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The entrepreneur's guide for beginners (Coursera)

Offered by University of Barcelona,
The entrepreneur's guide for beginners (Coursera)

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.

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What You Will Learn

  • 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

Syllabus

WEEK 1: Entrepreneurship: an overview
WEEK 2: Business Model Canvas
WEEK 3: Business Model Validation: Lean Startup
WEEK 4: Business Plan
WEEK 5: Funding

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