This course builds on previous concepts and outlines strategies and tactics for forming, financing, and launching a new venture. Topics to be addressed will include building the new venture’s initial management team, identifying and reaching out to early customers, developing financial plans, raising startup and initial growth financing, and preparing for and managing rapid growth.
Entrepreneurship II: Preparing for Launch
Entrepreneurship II: Preparing for Launch
This course is part of Innovation: From Creativity to Entrepreneurship Specialization
Instructor: Thomas E. Parkinson
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Design a go-to-market strategy to approach initial customers.
Develop financial projections for the new venture.
Develop a plan for raising equity capital for the new venture.
Operate and monitor the new venture’s health and scalability.
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There are 5 modules in this course
You will become familiar with the course, your classmates, and our learning environment. The orientation will also help you obtain the technical skills required for the course.
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2 videos7 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt1 plugin
In this module, we will discuss go-to-market strategies.
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5 videos2 readings4 assignments1 peer review
In this module, we will discuss how to build financial projections for the startup company, in order to determine the potential size and scope of the business opportunity and the financing that may be required to successfully pursue that opportunity.
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3 videos2 readings4 assignments
This module is focused on how startup companies raise capital from outside investors.
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3 videos2 readings4 assignments1 peer review
This module is focused on growth – metrics that can be used to help manage it, and alternatives to consider if the company is not growing as it needs to.
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4 videos4 readings4 assignments1 plugin
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This course is part of the following degree program(s) offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. If you are admitted and enroll, your completed coursework may count toward your degree learning and your progress can transfer with you.¹
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Reviewed on Jul 17, 2020
If you have any aspirations to work as an entrepreneur and you have not done this course - you are wasting your own time!
AO
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Reviewed on Jul 4, 2020
It opened up my mind to topics and question I had never asked before. The course content is small and easy to comprehend. I would recommend to any beginner entrepreneur and investor.
SR
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Reviewed on Jan 31, 2022
Loved the course. Learned a lot from this course. Had interactions with the entrepreneur which helped me to lift up my ideas of starting a new start up.
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