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Diploma in Business Management & Entrepreneurship
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Diploma in Business Management & Entrepreneurship
ALISON's free Diploma in Business Management and Entrepreneurship online business course gives you the opportunity to gain extensive knowledge and understanding of the principles and practices behind ..
Students: 249,194 Start Course
Leadership Skills in Business
Connexions

Leadership Skills in Business
Successful entrepreneurs need more than business ideas, they need to be good leaders. This free online course from ALISON reviews the essential leadership skills an entrepreneur or business person ne..
Students: 24,436 Start Course

Characteristics of the Successful Entrepreneur
Stanford

Characteristics of the Successful Entrepreneur
Jeff Hawkins is the co-founder of Palm and Handspring and is the architect of many computing products such as the PalmPilot and the Treo smartphone. In this course he will take you on a journey throu..
Students: 22,430 Start Course
Entrepreneurship - Creating the Business
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Entrepreneurship - Creating the Business
Entrepreneurship is the cornerstone of any modern economy - Everyday entrepreneurs around the world are starting their own business. This free online course from ALISON examines characteristics of en..
Students: 20,035 Start Course

Introducing the Art of Negotiation
Stanford

Introducing the Art of Negotiation
The ability to negotiate effectively is an art form which many of us are not confident in doing. Formal negotiations are however, a vital part of communication across various sectors from business to..
Students: 15,558 Start Course
Critical Skills for Entrepreneurs
Stanford

Critical Skills for Entrepreneurs
Jerry Kaplan is widely known in the computer industry as a serial entrepreneur, executive, technical innovator and author. In this free online course he explains what the best qualities of serial ent..
Students: 11,681 Start Course
Starting a Business or Social Enterprise - The Stone Soup Way
Bill Liao

Starting a Business or Social Enterprise - The Stone Soup Way
This free interactive online business course covers entrepreneurship. Taking as its inspiration the book: "Stone Soup - The Secret Recipe for Making Something from Nothing", this course tak..
Students: 9,175 Start Course
Creating Business Start-Ups The Kawasaki Way
Stanford

Creating Business Start-Ups The Kawasaki Way
Guy Kawasaki is best known as “chief evangelist” of Apple. In this free online course he gives important lessons about entrepreneurship. He explains why he thinks that the most successful companies w..
Students: 7,849 Start Course
Creating An Entrepreneur's Checklist for Success
Stanford

Creating 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...
Students: 6,585 Start Course
What Great Leaders Do
Stanford

What Great Leaders Do
In this free online course Professor Bob Sutton reveals the successful habits of well respected leaders, and outlines the type of habits practised by those who fail to lead. He points out that when p..
Students: 6,368 Start Course
Knowing the Difference between an Idea and an Opportunity
Stanford

Knowing the Difference between an Idea and an Opportunity
Building a successful business demands lots of qualities in an entrepreneur. Examples are the skill to see and recognise where improvements can be made, and knowing when help is needed to look after ..
Students: 3,847 Start Course
Developing a Global Online Enterprise
Stanford

Developing a Global Online Enterprise
eBay is now a household name as during the past decade it has become the world’s leading online marketplace. eBay allows anyone sit in their living room and buy and sell for their pleasure or as a bu..
Students: 3,261 Start Course
Key Elements of Entrepreneurial Success
Stanford

Key Elements of Entrepreneurial Success
William Sahlman is one of the world’s leading authorities on entrepreneurship. As a professor at Harvard Business School, his research focuses on investment and financing decisions made in entreprene..
Students: 2,521 Start Course
Think Big and Act Small: Vinod Khosla on Start-Ups
Stanford

Think Big and Act Small: Vinod Khosla on Start-Ups
Vinod Khosla grew up dreaming of being an entrepreneur and in 2004, he formed Khosla Ventures which offers start-up assistance, strategic advice and financial backing to entrepreneurs. The firm helps..
Students: 2,215 Start Course
Why Entrepreneurs Should Think Big
Stanford

Why Entrepreneurs Should Think Big
Donna Novitsky has many years of experience as both an entrepreneur and venture capitalist. She is CEO of Big Tent Design and was formerly venture capitalist at Mohr Davidow Ventures. Her motto is “G..
Students: 2,129 Start Course
Why Risk is Necessary for Business Growth
Stanford

Why Risk is Necessary for Business Growth
Peter Diamondis of the X Prize foundation tells the story of his path to entrepreneurship, the skills required to make a successful business and the importance of following your passion in life. In t..
Students: 1,551 Start Course
Three Facets of Business - The Endeavor Way
Stanford

Three Facets of Business - The Endeavor Way
Endeavor is a global leader in guiding entrepreneurs around the world to create and develop business and economic growth in their own countries. Endeavor consists of entrepreneurs who want to give ba..
Students: 1,239 Start Course
Understanding the Success of Silicon Valley
Stanford

Understanding the Success of Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is an area located near San Francisco in California that is the headquarters for many world leading high-tech companies such as Apple, Google, Adobe Systems, eBay and Cisco to name jus..
Students: 897 Start Course
Transferring Big Company Culture to Startups
Stanford

Transferring Big Company Culture to Startups
Dominic Orr, CEO from Aruba Networks, started up a small company in a market which was dominated by the likes of CISCO Networks. It was a daunting task bringing his own product to market in competiti..
Students: 890 Start Course

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