This course builds on previous concepts and outlines strategies and tactics for forming, financing, and launching a new venture. Topics to be addressed will include building the new venture’s initial management team, identifying and reaching out to early customers, developing financial plans, raising startup and initial growth financing, and preparing for and managing rapid growth.
This course is part of the Innovation: From Creativity to Entrepreneurship Specialization
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
2 hours to complete
Course Orientation
You will become familiar with the course, your classmates, and our learning environment. The orientation will also help you obtain the technical skills required for the course.
2 hours to complete
2 videos (Total 3 min), 7 readings, 1 quiz
5 hours to complete
Module 1: Earning Revenue
In this module, we will discuss go-to-market strategies.
5 hours to complete
5 videos (Total 58 min), 2 readings, 5 quizzes
2 hours to complete
Module 2: Financial Forecasting
In this module, we will discuss how to build financial projections for the startup company, in order to determine the potential size and scope of the business opportunity and the financing that may be required to successfully pursue that opportunity.
2 hours to complete
3 videos (Total 41 min), 2 readings, 4 quizzes
4 hours to complete
Module 3: Raising Capital
This module is focused on how startup companies raise capital from outside investors.
4 hours to complete
3 videos (Total 61 min), 2 readings, 5 quizzes
4 hours to complete
Module 4: Managing Growth
This module is focused on growth – metrics that can be used to help manage it, and alternatives to consider if the company is not growing as it needs to.
4 hours to complete
5 videos (Total 58 min), 4 readings, 4 quizzes
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TOP REVIEWS FROM ENTREPRENEURSHIP II: PREPARING FOR LAUNCH
by SVJul 17, 2020
If you have any aspirations to work as an entrepreneur and you have not done this course - you are wasting your own time!
by PKMay 22, 2020
This course is so practical and very helpful.I have learnt so much. The lecturer is so professional and cool.
by SRJan 31, 2022
Loved the course. Learned a lot from this course. Had interactions with the entrepreneur which helped me to lift up my ideas of starting a new start up.
by IZJun 24, 2019
I believe this course was very straightforward, focusing on those elements that I was really looking forward to fully understand. And it does it in a way that can be easily applied to my own reality.
About the Innovation: From Creativity to Entrepreneurship Specialization
In a world characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, leaders require robust innovation skills. Thinking flexibly and developing an entrepreneurial mindset are critical to thriving in uncertain business environments. This specialization addresses how to recognize and question assumptions and constraints to identify and capitalize on opportunities. Learning to change the rules of the game by creating innovative value propositions and discovering new market positions for sustained competitive advantage are some of the actionable lessons in this specialization.
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