The entrepreneur's guide for beginners

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Approx. 6 hours to complete

Course Summary

This course is for aspiring entrepreneurs who want to start their own business. It covers the basics of entrepreneurship, from identifying opportunities to creating a business plan.

Key Learning Points

  • Learn to identify opportunities and assess their potential
  • Understand the basics of business planning and market research
  • Get tips on how to finance your business and manage your finances
  • Learn how to market and promote your business
  • Get advice on how to grow and scale your business

Job Positions & Salaries of people who have taken this course might have

    • USA: $71,000
    • India: ₹6,00,000
    • Spain: €40,000
    • USA: $71,000
    • India: ₹6,00,000
    • Spain: €40,000

    • USA: $50,000
    • India: ₹4,00,000
    • Spain: €30,000
    • USA: $71,000
    • India: ₹6,00,000
    • Spain: €40,000

    • USA: $50,000
    • India: ₹4,00,000
    • Spain: €30,000

    • USA: $85,000
    • India: ₹10,00,000
    • Spain: €50,000

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Learning Outcomes

  • Identify and assess business opportunities
  • Create a business plan
  • Understand basic financial management
  • Develop marketing strategies
  • Learn how to grow and scale a business

Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course

  • No prior knowledge or experience required
  • Basic understanding of business concepts helpful

Course Difficulty Level

Beginner

Course Format

  • Online self-paced course
  • Video lectures
  • Interactive quizzes
  • Real-world case studies

Similar Courses

  • Entrepreneurship: Ideation to Launch
  • How to Start a Startup

Related Education Paths


Notable People in This Field

  • Entrepreneur and Investor
  • Marketing Expert

Related Books

Description

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!

Knowledge

  • 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

Outline

  • Entrepreneurship: an overview
  • Welcome
  • 1.1 General concepts
  • 1.2 Creative process
  • 1.3 An entrepreneur, an idea
  • 1.4 Teams
  • 1.5 First financing
  • Entrepreneurship: an overview
  • Business Model Canvas
  • 2.1 Business Model and Value Proposition
  • 2.2 Customers and Value Proposition
  • 2.3 Channels, Revenue Streams and Customer Relationships
  • 2.4 Key Resources, Key Activities, Key Partners, Cost Structure
  • 2.5 Value Proposition
  • Business Model Canvas: a tool for organizational planning
  • Business Model Canvas
  • Business Model Validation: Lean Startup
  • 3.1 Customer Discovery
  • 3.2 Lean Startup
  • 3.3 Metrics
  • 3.4 Customer Validation
  • 3.5 Minimum Viable Product and early adopters
  • Business Model Validation: Lean Startup
  • Business Plan
  • 4.1 Definition, Goals and Structure
  • 4.2 Executive Summary, Strategic Plan and SWOT
  • 4.3 Marketing Plan
  • 4.4 Organisational Plan
  • 4.5 Production Plan
  • 4.6 Economic Plan I
  • 4.7 Economic Plan II
  • 4.8 Legal Plan
  • Business Plan
  • Funding
  • 5.1 Private Capital
  • 5.2 Public Funding
  • Funding

Summary of User Reviews

Key Aspect Users Liked About This Course

Comprehensive and informative course for starting a business

Pros from User Reviews

  • Great for beginners
  • Easy to understand
  • Provides practical information and tools
  • Covers all aspects of starting a business
  • Flexible schedule

Cons from User Reviews

  • Expensive compared to other online courses
  • Lack of interaction with the instructor
  • Some of the information is basic and can be found for free online
  • Not suitable for those who already have experience in entrepreneurship
  • Some technical issues with the course platform
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Approx. 6 hours to complete
Sergio Villanueva Baselga, Aïda Bravo Almirall
Universitat de Barcelona
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