This course is the first in a series on starting a business. Though new venture creation is the focus of the specialization, this course is important for everyone.To create a successful business it is not only about what you do (technical execution), it is also about how you think. This course provides learners with insights to re-frame their thinking in order to maximize their chances for success.
Developing An Entrepreneurial Mindset: First Step Towards Success
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Developing An Entrepreneurial Mindset: First Step Towards Success
This course is part of How to Start Your Own Business Specialization
Instructors: Forrest S. Carter
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There are 9 modules in this course
This module provides an overview of the learner goals and objectives of the series of courses in the specialization: “How to Start Your Own Business”. It also provides an explanation of how this course contributes to those goals and objectives.
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1 video
Reviews the concept of a mindset and discusses those that commonly hinder business startup. Identifies the internal and external components of a mindset.
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2 videos3 readings1 peer review1 discussion prompt
Dispels myths associated with the internal components of a mindset with respect to starting a business.
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2 videos2 readings2 assignments1 peer review1 discussion prompt
Dispels myths associated with the external components of a mindset with respect to starting a business.
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2 videos2 readings1 assignment
This module presents the arguement that one should not look for the right time for a defined business, but look for the right business for the time. It then goes on to show how.
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1 video2 assignments
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4 videos2 assignments2 peer reviews
In this module we show you how to apply your new found entrepreneurial mindset to those tasks and behaviors associated with starting or acquiring a business.
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3 videos2 readings1 assignment
One of the most consistent characterizations of an entrepreneur or business owner, after innovativeness, is the ability to recognize, evaluate, and exploit opportunities. This module shows how to find or create both.
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1 video2 readings
Perhaps no single area over the last few decades has done more for the position that entrepreneurhsip or business ownership are skills that can be learned than the Lean Startup movement started by Eric Reis. This module presents its principles.
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4 videos2 readings2 assignments
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NJ
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Reviewed on Jul 22, 2020
Everything discussed, every task given, all were up to the mark. I've come to know about the ways to go through entrepreneurial success in a strategical way.
NQ
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Reviewed on Dec 26, 2021
The course was well designed to help does who are thinking about starting there own business, and also for those who already have business but need a helping hand to understand what is to be done.
PA
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Reviewed on Jul 7, 2019
This course actually guides you and motivate to work more effectively in the right direction towards your goals and dreams
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