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Become an Entrepreneur

Want to learn how to start your own business? Or bring new ideas and energy to your current organisation? Develop key entrepreneurial skills with short online entrepreneurship courses from top universities and business schools.

What are the characteristics of an entrepreneur?

  • Resourcefulness

    Entrepreneurs spot opportunities to develop new products and markets. To do this, they monitor customers, competitors and technological trends.

  • Creativity

    Once an entrepreneur has spotted an opportunity, they seize it. They use innovative thinking to improve existing products and develop new ones.

  • Commerciality

    Entrepreneurs know how much it costs to produce something and how much customers will pay for it. They focus on finances, making their business processes as efficient as possible.

  • Leadership

    Entrepreneurs are passionate about their idea or business. And they inspire their teams too, through top-notch communication, management and leadership skills.

Develop your entrepreneurial skills. Take an online short course

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Coventry University

How to Become an Entrepreneur: From Design Thinking to SWOT Analysis

Gain expert knowledge in developing and evaluating your own business opportunity in a range of entrepreneurial environments.

5 courses

10 weeks

Intermediate

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University of Groningen

Understanding the GDPR

4.7 (77 reviews)

Get to grips with the General Data Protection Regulation and take the first steps to ensuring that your organisation is compliant.

4 weeks

3 hrs per week

Included in Unlimited

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King's College London

Entrepreneurship: From Business Idea to Action

4.8 (509 reviews)

Improve your knowledge of entrepreneurship and discover how to plan, develop, nurture, and build a successful business.

4 weeks

4 hrs per week

Free digital upgrade

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University of Leeds

Innovation Management: Winning in the Age of Disruption

4.8 (27 reviews)

Learn how successful organisations like IBM manage innovation to disrupt markets and achieve business advantage.

2 weeks

4 hrs per week

Included in Unlimited

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Accenture

Digital Skills: Digital Marketing

4.7 (1782 reviews)

Learn about some of the different digital marketing strategies and techniques that are available for businesses to use.

2 weeks

2 hrs per week

Free digital upgrade

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Accenture

Digital Skills: Digital Skills for Work and Life

4.7 (704 reviews)

Learn how digital is changing our personal and professional lives and develop the skills to thrive in the digital world of work.

2 weeks

1 hr per week

Free digital upgrade

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Accenture

Digital Skills: Social Media

4.7 (1044 reviews)

Learn how to use social media for business, from creating a social media presence to measuring success.

2 weeks

1 hr per week

Free digital upgrade

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University of Twente

Supply Chain Innovation: How Technology Can Create a Sustainable Future

4.8 (17 reviews)

Understand how new technologies can make supply chains more sustainable and learn how to deal with today's trends.

6 weeks

3 hrs per week

Included in Unlimited

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University of Twente

Technology Entrepreneurship: How to Start a New Venture

4.5 (8 reviews)

Find out how to recognise, develop and exploit entrepreneurial opportunities. Start your own entrepreneurial venture.

3 weeks

3 hrs per week

Included in Unlimited

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What do people say about these entrepreneurship courses?

"It has been a great course and truly inspiring! The course gave us a series of new areas to think about. It gave us a new way to look at some of the areas in our business that we thought were all wrapped up but in reality, we had glossed over the subject matter. The material of this course was so easy to follow because of how relevant and interesting the readings and videos were. The learner comments and discussions made a great contribution, making the course easier and successful for me."

Enam Haque

Learner on Supply Chain Innovation: How Technology Can Create a Sustainable Future

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