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Grow Your Business with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women (Coursera)

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Grow Your Business with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women (Coursera)

In this course you will gain the skills that will help you to plan how to best grow your business in future. You will learn how to identify business opportunities, and select the one which is the most progressive and forward-looking, assessing its feasibility. You will also be introduced to the Business Growth Plan (BGP), a strategic tool that will help you identify your business objectives and guide your business’s growth. If you choose to take all 10 free online courses, the BGP will be your key takeaway from Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women.

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This free online course is one of 10 courses available in the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women collection, designed for entrepreneurs ready to take their business to the next level.
The 10,000 Women course collection offers a truly flexible online learning experience. You have the freedom to approach the program in any way that works for you – take any course, or combination of courses, to tailor your learning journey to your individual business growth needs. If you choose to take all 10 courses, you will explore all the key elements of your business and develop a thorough plan for your business’s growth.
What You Will Learn

  • Develop your community and discuss the value of peer learning.
  • Discover the content and development process of your Business Growth Plan (BGP).
  • Explore a potential growth opportunity for your business and evaluate its feasibility.
  • Develop your Opportunity Statement.

Syllabus

Week 1
Grow Your Business with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women
In this course, you will identify one specific growth opportunity for your business and start the planning process toward identifying the feasibility of this opportunity. You will also be introduced to the Business Growth Plan (BGP) – a key takeaway from 10,000 Women – and can choose to start using this strategic and tactical implementation tool to guide your business’s growth.

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