Entrepreneurial Opportunities

Course Details No Prerequisites Required Course Dates Start Date: 13 September 2016 00:30 AM UTC Finish Date: 18 October 2016 00:30 AM UTC Time Commitment Between 2 to 3 hours per week. Assessment Due Date 18 October 2016 00:30 AM UTC To qualify for a certificate, you must achieve a grade of 50% or higher across the knowledge check questions, practical activities and summative assessment. edX will only issue certificates to participants that have chosen the ‘Verified Track’ and complete the course with a grade of 50% or higher. When your certificate is available, you will be notified in your edX dashboard. Grading Scheme Pass (50% or higher) Fail (under 50%)

Course Syllabus Course Overview Do you have a business idea, but you’re not sure if it’s going to fly? Or maybe you know you want to be an entrepreneur, but you’re not sure where to start? This business course is for anyone aspiring to be an entrepreneur – regardless of the industry or type of venture you might have in mind.

This course offers an overview of the guiding principles that underpin the Entrepreneurial process, providing you with practical tips and grounded theory to evaluate your entrepreneurial opportunity, team and resources. You’ll explore some of the myths and key facts about entrepreneurship, and find out what it takes to be an entrepreneur, so that you can conduct your own self-assessment and identify priorities for your own growth as an entrepreneur. You’ll learn how to unlock your creativity and innovation to help you generate more and better entrepreneurial ideas. And you’ll bring it all together in a capstone activity designed to help you evaluate the entrepreneurial opportunity you have identified.

In this course, you will work with the expert team at the Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre at the University of Adelaide. They have experience as entrepreneurs and investors and have facilitated the establishment of many successful businesses.

Join us and make your business ideas fly.

2 edx/Adelaidex Entrep101X

Week 1: The Entrepreneurial Process Week 1 Learning Objectives • Describe what entrepreneurship is and how it’s

different to conventional business approaches • Understand the diversity of entrepreneurial

characteristics and describe the different entrepreneur types

• Be able to distinguish what innovation is and how it impacts the success of the entrepreneurial process

• Outline the key factors that underline the entrepreneurial process

Week 1 Assessment Requirements You'll be assessed on the following items due on 18 October 2016 0:30 AM UTC: • Weekly questions and activities

Week 2: The Importance of Creativity & Ideas Week 2 Learning Objectives • Understand the importance of creativity and idea

generation within the entrepreneurial process • Be able to identify mental blocks that inhibit creativity

and apply creative thinking techniques to overcome them

• Learn how to apply ideation techniques to develop new and unique ideas that can lead to successful business opportunities

Week 2 Assessment Requirements You'll be assessed on the following items due on 18 October 2016 0:30 AM UTC: • Weekly questions and activities

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Week 3: From Ideas to Opportunities Week 3 Learning Objectives • Identify the differences between a business idea and

real business opportunities • Understand and identify what an exceptional business

opportunity looks like • Learn how to apply evaluation techniques to a

business idea to determine market, financial and harvestability prospects

Week 3 Assessment Requirements You'll be assessed on the following items due on 18 October 2016 0:30 AM UTC: • Weekly questions and activities

Week 4: Teams & Leaders Week 4 Learning Objectives • Outline the characteristics of a cohesive

entrepreneurial team with complementary skills • Understand the importance of matching the

opportunity with the right entrepreneurial team members

• Identify the key strategies that will give your opportunity the best chance of success

Week 4 Assessment Requirements You'll be assessed on the following items due on 18 October 2016 0:30 AM UTC:

• Weekly questions and activities

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Week 5: Assessing the Opportunity Week 5 Learning Objectives • Learn how to quantify your gut feel about an

opportunity through the use of quantitative decision tools

• Be able to analyse and interpret results generated by relevant quantitative decision tools

• Outline what steps are needed to take a viable opportunity and create a business

Week 5 Assessment Requirements You'll be assessed on the following items due on 18 October 2016 0:30 AM UTC: • Weekly questions and activities

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