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Technology Entrepreneurship: How to Start a New Venture (FutureLearn)

Offered by University of Twente,
Technology Entrepreneurship: How to Start a New Venture (FutureLearn)

Find out how to recognise, develop and exploit entrepreneurial opportunities. Start your own entrepreneurial venture. What does it mean to be entrepreneurial? Being entrepreneurial is an exciting challenge and will help make your technology-based idea a reality. In this free online course, you’ll learn from experienced technology entrepreneurs and educators from the University of Twente how to address three crucial questions along the path towards a financially sustainable venture. You’ll find out how to recognise, evaluate and exploit entrepreneurial opportunities.

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Syllabus

Week 1: Opportunity recognition
Week 2: Opportunity development
Week 3: Opportunity exploitation

What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

  • Develop a technology-based business model from a basic idea towards a financially sustainable business
  • Apply the principles of Lean Startup as a tool for new venture development
  • Recognise the importance of being marketing-oriented and the effects of networks on new venture development
  • Use tools for revenue analysis of a new venture
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