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Innovation and Entrepreneurship for a New Business 

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Overview

Bring your business idea to life as you gain the entrepreneurial skills to identify your customers, competition, and USP.

Duration

4 weeks

Total fee

2,763

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

Credential

Certificate

Innovation and Entrepreneurship for a New Business
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FutureLearn 
Highlights

  • Earn a certificate from University of Adelaide
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship for a New Business
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FutureLearn 
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  • This four-week course from The University of Adelaide will arm you with that strategy and equip you with essential entrepreneurial skills to successfully launch your business idea.
  • Guided by industry experts, you'll learn how to effectively identify your competition, conduct consumer research, and build your network. With this knowledge, you'll have the tools to start, run, and grow your new business.
  • Understanding your customers is crucial for any business.
  • On the course, you'll learn how to create a detailed profile of your ideal customer by developing a customer persona. This will help you understand what your customer needs, what motivates them, and what pain points they have.
  • With this understanding, you'll learn how to identify your unique selling point and offer value helping you connect with your customers better and stand out from the competition.
  • Next, you'll discover tips to build and maintain your business network.
  • Within this, you'll unpack the importance of branding and pitching as you learn the strategies for building brand awareness.
  • Finally, you'll learn how to make a business plan that includes strategies for learning and developing your team's skills.
  • You'll discover how continuous learning and development is key in creating a skills-based organisation as you learn how to evaluate your team's ability and find gaps.
  • By the end of the course, you'll have a solid strategy to follow to turn your business idea into a reality.
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship for a New Business
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FutureLearn 
Curriculum

How do you develop your idea, identify your competition, and conduct consumer research?

Getting started

Introduction to Week 1

Identifying an idea

Identifying your target market

Mapping competitors

Consumer research

Assessment

Bringing it all together

How do you evaluate value and need?

Introduction to Week 2

Identifying value

Customer pain points and needs

Unique value propositions in business

Assessment

Bringing it all together

How do you build your network?

Introduction to Week 3

Importance of a network

Building and maintaining a network

Branding and pitching

Assessment

Bringing it all together

How do you build a business plan incorporating learning and development?

Introduction to Week 4

Business planning

Assessing the skills of your team

Learning and development

Reflecting on progress

Assessment

Bringing it all together

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