How does a good idea become a viable business opportunity? What is entrepreneurship and who fits the profile of an entrepreneur? This introductory course is designed to introduce you to the foundational concepts of entrepreneurship, including the definition of entrepreneurship, the profile of the entrepreneur, the difference between entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial management, and the role of venture creation in society. You’ll explore where technology entrepreneurship and impact entrepreneurship align and where they diverge, and you’ll learn proven techniques for identifying the opportunity, assessing the opportunity, hypothesis testing and creating a prototype.
This course is part of the Entrepreneurship Specialization
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Skills you will gain
- Discovery-Driven Planning
- Elevator Pitch
- Planning
- Entrepreneurship
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Introduction and Course Materials
Module 1: Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Module 2: Opportunity Analysis
Module 3: Markets, Need-Finding and Planning
Module 4: Pitching, Testing, and Prototyping
Reviews
- 5 stars82.38%
- 4 stars15.29%
- 3 stars1.72%
- 2 stars0.24%
- 1 star0.34%
TOP REVIEWS FROM ENTREPRENEURSHIP 1: DEVELOPING THE OPPORTUNITY
Even as I had started with a fragmented idea about entrepreneurship, this course kind of helped to articulate and build a structure of thought process around it. Looking forward for the courses ahead.
The best course I've taken in coursera so far. Professors are really talented and the teaching methods are very interesting. I learned a lot of things and can't wait to take other remaining courses.
I liked the course but would have taken a different approach to identifying opportunities in the service sector. The methodology was forced fit to cover services, but it didn't really fit.
Well prepared information, lessons and resources. Panel of experts - a team approach to articulating the course. Each bringing their own skills and experiences making it more personable.
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