The entrepreneur's guide for beginners

Universitat de Barcelona

About this Course

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The Entrepreneur's Guide for beginners and is a course created in collaboration with all Catalan public universities and EIT Health and aims to be the starting point for all those who want to improve their knowledge and skills in the world entrepreneurship. In this course you will be able to identify a business opportunity, develop the business model (and the steps to validate it) and know the main mechanisms to find your business. In addition, you will have the help of experts who will be there to help you resolve any questions that may arise during the course. Sign up!

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Beginner Level

Approx. 6 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: English, Catalan, Spanish

What you will learn

To promote an entrepreneurial spirit and to consider the option of setting up a company as an employment opportunity

Development of entrepreneurial skills and use of tools that equip people to work in an entrepreneurial project

Essential knowledge for those interested in managing their own business

Shareable Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion

100% online

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Flexible deadlines

Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.

Beginner Level

Approx. 6 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: English, Catalan, Spanish

Instructors

Instructor rating

4.54/5 (39 Ratings)

Sergio Villanueva Baselga

Departament de Biblioteconomia, Documentació i Comunicació Audiovisual. Facultat de Biblioteconomia i Documentació. Universitat de Barcelona

6,407 Learners

1 Course

Aïda Bravo Almirall

Departament d'Empresa. Facultat d'Economia i Empresa. Universitat de Barcelona

6,407 Learners

1 Course

Offered by

Universitat de Barcelona

The University of Barcelona is the most formidable public institution of higher education in Catalonia, catering to the needs of the greatest number of students and delivering the broadest and most comprehensive offering in higher educational courses. The UB is also the principal centre of university research in Spain and has become a European benchmark for research activity, both in terms of the number of research programmes it conducts and the excellence these have achieved.

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week

Week 1

1 hour to complete

Entrepreneurship: an overview

1 hour to complete

6 videos (Total 44 min)

6 videos

Welcome1m

1.1 General concepts9m

1.2 Creative process6m

1.3 An entrepreneur, an idea8m

1.4 Teams9m

1.5 First financing6m

1 practice exercise

Entrepreneurship: an overview16m

Week

Week 2

1 hour to complete

Business Model Canvas

1 hour to complete

5 videos (Total 36 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

5 videos

2.1 Business Model and Value Proposition4m

2.2 Customers and Value Proposition6m

2.3 Channels, Revenue Streams and Customer Relationships8m

2.4 Key Resources, Key Activities, Key Partners, Cost Structure9m

2.5 Value Proposition6m

1 reading

Business Model Canvas: a tool for organizational planning15m

1 practice exercise

Business Model Canvas30m

Week

Week 3

1 hour to complete

Business Model Validation: Lean Startup

1 hour to complete

5 videos (Total 23 min)

5 videos

3.1 Customer Discovery4m

3.2 Lean Startup4m

3.3 Metrics4m

3.4 Customer Validation4m

3.5 Minimum Viable Product and early adopters4m

1 practice exercise

Business Model Validation: Lean Startup30m

Week

Week 4

2 hours to complete

Business Plan

2 hours to complete

8 videos (Total 66 min)

8 videos

4.1 Definition, Goals and Structure7m

4.2 Executive Summary, Strategic Plan and SWOT7m

4.3 Marketing Plan10m

4.4 Organisational Plan7m

4.5 Production Plan8m

4.6 Economic Plan I7m

4.7 Economic Plan II9m

4.8 Legal Plan6m

1 practice exercise

Business Plan30m

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Will I earn university credit for completing the Course?
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The entrepreneur's guide for beginners

The entrepreneur's guide for beginners