Taking the Entrepreneurship Route

Course

Facilitated e-learning

UN Partner

International Trade Center

Length: Two weeks
Effort: 4 hours
Level: Introductory
Language: English
Venue: Online

Certificate: Yes
Price: Free

This course gives aspiring young entrepreneurs a clear understanding of the path of entrepreneurship, the risks and rewards of being an entrepreneur, as well as the business start-up process.

Sustainable Development Goals: Decent work and economic growth; Partnerships for the goals; Partnerships for the goals - Capacity-building

Subject: Entrepreneurship

Keywords: entrepreneurship; sustainability

About this course

This course gives aspiring young entrepreneurs a clear understanding of the path of entrepreneurship, the risks and rewards of being an entrepreneur, as well as the business start-up process. Young men and women will benefit from enhancing their entrepreneurial mindset and developing skills to identify and act on opportunities. This course is part of the ITC Youth and Trade Initiative, which is aimed at fostering the inclusion of young entrepreneurs into international markets and global value chains, with the ultimate objective of creating jobs and income opportunities.

Download syllabus

Learning objectives

Understand the risks and rewards of taking the entrepreneurship route;
Identify the role of an entrepreneur;
Conceptualize entrepreneurship as a process;
Formulate a Business Opportunity Assessment to decide whether or not to act on an identified business idea; and
Produce a Business Model Canvas to document a company’s value proposition, infrastructure, customers and finances.