The entrepreneur's guide for beginners
From Vision to Venture: Essential Skills & Knowledge for Starting Your Entrepreneurial Journey - A Complete Beginner's Guide
From Vision to Venture: Essential Skills & Knowledge for Starting Your Entrepreneurial Journey - A Complete Beginner's Guide
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to entrepreneurship, designed for beginners who want to explore the world of business creation. Created in collaboration with Catalan public universities and EIT Health, it covers key aspects of starting and managing a business. Students will learn how to identify business opportunities, develop and validate business models, and understand various funding mechanisms. The curriculum includes topics such as the creative process, team building, the Business Model Canvas, Lean Startup methodology, business plan development, and both private and public funding options. By the end of the course, participants will have a solid foundation in entrepreneurial concepts and practical tools to start their own business ventures.
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What you'll learn
Understand key entrepreneurship concepts and the creative process behind business ideas
Develop and articulate a business model using the Business Model Canvas
Apply Lean Startup methodology to validate business models and create minimum viable products
Create a comprehensive business plan, including marketing, organizational, production, and financial aspects
Identify and evaluate different funding options for new business ventures
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3.02 Hours PreRecorded video
5 quizzes
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There are 5 modules in this course
This course offers a comprehensive introduction to entrepreneurship, designed for beginners looking to start their own businesses. Developed in collaboration with Catalan public universities and EIT Health, the curriculum covers essential aspects of entrepreneurship through five modules. Students begin by exploring general entrepreneurship concepts, including the creative process and team building. They then learn about the Business Model Canvas, a tool for visualizing and developing business models. The course progresses to cover the Lean Startup methodology for business model validation, followed by detailed instruction on creating a comprehensive business plan. The final module focuses on funding strategies, including both private capital and public funding options. Throughout the course, students gain practical knowledge and tools to identify business opportunities, develop their ideas, and prepare for the challenges of starting and managing a new venture.
Entrepreneurship: an overview
Module 1 · 59 Minutes to complete
Business Model Canvas
Module 2 · 1 Hours to complete
Business Model Validation: Lean Startup
Module 3 · 53 Minutes to complete
Business Plan
Module 4 · 1 Hours to complete
Funding
Module 5 · 45 Minutes to complete
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Lecturer
Sergio Villanueva Baselga is an Associate Professor at the University of Barcelona in the Faculty of Information and Audiovisual Media. He holds a Ph.D. in Communication and Information Studies from the University of Barcelona. His research centers on participatory filmmaking as a means of social change, exploring participatory video, citizen and community media, science communication, and gender studies through a multidisciplinary approach. He also examines how media and culture shape social determinants of health, stigma narratives, and collective identities. Villanueva Baselga has been involved in various academic and research initiatives, including international conferences, publishing in media and cultural studies, and teaching innovation projects at the University of Barcelona. He teaches the Coursera course "The entrepreneur's guide for beginners" and has received positive learner feedback for his teaching style.
Lecturer
Aïda Bravo Almirall is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Information and Audiovisual Media at the University of Barcelona, where she joined the Business Department in 2007. Her expertise focuses on entrepreneurship education, institutional innovation, and university-business relations. She has been actively involved in initiatives that bridge academic theory with startup incubation, including practical business plan development and technology commercialization. She previously served as a business developer at StartUB! (formerly Barcelona Institut d’Emprenedoria) and currently contributes to the Innovation and Knowledge area at 3Cat. Throughout her career, she has played a leadership role in university entrepreneurship networks, innovation summer schools, and entrepreneurship promotion programs.
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