University of Adelaide is offering free online course on Entrepreneurial Opportunities. This 5 weeks business course will show applicant how to apply entrepreneurial thinking and provide them with the tools and frameworks to successfully identify and evaluate business opportunities and ideas.
The overall objective of this course is to learn how to be a successful entrepreneur by understanding how to evaluate business opportunities and ideas. The course will start on September 13, 2016.
Course At A Glance
Length: 5 weeks
Effort: 2-3 hours pw
Subject: English
Institution: University of Adelaide and edx
Languages: English
Price: Free
Certificate Available: Yes
Session: Starts on September 13, 2016
Providers' Details
The University of Adelaide is Australia's third oldest university and has a strong reputation for excellence in research and teaching. The University is known for its dedication to the discovery of new knowledge and preparing the educated leaders of tomorrow.
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About This Course
Most people can come up with a business idea that looks good on paper, but how can applicant be sure their idea is going to fly? This business course will show them how to apply entrepreneurial thinking and provide them with the tools and frameworks to successfully identify and evaluate business opportunities and ideas.
Starting with an overview of the entrepreneurial process, they will identify what constitutes exceptional business opportunities and understand how to evaluate their underlying characteristics. They shall consider the dimensions that affect decision-making about new business ideas and put key decisions to the test on their own business ideas. They shall earn how to gauge the quality of their business idea or opportunity and assess the ability of the team they bring together to execute the venture.
Why Take This Course?
This is a free online course. Applicants can pursue a verified certificate. This MOOC will be offered with Video Transcripts.
They shall learn how to make sense of ‘gut feel' when deciding whether to invest in a potential business and practice using rules of thumb (heuristics) to make such decisions, based on their own experiences. Through a series of practical investigations, they shall develop a collage or ‘mental template' from which to examine potential business investment opportunities.
They shall be working with the expert team at the Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre (ECIC) at the University of Adelaide. They have worked with entrepreneurs like they and have facilitated the establishment of many successful businesses. They can be confident that what they will learn in this course is road-tested and high-impact – not just theoretical.
Learning Outcomes
After completing this course applicants will learn:
-Use rules of thumb, frameworks, and tools to evaluate their best business idea
-Evaluate new opportunities drawing on their own experiences and knowledge
-Build an entrepreneurial team that will complement the opportunity they have identified
Instructors
Noel Lindsay
Noel is the Director of the Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre (ECIC) and the Academic Director, Singapore Operations, the University of Adelaide, where he is the Professor of Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation.
Wendy Lindsay
Wendy is the Online Program Coordinator and Associate Head, Learning and Teaching in the Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre (ECIC) at the University of Adelaide. She is also the Associate Dean IT in the Faculty of Professions.
Zrinka Tokic
As the Australian eChallenge Program Manager, Zrinka is responsible for the strategic development and marketing of the program in Australia and internationally. The Australian eChallenge is Australia's largest and longest running student entrepreneur competition launching over 500 start-ups over 13 years.
Diana Lucic
Diana is the Research Support Coordinator at the Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre (ECIC). She has project management, academic and professional skills which she gained as the ECIC's Business Manager and as a university lecturer. Diana holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics.
Requirements
Prerequisites: None
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