Top Courses in Entrepreneurship

Generate and develop a viable business idea, then take it from concept to complete business plan and investor-ready pitch. Bring a business problem you’d like to solve or we will provide one from a real company – then tackle it and pitch your solutions. Polish your CV and earn a valuable certificate while you get a taste of start-up culture, hone essential skills, and gain an international edge.

Your week will consist of a mix of activities to maximize your experiential learning experience including day sessions and group work, guest talks and discussions, coaching and fireside chats.... [-]

There are many reasons why someone decides to start their own business – they may be a born entrepreneur their head swimming with business ideas or they may need to start a business as the only way to have an income. There are many aspects to starting a business from coming up with ideas, evaluating them, planning a business start-up, launching and then running a business. You often have to deal with a lack of finance, perhaps insufficient experience and many other issues. You have to decide how to design your product, how to differentiate your business from competitors, and how to hire and manage staff. Whether you’re thinking of starting a business or you’re studying business at a university, you will surely find this course highly useful and practical.... [-]

If your goal is to empower yourself to meet the growing expectations of today’s business world, let Aston American University help inspire you. Motivating yourself to support your aspirations may be the best investment you can make for the future you envision. Imagine utilizing the most effective business principles at your workplace. Prepare for advancements as you gain newly acquired marketable skills, stronger business communication, and critical thinking capabilities. Are you ready to apply effective real-world application with your current experience? Be ready to showcase your leadership potential and passion to succeed.

Certificate courses are instructed by highly educated and qualified instructors who hold doctoral and master’s level degrees. Their corporate business experience will be an asset to you because Aston American University instructors will also provide mentorship. By taking the next step to improve your understanding of business with Aston American University, you’ll be on your way to applying real-world business concepts, contributing to the world around you.... [-]

Join our try-out program to discover whether you have what it takes to become an entrepreneur.

In 90 days, you will be facilitated in discovering whether your business idea can find traction in the market. You will achieve this through:

1. Learning agile working methods to realize results in quick succession


2. Learning the founding principles of the Entrepreneurial Mindset, as encaptured within Effectuation theory


3. Learning what it takes to create value.

In doing so you will:

Not only new ideas. Not just managerial and strategic skills. New technologies and a reshaped competitive environment have radically changed the concept of a company and the way ventures are created, from the structure to the processes, up to new professional roles, design innovations and emerging business models.

Fashion Entrepreneurs must be able to surf in the compelling waters of a new ocean: the one of a global venture-oriented fashion industry. A revolution that requires to link an entrepreneurial insight with a market opportunity and the competences of business design for getting a competitive edge. Let’s call it starting a new business.

Entrepreneurship Essentials introduces you to the entrepreneurial journey, from finding an idea, to gaining traction in the marketplace, to raising capital for your venture. You will learn an overarching framework—People, Opportunity, Context, Deal—to evaluate opportunities, manage start-ups, and finance ventures. This framework has been taught to thousands of Harvard Business School MBA students over the past 30 years.

Entrepreneurship Essentials explains how entrepreneurs run structured experiments to validate ideas and refine business strategy. You will dive deep into the numbers of how entrepreneurs and their investors make financial decisions to create value and grow their operations. Whether you are a current or aspiring entrepreneur or someone who is looking to gain an understanding of how businesses are built, you will walk away from Entrepreneurship Essentials with the ability to:... [-]

Being a successful creative also means being a great entrepreneur. Develop practical strategies for managing and monetizing your creativity in this introductory entrepreneurship course. You’ll learn how to navigate the professional world as a working artist and build a self-sustaining career doing what you love. This course will give you the expertise you need to run a small business, work as a freelancer and thrive in your everyday life.

There’s a reason why Dublin is now serving as the European headquarters for companies such as Google, Facebook, and Twitter. For the past decade, Ireland’s pro-business environment has been an incubator for start-ups, particularly in technology, and its reputation as a principal technology hub of Europe is well-established.

Our Entrepreneurship & Technology Program has been designed to provide you with leadership, entrepreneurial, and digital skills in an immersive environment so you can capitalize on the business-friendly energy of this city.

