Free Online Course offered by edX: Launching New Ventures

A free online course is available at edX Platform, on the theme of launching new ventures.

Course background:

Through short, animated lectures, inspiring interviews with successful entrepreneurs from around the world, quizzes and suggested readings, students will gain a broad overview of entrepreneurship strategy with insights they can apply to their venture regardless of location, industry or venture stage.

Who can take this course:

Launching New Ventures, a course about Entrepreneurship & Strategy for Technology-Driven Startups, is designed for professionals, entrepreneurs, and students who want to learn about how to successfully launch a new business.

Course effort:

2 to 3 hours per week, for seven weeks.

Course objectives:

Participants in this course will acquire the following skills and knowledge:

1. Identify promising business opportunities.
2. Develop thei ideas into a venture concept.
3. Test market receptiveness to their ventures' ideas by using social media.
4. Craft an opportunity exploitation roadmap.
5. Creatively market their solutions.
6. Calculate how much money they need, where to find it and how to manage it.
7. How and when to protect their intellectual property.
8. How to grow their ventures (intelligently!).
9. Experience the early stages of the entrepreneurial process.
10. Sharpen their “entrepreneurial mindset” and learn how it can benefit their organizations.

Course costs:

It’s free of charge to take this course, but there is an option of pursing a Verified Certificate for $139, that is:

1. An instructor-signed certificate with the institution's logo to verify achievement and increase learner’s job prospects.
2. Easily shareable that learners can add to their CV or resume, or post it directly on LinkedIn.
3. Proven motivator to give enrollees an additional incentive to complete the course.
4. Dedicated to support edX, as a non-profit, it relies on verified certificates to help fund free education for everyone globally.

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