/Apparel Certificate Program Advisor $68k
Instructor, Sustainability Leadership Certificate Program $79k
Vice Assistant President Certificate Specialist $120k
Product Manager - SUT Compliance and Certificate Management $131k
Assistant Professor, Bereavement Certificate Program $139k
Professional Partner $155k
Courses in this Professional Certificate
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This course will demystify key financial concepts to give aspiring and active entrepreneurs and innovators a guide for understanding their financials and securing funding.... edX | UMD, USMx, The University of Maryland, College Park, University System of Maryland |
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Identifying Entrepreneurial Opportunities This course explores how anyone can be a successful startup entrepreneur or corporate innovator by thoughtfully examining themselves and the business opportunity. By harnessing... edX | USMx, UMD, The University of Maryland, College Park, University System of Maryland |
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Marketing Innovative Products and Services Marketing innovative products and services occurs in an ever-changing environment, and requires rapid decision making with incomplete information. These innovations are introduced... edX | UMD, USMx, The University of Maryland, College Park, University System of Maryland |
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Creating Innovative Business Models This course was created to guide aspiring and active startup entrepreneurs and corporate innovators that feel... Overwhelmed by the tasks of creating a new venture Frustrated... edX | USMx, UMD, University System of Maryland, The University of Maryland, College Park |
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From | UMD, USMx, The University of Maryland, College Park, University System of Maryland via edX |
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Hours | 48 |
Instructors | Michael Pratt, James Green, Lola Koiki |
Language | English |
Subjects | Business |
Careers
An overview of related careers and their average salaries in the US. Bars indicate income percentile (33rd - 99th).
Professional Secretary $41k
Gifted Certificate Program Coordinator $48k
Instructor, Paralegal Certificate Program $52k
Instructor and Taskforce Committee Member for Certificate in Fundraising Operations $60k
Finance Professional 3 $65k
Certificate Analyst $67k
Continuing Education Professor/Apparel Certificate Program Advisor $68k
Instructor, Sustainability Leadership Certificate Program $79k
Vice Assistant President Certificate Specialist $120k
Product Manager - SUT Compliance and Certificate Management $131k
Assistant Professor, Bereavement Certificate Program $139k
Professional Partner $155k
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