Dublin is Europe’s tech hub for the world’s most innovative companies with 8 out of the top 10 Global information, communication and technology firms here. Google, Facebook, Zynga, PayPal, LinkedIn, and Salesforce are well established and in the past few years, Dropbox, AirBnB, Malwarebytes, SurveyMonkey, and Yelp have set up a base in Dublin.... [-]

Given growing globalization trends and the increasingly dynamic and complex nature of markets, companies operate in different countries, employ an international workforce and face challenges that require innovation and creativity. They need professionals with entrepreneurship skills (leadership, creativity, innovation, market research in an international environment, etc.) applicable to international and changing environments. In this course, we offer a practical and applied perspective in order to develop these abilities. Interaction among students will be encouraged to obtain and apply entrepreneurship skills in international organizations, understanding the different roles and functions of entrepreneurs and managers and developing basic skills for these positions. The different sessions will be taught by instructors specialized in Entrepreneurship at the University of Almeria and in the professional world. All the lecturers have teaching experience both in Spanish and English in different bachelor degrees and in Master/Postgraduate courses, including an MBA and a Master in International Business Administration and Modern Languages (in English). The teaching staff is also very active in research with publications in prestigious international journals such as J. Business Ethics, Organization & Environment, Plos One, or Business Strategy & the Environment; as well as international chapters or books. In addition, their works are presented in international conferences such as the Academy of Management, Babson College Conference, Strategic Management Conference, Academy of Management Science, etc. Their research is multi-disciplinary and focuses on strategic management and entrepreneurship. It includes different levels of analysis: teams, enterprises, economic sectors, and production systems.... [-]

The JOBS Act, or otherwise known as the Crowdfunding Act, has been passing into law since 2012 with the most recent development, Regulation CF, enacted in May of 2016 which has opened up investing in privately-held businesses to the average investor. Previously, only the wealthiest individuals that had $200K or more in annual salary or $1MM+ in net worth, could partake.

This is analogous to tapping into the “other 96%” of US investors as potential sources of startup capital, which brings forth a new financial instrument to enable small and midsize businesses (SMBs) to raise their working capital from their own personal and professional networks or investor networks sourced via a crowdfunding portal or broker-dealer. There are many applications of crowdfunding in today’s marketplace such as tech startups, real estate, cleantech, tourist attractions, computer games, music bands and product companies to name a few.... [-]

If you are thinking of new challenges, new opportunities or just think it's time to start that project you've always wanted, this is your course.

With the "Superior Program in Entrepreneurship" we will help you to acquire the necessary knowledge to make your idea a reality.

Anyone who has entrepreneurial spirit and desire to know how, at some point, you must mount your project to minimize risks.

College students, working professionals or not autonomous. All profile type has no place in this course as long as you think your challenges can be met.

This master has the possibility to obtain a double degree with a university recognition. To apply, the student must be in possession of a recognized degree nationwide.... [-]

ABOUT OUR UNIQUE PROGRAMME

The Social Entrepreneurship for International Students programme provides an opportunity for international students to experience South Africa, the city of Johannesburg and the University of Johannesburg’s campus life within the exciting field social entrepreneurship.

The programme includes the ultimate hands-on work experience within established social enterprises in the underprivileged areas in and around Johannesburg. Students influencing the way these businesses are managed.

This programme can best be described as an experience in change-making. In the three weeks, students’ perceptions and lives will be transformed due to being exposed to the realities of a developing country, whilst operating in a safe and educational environment.... [-]

The Short Course in Entrepreneurship & Leadership‘s main objective is to develop participants’ entrepreneurial skills and behaviour. The modules are designed for those individuals willing to utilise and further develop their own creative potential aiming self-development and as a consequence to grow and further develop their current and future businesses opportunities. Entrepreneurship is a practical concept.

That is the reason we designed modules based on case study methodology and interactive teamwork activities exploring the diversity of participants background.

Models and framework derived from multiple global case studies are utilised as tools to unleash participants’ insights leading to sustainable learning.... [-]