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Quick Facts

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Medium of instructions English	Mode of learning Self study	Mode of Delivery Video and Text Based	Learning efforts 4 Hours Per Week

Course overview

Innovation & Entrepreneurship - From Design Thinking to Funding course employs KTH Royal Institute of Technology and UC Berkeley Haas School of Business’s top educators. Together, they’ve created a syllabus based on proven success stories from Silicon Valley. This curriculum offers all the amenities you need, so you can focus on learning conveniently. There is free access to all the lectures, along with an online admission process and teaching to help you learn from anywhere.

Innovation & Entrepreneurship - From Design Thinking to Funding training is an intermediate course that talks about the interconnection between innovation and entrepreneurial thinking. It will help you get into an entrepreneur's mindset and develop your business idea through frameworks, business models, and tools. The curriculum also provides flexible deadlines, and if you can’t afford the fee, Coursera even offers financial aid to support your learning journey.

The Innovation & Entrepreneurship - From Design Thinking to Funding certification course focuses on the critical areas of business development and fundraising, emphasising the IT sector. Upon completion, Coursera will also reward you with a shareable certificate if you opt for it.

Course and certificate fees

Enrolment to Innovation & Entrepreneurship - From Design Thinking to Funding certification course is free. However, if you want access to the certificate and graded assignments, you need to pay the Coursera membership fee.

Innovation & Entrepreneurship - From Design Thinking to Funding course fee structure

Particulars	Fee Amount in INR
Innovation & Entrepreneurship - From Design Thinking to Funding (Audit course)	Free
Innovation & Entrepreneurship - From Design Thinking to Funding (1 month)	Rs.4,115/-
Innovation & Entrepreneurship - From Design Thinking to Funding (3 months)	Rs.8,230/-
Innovation & Entrepreneurship - From Design Thinking to Funding (6 months)	Rs.12,345/-

certificate availability

Yes

certificate providing authority

EIT

What you will learn

Entrepreneurial skills

Innovation & Entrepreneurship - From Design Thinking to Funding syllabus talks about:

How to think like an entrepreneur
Open innovation
Financing
Developing your business idea through tools, models and framework
Design thinking
Business modelling
Product-market fit
Innovation cycle process
Fundraising

The syllabus

Module 1: Innovative design thinking

Videos

Course introduction
Introduction to Module 1 to 3
Introduction to design thinking
The broad use of design thinking
Frameworks for our thinking
The brain
A design thinker

Peer Review

Frameworks for our thinking

Module 2: The innovation cycle - part 1

Videos

Introduction to the innovation cycle
Learning styles

Assignment

Innovative design thinking

Module 3: The innovation cycle - part 2

Videos

The observation phase
Observing in the field
The insight phase
The ideation phase
Ideation techniques
The experiment phase
Final thoughts

Assignment

The innovation cycle

Peer Review

The innovation cycle

Module 4: Business models - definitions and approaches

Videos

Introduction to Module 4 to 6
Introduction
Business model innovation
Business model innovation cases
Why so difficult for incumbents?
Business model disruption

Assignment

Business models - definitions and approaches

Module 5: Business models - frameworks and tools

Videos

Business model canvas
Business model navigator
Feeehand illustrator

Peer Review

Business model canvas

Module 6: Business models - customer discovery

Videos

Introduction
Customer discovery process
Case study

Quiz

Business models - frameworks, tools and customer discovery

Peer Review

Customer discovery process

Module 7: Sources of funding

Videos

Introduction to module 7 to 9
Family, friends and dentists
Crowd funding and angles
Institutional capital

Module 8: Funding your startup - part 1

Videos

Introduction
Company purpose and addressed problem
Solution and why now

Quiz

Funding

Module 9: Funding your startup - part 2

Videos

Market size and competition
Product and business model
Team and financials
About investors
Some final thoughts

Quiz

Funding your startup

Module 10: Course completion

Video

Course finale

Quiz

Final exam

Admission details

Step 1. Join the Innovation & Entrepreneurship - From Design Thinking to Funding course by admitting yourself through this weblink: https://www.coursera.org/learn/design-thinking-entrepreneurship

Step 2. Sign up with your email address or sign in with your Coursera/Google/Facebook account.

Step 3. Find and click the ‘Enroll for free’ option and start learning.

Filling the form

Sign up on the Coursera website, and you will be enrolled on the Innovation & Entrepreneurship - From Design Thinking to Funding training. There is no application form. Sign up process includes providing your name and email address. Once you select your password, you are ready to learn. Else use your social accounts, namely Facebook or Google, to sign in and begin exploring the course.

Scholarship Details

You can avail of financial aid for the Innovation & Entrepreneurship - From Design Thinking to Funding by Coursera if you cannot pay the training fee. Apply using the ‘Financial aid available’ on the course portal tab, and submit the duly filled application form. You will hear from a Coursera official about two weeks post-application submission.

How it helps

If you are gearing up to start your business and become an entrepreneur, the Innovation & Entrepreneurship - From Design Thinking to Funding training is ideal. It will help you learn the fundamentals of entrepreneurship from Silicon Valley success stories and top educators. The payment will be proof of your knowledge and will help you in the process of fundraising from venture capitalists. You can also share this accreditation via your CV/LinkedIn.

Instructors

Dr Martin Vendel
Instructor
EIT Digital

Other Masters, Ph.D

Mr Frans Nauta
Visiting scholar
EIT Digital

Mr Mark Coopersmith
Educator
EIT Digital

MBA

Mr Andrew Isaacs
Adjunct Professor
EIT Digital

M.S

Mr Clark Kellogg
Lecturer
EIT Digital

FAQs

Can Innovation & Entrepreneurship - From Design Thinking to Funding programme be accessed online?

Yes. Innovation & Entrepreneurship - From Design Thinking to Funding is an entirely digital course, which you can access online.

What are the benefits of paying the course fee?

Paying the programme fee unlocks several benefits, including complete access to the study material, the graded assessment exercises, and the certificate.

How long will it take for Coursera officials to respond to my financial aid application?

Once you have filled the application, a Coursera representative will contact you in about two weeks.

Is admission open for the current batch of Innovation & Entrepreneurship - From Design Thinking to Funding programme?

Yes. Innovation & Entrepreneurship - From Design Thinking to Funding certification course is currently open for enrolment.

What are the different enrolment options for this course?

The two enrolment options available are either auditing the course for free, with only the videos, or the Coursera plus enrolment, which gives full access to the videos, graded assignments, and certification.