Entrepreneurship Courses

USM;  University of Maryland

Agile Innovation and Problem Solving Skills

224 reviews

Learn how to deliver greater value through Agile solution targeting and theory of constraints that unleash your team's innovative potential.

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 4 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Starting a Business 1: Vision and Opportunity

85 reviews

Interested in starting a business? This course will help you define your vision and discover opportunities to make it happen.

• FutureLearn
• 2 hours a week, 2 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Developing Innovative Ideas for New Companies: The First Step in Entrepreneurship

34 reviews

This course assists aspiring and active entrepreneurs in developing great ideas into great companies. With strong economies presenting rich opportunities for new venture creation, and challenging economic times presenting the necessity for many to make t…

• Coursera
• 8-9 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 6 days from now (15th Aug)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

UCT

Becoming a changemaker: Introduction to Social Innovation

36 reviews

This free 6 week course is for anyone who wants to make a difference. Whether you are already familiar with the field of social innovation or social entrepreneurship, working for an organization that wants to increase its social impact, or just starting…

• Coursera
• 20 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 6 days from now (15th Aug)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Y Combinator

Startup School

41 reviews

Learn how to start a startup with YC’s free 8-week online course.

• Independent
• 10 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

USM;  University of Maryland

Financing Innovative Ventures

39 reviews

Demystify key financial concepts for creating a financial plan for your new venture to raise the right funding from the right partners at the right time

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 4 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

USM;  University of Maryland

Identifying Entrepreneurial Opportunities

38 reviews

Learn today’s newest skills and tools for identifying and acting on entrepreneurial opportunities for startup companies and corporate innovations

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 4 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

USM;  University of Maryland

Achieving Product-Market Fit

34 reviews

Learn how to truly know your target customer, your customer’s underserved needs, your value proposition, your product feature set, and your user experience, then integrate this knowledge into product and market requirements and positioning plans

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 4 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Essentials of Entrepreneurship: Thinking & Action

7 reviews

Success in business can be greatly enhanced with an understanding of key entrepreneurial characteristics and competencies solutions. This interactive course provides potential entrepreneurs with the knowledge of succeeding in an entrepreneurial opportun…

• Coursera
• 5-6 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• Today
• Free Online Course (Audit)

New Venture Finance: Startup Funding for Entrepreneurs

9 reviews

This course is for aspiring or active entrepreneurs who wants to understand how to secure funding for their company. This course will demystify key financing concepts to give entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs a guide to secure funding. Examine t…

• Coursera
• 20 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 6 days from now (15th Aug)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Grow to Greatness: Smart Growth for Private Businesses, Part II

7 reviews

This course focuses on the common human resource ("people") challenges faced by existing private businesses when they attempt to grow substantially. PART 1 OF THE GROW TO GREATNESS COURSE IS NOT A PREREQUISITE FOR TAKING THIS COURSE.

• Coursera
• 9-10 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• Today
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Penn;  Wharton

Entrepreneurship 2: Launching your Start-Up

10 reviews

Once you have a prototype and a clearer vision of the opportunity, you’ll need to create a small organization to discover how to create a repeatable and scalable business model. Designed to provide you with a comprehensive overview of the critical compon…

• Coursera
• 8-9 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• Today
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Innovation for Entrepreneurs: From Idea to Marketplace

8 reviews

Develop insights on navigating the innovation process from idea generation to commercialization. Build knowledge on how to create strategies to bring innovations to market. Develop an innovation portfolio and business model canvas for your venture. We e…

• Coursera
• 11 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 6 days from now (15th Aug)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Starting a Business 2: People and Networks

21 reviews

Find out how working with people and exploring networks can help you take your business to the next level.

• FutureLearn
• 2 hours a week, 2 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Grow to Greatness: Smart Growth for Private Businesses, Part I

6 reviews

This course focuses on challenges faced by existing private businesses when they attempt to grow substantially.

• Coursera
• 9-10 hours worth of material, 7 weeks long
• Today
• Free Online Course (Audit)