Demystifying Entrepreneurship: How to Think like an Entrepreneur

Demystifying Entrepreneurship: How to Think like an Entrepreneur

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  • 2 Sequences
  • Introductive Level
  • Starts on January 20, 2019
  • Ends on February 3, 2019

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Course details

Syllabus

  • What does being an entrepreneur mean?
  • From where does our understanding of entrepreneurship originate?
  • What different types of entrepreneur and entrepreneurship are there?
  • What does success in entrepreneurship look like?
  • What type of entrepreneur am I?

Prerequisite

You might be curious to know how the skillset and the mindset of the entrepreneur has evolved and is evolving still. The course will appeal to people who may not identify with the characteristics and behaviours of the entrepreneur, but want to open their mind to a wide range of entrepreneurial archetypes and consider how individual values, needs and expectations impact on the type of entrepreneur they are or might be. No previous experience is necessary.

Instructors

Joan Lockyer
I am the Deputy Director of the International Centre for Transformational Entrepreneurship at Coventry University. I have been an enterprise educator for over 15 years and worked in industry.

Gideon Maas
Prof Maas is the Director of the International Centre for Transformational Entrepreneurship at Coventry University. Has broad international business and academic experiences in various countries.

Matt Mount
Dr Matt Mount (Ph.D) is Assistant Professor of Strategy and Innovation at Deakin Business School. He is an expert in the area of strategy and innovation processes.

Steve Jaynes
Steve has over 20 years experience in research, teaching and consulting in the fields of business strategy, leadership, organisational culture, innovation and change management.

Editor

Coventry University is a post-1992 British university located in Coventry, England, United Kingdom. The university, which has around 17,000 students, is particularly well known for its engineering and automotive design.

Platform

FutureLearn is a massive open online course (MOOC) learning platform founded in December 2012.

It is a company launched and wholly owned by The Open University in Milton Keynes, England. It is the first UK-led massive open online course learning platform, and as of March 2015 included 54 UK and international University partners and unlike similar platforms includes four non-university partners: the British Museum, the British Council, the British Library and the National Film and Television School.

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