Innovation & Entrepreneurship - From Design Thinking to Funding

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European Institute of Innovation and Technology via Coursera

Discover the interconnection between innovation and entrepreneurial thinking with Coursera’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship - From Design Thinking to Funding.

Lavel

Intermediate

Mode

Online

Duration

3 Weeks

Quick Facts

particular details
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.

The highlights

  • UC Berkeley Haas School  of Business and KTH Royal Institute of Technology’s instructors
  • Online course
  • Study time of approximately 12 hours
  • Readings and practise quizzes
  • Flexible deadlines for all assignments and lectures
  • Globally recognised certificate
  • An offering of EIT Digital
  • Audit mode and financial aid
  • Intermediate course 
  • English language lectures and multiple language subtitles

Program offerings

  • Globally recognised certificate
  • Audit mode
  • Financial aid
  • Renowned educators
  • Flexible deadlines
  • Intermediate course with english language videos
  • Multiple language subtitles
  • 100% online course
  • Eit digital’s offering.

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

ParticularsFee 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. 

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