Creating An Entrepreneur's Checklist for Success
ID: 406 | Video: High | Audio: None | Animation: None
Equivalent to FETAC: Level 5 | Equivalent to QCF (UK): Level 3
Learn about an entrepreneur's checklist for success.
Steve Blank is a serial entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in high technology companies and management. He is also a Consulting Professor at Stanford in the Graduate School of Engineering. In this free online course he goes through a checklist of questions and answers that will be helpful to any new business leader. He offers insights and case studies from industry and new technology companies. He focuses on important areas for business start-ups including market opportunity, market regulations and distribution, competitors and complimentors, and technology breakthroughs. You will learn why sometimes being the first and only company in a particular market can actually be a disadvantage. He discusses the difference between vertical markets and horizontal markets, and you will also learn why market and technical risks are of great importance for an entrepreneurial venture. This course will be of interest to business people, entrepreneurs and anyone who would like to hear key insights and knowledge gained by a very successful entrepreneur with years of experience in business start-ups and management.
Modules in Creating An Entrepreneur's Checklist for Success
Learning outcomes: - What should you focus on during an emerging start-up; - Why is it a bad idea to be the first and only player in the market; - Understand the difference between vertical and horizontal markets; - Why market risk and technology risk both have the potential to cause a young business to suffer; - How to balance family life with the demands of a start-up;
Sandra Tanis - Haiti
2012-11-12 02:11:30
Course Module: Module 1: An Entrepreneur's Checklist for Success
Course Topic: Lessons from Previous Talks
Comment: you need to be realistic on the market needs and product that you will offer and listen to the customer to improve or probably change to another product
Maybell Williams - Egypt
2012-09-29 09:09:04
Course Module: Module 2: Entrepreneur's Checklist Assessment
Course Topic: An Entrepreneurs Checklist Assessment
Comment: The exam finish botton does not respond
Diane MacKay - United States of America
2012-06-24 11:06:52
Course Module: Module 2: Entrepreneur's Checklist Assessment
Course Topic: An Entrepreneurs Checklist Assessment
Comment: Extremely interesting...I did learn about the difference between vertical and horizontal markets and what to consider. I like the idea of being “a fast first follower.” This was a very good lesson and glad that I completed it. The speaker Jack Blind is a very good speaker with excellent clarity. He is very easy to understand.
Edmond Gega - Albania
2012-05-06 07:05:02
Course Module: Module 1: An Entrepreneur's Checklist for Success
Course Topic: Lessons from Previous Talks
Comment: Very good lesson. Makes the mind race.
ALISON Support Team - Ireland
2012-04-10 15:04:22
Course Module: Module 1: An Entrepreneur's Checklist for Success
Course Topic: An Entrepreneur’s Checklist
Comment: Creating An Entrepreneur's Checklist for Success is amazing for Entrepreneurs