About this course: 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
Taught by: David Standen, MBA, Instructor, University of California, Irvine Extension
| Basic Info | Course 9 of 10 in the Career Success Specialization |
| Commitment | 4-8 hours of videos, readings, and quizzes |
| Language | English, Subtitles: Vietnamese, Spanish, Arabic |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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- Reading: About this Course
- Reading: Please Take this Survey
- Video: 1.1 Process of Entrepreneurship
- Video: 1.2 Risk and Uncertainty
- Reading: Module 1 Lecture Slides
- Video: 2.1 Feasibility Studies
- Video: 2.2 Financial Equation
- Reading: Module 2 Lecture Slides
- Video: 3.1 Entrepreneurial Skills and Tools
- Video: 3.2 Marketing Strategy
- Video: 3.3 Human Resources and Operations
- Reading: Module 3 Lecture Slides
- Video: 4.1 Starting a Business
- Video: 4.2 Accounting
- Video: 4.3 Systems & Technology
- Reading: Module 4 Lecture Slides
- Reading: Course Wrap-Up
- Reading: End of Course Survey
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Very informative. Absolutely recommend it for those considering even possibly opening a business in future.
Excellent information and guidance
Very useful course for beginners, covers a variety of business and management topics, after completing the course, you will have the base which helps you build your business and management knowledge and then build your company.
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This was a excellent course , i learned allot from it