Entrepreneurial
Opportunities
COURSE DETAILS
No Prerequisites Required
COURSE DATES
This is a self-paced course, so you can
learn when it suits you.
Finish Date:
December 31, 2022 0:00 AM UTC
TIME COMMITMENT
Between 2 to 3 hours per week.
ASSESSMENTS & CERTIFICATION
To qualify for a certificate, all questions,
worked problems and assignments must be
completed. edX will only issue certificates
to participants that have chosen the ‘Veri-
fied Track’ and complete the course with a
grade of 50% or higher. When your certifi-
cate is available, you will be notified in your
edX dashboard.
GRADING SCHEME
Pass (50% or higher)
Fail (under 50%)
Course syllabus
COURSE OVERVIEW
Do you have a biusiness idea, but you’re not sure if it’s going to fly?
Or maybe you know you want to be an entrepreneur, but you’re not
sure where to start. This business course is for anyone aspiring to
be an entrepreneur – regardless of the industry or type of venture
you might have in mind.
This course offers an overview of the guiding principles that
underpin the entrepreneurial process, providing you with practical
tips and grounded theory to evaluate your entrepreneurial
opportunity, team and resources. You’ll explore some of the
myths and key facts about entrepreneurship, and find out what it
takes to be an entrepreneur, so that you can conduct your own
selfassessment and identify priorities for your own growth as
an entrepreneur. You’ll learn how to unlock your creativity and
innovation to help you generate more and better entrepreneurial
ideas. You’ll bring it all together in a capstone activity designed
to help you evaluate the entrepreneurial opportunity you have
identified.
In this course, you will work with the expert team at the
Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre at the
University of Adelaide. They have experience as entrepreneurs and
investors and have facilitated the establishment of many successful
businesses.
Join us and make your business ideas fly.
Week 1: The entrepreneurial process
WEEK 1 LEARNING OBJECTIVES
» Describe what entrepreneurship is and how it’s different to
conventional business approaches
» Understand the diversity of entrepreneurial characteristics
and describe the different entrepreneur types
» Distinguish what innovation is and how it impacts the success
of the entrepreneurial process
» Outline the key factors that underline the entrepreneurial
process.
WEEK 1 ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS
» Weekly questions and activities.
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Week 2: The importance of creativity and ideas
WEEK 2 LEARNING OBJECTIVES
» Understand the importance of creativity and idea generation within the
entrepreneurial process
» Be able to identify mental blocks that inhibit creativity and apply creative
thinking techniques to overcome them
» Learn how to apply ideation techniques to develop new and unique ideas
that can lead to successful business opportunities.
WEEK 2 ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS
» Weekly questions and activities.

Week 3: From ideas to opportunities

WEEK 3 LEARNING OBJECTIVES
» Identify the differences between a business idea and real business
opportunities
» Understand and identify what an exceptional business opportunity looks like
» Learn how to apply evaluation techniques to a business idea to determine
market, financial and harvestability prospects.
WEEK 3 ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS
» Weekly questions and activities.

Week 4: Teams and leaders

WEEK 4 LEARNING OBJECTIVES
» Outline the characteristics of a cohesive entrepreneurial team with
complementary skills
» Understand the importance of matching the opportunity with the right
entrepreneurial team members
» Identify the key strategies that will give your opportunity the best chance of
success.
WEEK 4 ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS
» Weekly questions and activities.

Week 5: Assessing the opportunity

WEEK 5 LEARNING OBJECTIVES
» Learn how to quantify your gut feel about an opportunity through the use of
quantitative decision tools
» Be able to analyse and interpret results generated by relevant quantitative
decision tools
» Outline what steps are needed to take a viable opportunity and create a
business.
WEEK 5 ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS
» Weekly questions and activities.

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