- Venture Capital
- Finance
- Value Proposition
- Entrepreneurship
- Opportunity Identification
- Management
- Innovation
- Market Research
- Business Model
- Business Modeling
- Investor
- Investment
Entrepreneurship: Launching an Innovative Business Specialization
Identify, Analyze, and Launch Your Startup. Build Your Skills to Develop Great Ideas into Great Companies.
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About this Specialization
No prior experience required.
No prior experience required.
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There are 4 Courses in this Specialization
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 make their own job, the need to develop the skills to develop and act on innovative business opportunities is increasingly vital.
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.
New Venture Finance: Startup Funding for Entrepreneurs
This course 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 entrepreneurs a guide to secure funding.
Entrepreneurship Capstone
Integrate the tools and concepts from the specialization courses to develop a comprehensive business plan. Choose to enhance new venture concepts previously explored in specialization courses, or develop a new concept for this capstone project. Develop a comprehensive, customer-validated business model and create an investor pitch for the concept.
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University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland is the state's flagship university and one of the nation's preeminent public research universities. A global leader in research, entrepreneurship and innovation, the university is home to more than 37,000 students, 9,000 faculty and staff, and 250 academic programs. Its faculty includes three Nobel laureates, three Pulitzer Prize winners, 47 members of the national academies and scores of Fulbright scholars. The institution has a $1.8 billion operating budget, secures $500 million annually in external research funding and recently completed a $1 billion fundraising campaign.
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