Taking the Entrepreneurship Route

Taking the Entrepreneurship Route

Course description

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This is a special session of the course "Taking the Entrepreneurship Route" for SheTrades.

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.

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.

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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 (L251)
Case Study 1
Overview of Youth Employment (C038)
Lecture 2
Being an Entrepreneur (L252)
Case Study 2
Being an Entrepreneur (C039)
Lecture 3
The Entrepreneurship Process (L253)
Case Study 3
The Entrepreneurship Process (C040)
Entrepreneur Readiness Self-Assessment
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Course Language
English ‎(en)‎
Next start date
To be announced...
Time required
4 hours over 2 weeks
Course type
Online/Internet Based
Course fee
Course access
Tutor Information

Kritee Sharrma

Valentina Saponara

Laura Canevari, PhD, is a climate change adaptation specialist with 12+ years of experience. She is the CEO and Founder of ITACA, dedicated to accelerating climate adaptation in the Caribbean region. Laura has supported climate services for public and private sectors, including vulnerability assessments, community-based adaptation, and climate resilience analysis. She also facilitates training and capacity building programs. Laura holds degrees from the University of Queensland, University of Oxford, and King's College London, with a focus on coastal management and environmental change.