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Essentials of Entrepreneurship

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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

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Rating 4.3 based on 176 ratings
Length 5 weeks
Effort 4-8 hours of videos, readings, and quizzes
Starts Jun 26 (44 weeks ago)
Cost $49
From University of California, Irvine via Coursera
Instructor David Standen, MBA
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Language English
Subjects Business
Tags Business Entrepreneurship

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Rating 4.3 based on 176 ratings
Length 5 weeks
Effort 4-8 hours of videos, readings, and quizzes
Starts Jun 26 (44 weeks ago)
Cost $49
From University of California, Irvine via Coursera
Instructor David Standen, MBA
Download Videos On all desktop and mobile devices
Language English
Subjects Business
Tags Business Entrepreneurship

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