"Action-Driven Business Plan: From the ‘Classroom’ to the World" is a capstone project, that requires you, our learner, to pull together all you will have learned in the three courses that comprise the "Startup Entrepreneurship" Specialization. This course is in fact the culmination of the process designed to provide you with the opportunity to demonstrate what you have learned on a real-world project of your choice.
Action-Driven Business Plan: From the ‘Classroom’ to the World
This course is part of Startup Entrepreneurship Specialization
Instructor: Prof. (Emeritus) Shlomo Maital
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Create a completed non-business plan (a series of actions each of which moves your idea toward implementation), including a list of the activities to be undertaken, with degrees of importance (scale of 1 to 3, where 1 is ‘most important’).
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3 videos4 readings1 assignment2 discussion prompts
Write a diary: recording conversations, data, insights, day by day, gleaned from a variety of sources, by face-to-face chats, email, Web searches, etc.
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1 video1 reading1 assignment1 peer review1 discussion prompt
A revision of the original product or service idea, in light of information gathered in the Zoom Out process
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1 video1 reading1 assignment1 peer review1 discussion prompt
Begin to design the business or organization that will successfully implement your creative idea. Prepare an activity map.
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1 video1 reading1 assignment1 discussion prompt
Prepare an initial cash flow statement, showing money flowing out (operations; capital) and flowing in. Estimate your capital needs realistically. Prepare a bootstrapping option (self financing). Prepare a risk map.
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1 video1 reading1 assignment1 peer review1 discussion prompt
Prepare a business plan comprising five sections: The Need; The Product; Unique Features; The Market; Future Developments. Include a Gantt chart (project plan – detailed activities and starting and ending dates); and a project budget. Prepare an effective two-minute video describing your idea, including your ‘pitch’
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3 videos1 reading1 assignment1 peer review1 discussion prompt
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Reviewed on Dec 28, 2016
Excellent course. I wish there were more participants!
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