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Taking the Entrepreneurship Route
Taking the Entrepreneurship Route

This course gives aspiring young entrepreneurs a clear understanding of the path of entrepreneurship, the risks and rewards of being an entrepreneur, as well as the business start-up process. Young men and women will benefit from enhancing their entrepreneurial mindset and developing skills to identify and act on opportunities.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course gives aspiring young entrepreneurs a clear understanding of the path of entrepreneurship, the risks and rewards of being an entrepreneur, as well as the business start-up process. Young men and women will benefit from enhancing their entrepreneurial mindset and developing skills to identify and act on opportunities.

This course is part of the ITC Youth and Trade Initiative, which is aimed at fostering the inclusion of young entrepreneurs into international markets and global value chains, with the ultimate objective of creating jobs and income opportunities.

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After completing this course, participants will be able to:

  • Understand the risks and rewards of taking the entrepreneurship route;
  • Identify the role of an entrepreneur;
  • Conceptualize entrepreneurship as a process;
  • Formulate a Business Opportunity Assessment to decide whether or not to act on an identified business idea; and
  •  Produce a Business Model Canvas to document a company's value proposition, infrastructure, customers and finances.


COURSE CERTIFICATION

Participants who meet the course requirements will receive a Certificate of Completion issued in electronic format.

COURSE STRUCTURE
Lecture 1: Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship
Case Study 1: Overview of Youth Employment
Lecture 2: Being an Entrepreneur
Case Study 2: Being an Entrepreneur
Lecture 3: The Entrepreneurship Process
Case Study 3: The Entrepreneurship Process

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SESSIONS
Course format
Online/Internet-based
Language:
English ‎(en)‎
Time required
4 hours of study over 2 weeks
Next start date
06, May 2019
Course access
Open to public registration.
Course fee
Free of charge
Tutor information
DAVID CORDOBéS
ITC

DAVID CORDOBéS

 

 

MARIE RöDER
International Trade Centre

MARIE RöDER


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