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University of York

Enterprise: Everybody’s Business

University of York via FutureLearn

Overview

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Learn how to find good startup ideas

Enterprising people are valuable additions to any workforce. Using a range of skills from empathy to problem-solving, enterprise knowledge can help develop an existing career, help you start a ‘side hustle’, or create a full time startup where you can develop a product or service you’ve always thought about.

On this three-week course, you’ll learn what makes a good startup idea as you discover key techniques to identify and test ideas for your business.

You’ll also learn how to assess and measure the potential customer appetite for your idea. With this knowledge, you’ll understand how to get to know your customer and judge the market to ensure your service or product idea is viable.

Discover the best practices and design thinking processes from entrepreneurs

You’ll cover activities and design thinking processes that the best founders and entrepreneurs use to test their ideas to find out whether they are likely to succeed.

Next, you’ll learn how to work with other people and how to make money or a positive social impact with your business.

Perfect your elevator pitch

As you start to develop a marketing plan, you’ll discover how to create a successful pitch to ensure you make your mark.

You’ll also learn how to protect your ideas with intellectual property (IP) protection before understanding how to take the next steps to success with a growth strategy.

Learn from the experts at the University of York

Throughout the course, you’ll be guided by the enterprise team at the University of York. With their expertise, you’ll finish the course with the skills and knowledge to make your startup idea a reality.

This course is designed for anyone interested in developing their understanding of enterprise, from employability skills to freelancing and startup.

It will be particularly useful if you are starting higher education and you want to understand the opportunities for entrepreneurship that university can offer.

Syllabus

  • Looking and Listening
    • Introduction
    • What makes a good startup idea?
    • Testing ideas and applying values
    • Know your customer
    • Closing thoughts
  • Developing and organising
    • Introduction
    • Pitching
    • Company context
    • Closing thoughts for Week 2
  • Launching and growing
    • Introduction
    • Protecting your ideas
    • Finances
    • Prototyping
    • Marketing
    • Closing thoughts and final test

Taught by

Samuel Smith

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