Entrepreneurship & Small Business
What is Entrepreneurship & Small Business?
Entrepreneurship is the process of designing, launching, and running a new business or enterprise. A small business is a privately owned and operated business with fewer than 500 employees.
Most successful entrepreneurs have a combination of qualities, including creativity, risk-taking, determination, and perseverance. They also possess a strong understanding of the market, customers, and competition.
A key part of entrepreneurship is developing a business model, or the way in which a business will operate and make money. This includes identifying a target market, offering a unique product or service, and generating revenue.
Small business owners must also be adept at marketing, sales, finance, and management. They must be able to wear many hats and juggle multiple responsibilities.
The ability to successfully launch and grow a small business is essential to the health of the economy. Small businesses create jobs, spur innovation, and drive economic growth.
Of course, not all businesses are successful. In fact, most businesses fail. But for those who are willing to take the risk, entrepreneurship & small business can be a great way to achieve financial independence and build something that is truly your own.
Entrepreneurship & Small Business Resources
How to Start A Business
This specialization is a guide to creating your own business. We will cover a progression of topics necessary for successful business creation including: mindset, ideation, planning, action and strategy. Rather than just describing what to do, the fo...
Wharton Entrepreneurship Capstone
In this capstone project, you will be assembling a pitch deck for a new venture, including the key deliverables (e.g., customer needs, concept description, financials, and so forth). You will review your peer’s projects according to a rubric develop...
Mixergy
A collection of tutorials, introductions, and podcasts from successful entrepreneurs....
Interviews with entrepreneurs
Personal lessons and insights from accomplished entrepreneurs are the basis of this interview series produced by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and Khan Academy....
Business of Games and Entrepreneurship
As well as a form of art and entertainment, games are about business. Whether you want to work at a game studio, start your own business or make games as a hobby, recognizing the dynamic landscape of the videogame industry is critical to finding your...
Entrepreneurship 3: Growth Strategies
Start-ups are designed to grow quickly, but successful start-ups grow smart. This course is designed to provide you with an understanding of the essential elements of successful scaling, including an overview of demand generation, customer acquisitio...
Innovation for Entrepreneurs: From Idea to Marketplace
Develop insights on navigating the innovation process from idea generation to commercialization. Build knowledge on how to create strategies to bring innovations to market. Develop an innovation portfolio and business model canvas for your venture. W...
New Venture Finance: Startup Funding for Entrepreneurs
New Venture Finance: Startup Funding for Entrepreneurs is for aspiring or active entrepreneurs who wants to understand how to secure funding for their company. This course will demystify key financing concepts to give entrepreneurs and aspiring entr...
Developing Innovative Ideas for New Companies: The First Step in Entrepreneurship
This course assists aspiring and active entrepreneurs in developing great ideas into great companies. With strong economies presenting rich opportunities for new venture creation, and challenging economic times presenting the necessity for many to ma...
Entrepreneurship 1: Developing the Opportunity
How does a good idea become a viable business opportunity? What is entrepreneurship and who fits the profile of an entrepreneur? This introductory course is designed to introduce you to the foundational concepts of entrepreneurship, including the def...
Entrepreneurship 4: Financing and Profitability
Start-ups can benefit from a wide variety of financing options on the path to profitability, but how do you know which one to choose? This course explores different financing models, including bootstrapping, organic growth, debt and risk capital, and...
Beyond Silicon Valley: Growing Entrepreneurship in Transitioning Economies
About this Course The path for entrepreneurs to grow their companies outside of well-developed entrepreneurial ecosystems like Silicon Valley is challenging. Most markets around the world do not look like Silicon Valley, and they never will. But the...