What Is Social Entrepreneurship? A Guide
December 9, 2024
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This course is part of Innovation: From Creativity to Entrepreneurship Specialization
Instructor: Thomas E. Parkinson
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Demonstrate an understanding of how entrepreneurs can develop new venture ideas.
Examine a potential market opportunity and evaluate its viability.
Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of entrepreneurial leadership and team building.
Develop a plan for identifying and securing early adopter customers for a new venture.
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This course will explore the earlier stages of the entrepreneurial venture process across four modules. The modules will examine the nature of growth and error in entrepreneurial settings and how to manage resources in those settings. In addition, the modules will explore the emergence of entrepreneurial opportunities, the formulation of ideas in relation to those opportunities, and how those opportunities and ideas influence entrepreneurial phenomena. Finally, the course will focus on how business concepts underlie compelling entrepreneurial missions that provide guidance to the evolution of a venture’s business model and future strategic planning.
You will be able to: - Develop a foundational understanding of the entrepreneurial process - Consider the relationship between growth and error - Understand how particular opportunities influence entrepreneurial phenomena This course is part of Gies College of Business’ suite of online programs, including the iMBA and iMSM. Learn more about admission into these programs and explore how your Coursera work can be leveraged if accepted into a degree program at https://degrees.giesbusiness.illinois.edu/idegrees/.
You will become familiar with the course, your classmates, and our learning environment. The orientation will also help you obtain the technical skills required for the course.
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This module is focused on how an innovator can get started on his or her entrepreneurial journey.
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This module will focus on how entrepreneurs can distill a new venture opportunity into a value proposition that resonates with customers.
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This module is focused on how entrepreneurs can build and motivate teams.
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This module focuses on finding customers.
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This course is part of the following degree program(s) offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. If you are admitted and enroll, your completed coursework may count toward your degree learning and your progress can transfer with you.¹
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Reviewed on Feb 13, 2022
When you think you know how to run a start up business this course has valuable information, I have gained so much. well done to the lecture
Reviewed on Sep 14, 2018
Very usefully course with great combination of theory and practice. Assignment is well lay-out for thought process.
Reviewed on Sep 8, 2020
The course material is excellent and relevant to the times. The interviews with former students and entrepreneurs provides a real world view of the application of the knowledge disseminated in course.
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