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Renewable Energy and Green Building Entrepreneurship

Welcome to the course where you learn to launch a new business in the energy, finance, real estate, design, engineering, or environmental sectors, while also helping you create positive environmental and human health impacts around the world. We will integrate tools, trends, and tips from the field of entrepreneurship as a career path for making a difference and generating wealth in the renewable energy and green building sectors. This is not a course about theory. Instead, we focus on real world application, step-by-step advice, and case studies. After completing this course, students will be able to: - Define key business opportunities, challenges, and potential solutions in the renewable energy and green building sectors. - Analyze a successful business in renewable energy or green building. - Identify 2 to 3 problems you might solve with either renewable energy or green building products or services. - Plan for engaging with investors who might finance a new business. - Take real world first steps towards launching a new business or corporate initiative, by applying the 1-page business idea summary template and the Business Model Canvas to generating and refining your own new business ideas.

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Rating 4.6 based on 101 ratings
Length 4 weeks
Starts Jul 17 (42 weeks ago)
Cost $49
From Duke University via Coursera
Instructor Chris Wedding
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Language English
Subjects Business
Tags Business Personal Development Entrepreneurship

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The course gave me an overview of the opportunity in Renewable Energy and Green Building as well as inspired me to start up my own enterprise.The videos are highly informative and makes learning very easy.

I learned a lot about Renewable Energy and Green Building Entrepreneurship.

It is a course I will recommend to anyone that has interests in renewable energy, it wi It's a good opportunity to get prepared before starting a new business in Renewable Energy and Green Building.

Excelent course, the professional can see the renewable energy and green building sustainable niche, additionally, people can find the opportunity to start the own business in this area.

A very practical approach to entrepreneurship in the fields of Renewable Energy and Green Building.

This course is really helpful to understand the basics of renewable energy and green building & showed their market potential globally.

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All it does is give us a pretty generic information about green building.

Sir Chris is awesome... this course was very helpful but I wanted to know more about green building.

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Show you that green ideas can convert in projects or start ups.

fantastic course you will learn how to start up a business in renewable energy field.

The Green economy is receiving a big boost and the knowledge of starting a green economy industry for start ups is explained in easy language and swift manner.

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very informative i thought i knew some of the things in this course but i learnt so much from it n will continue learning still Most of the course is about inspirational speech and self-help content, related to entrepreneurship.

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Really nice introduction to have a slight idea about startups, and concretely in the field of the newly green way of construction as well as benefits of investing in renewable energy.

Amazing , great Insight into green building as well as the entreprenuerhsip component Very Relevant course for all those who venture into the field of Green Building and Renewable Energy.

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Rating 4.6 based on 101 ratings
Length 4 weeks
Starts Jul 17 (42 weeks ago)
Cost $49
From Duke University via Coursera
Instructor Chris Wedding
Download Videos On all desktop and mobile devices
Language English
Subjects Business
Tags Business Personal Development Entrepreneurship

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