Start your entrepreneurship journey by completing training modules that teach you core management principles to help perfect your business plans and pitches. 

Learning Outcomes:

• Establishing value propositions and utility to help focus on specific motivations for creating a product.
• Defining target markets.
• Evaluating utility and value of a product within an industry using market research.  
• Designing a usage scenario for a product.  
• Understanding software design principles in product development.

Course Outline:

• Module 1 – Self-Assessment: Are You an Entrepreneur?
• Module 2 – Value Creation & Exchange Part 1: Understanding Utility & Value Propositions
• Module 3 – Value Creation & Exchange Part 2: Knowing Your Target Market
• Module 4 – Entrepreneurship Research 101 Part 1: Understanding Market Research Strategies
• Module 5 – Entrepreneurship Research 101 Part 2: Identifying and Finding Industry Research

Delivered online through The BRIDGE at the University of Toronto Scarborough and created in collaboration with the UTSC Library, UTSC Department of Management, U of T Libraries, Centre for Teaching & Learning, and UTSC Arts & Science Co-op.

This MOOC is one of the many ways U of T keeps you informed, inspired and in touch with alumni all over the world. Stay connected to your U of T community and never stop learning.

 U of T Alumni Entrepreneurship Tutorial Online

To support your learning, join a live faculty-led virtual tutorial on April 24 from 12:00pm-1:30pm (ET). This will be an engaging and informative lecture with a UTSC Management faculty member and librarian to deepen course participants’ entrepreneurial learning after having completed the Entrepreneurship Open Learning Series.

Facilitators:

Professor Bill McConkey, Assistant Professor of Strategic Management, Academic Director of the New Venture Program, University of Toronto Scarborough

Stephanie Perpick, Director of Operations & Library Services, The BRIDGE, University of Toronto Scarborough

Upon registering, you will receive a confirmation email with a private link to access the course. There's no account or login required for the course. If you don’t receive a confirmation after registration, please email regional.programs@alumni.utoronto.ca
 

Computer Literacy
You need access to a microphone on your computer as well as knowledge of the following skills to participate in this MOOC:

• Understanding of basic computer hardware and software; ability to perform computer operations, such as:
  • Managing files and folders: save, name, copy, move, backup, rename, delete
• Using software applications like Word, PowerPoint, Excel and email clients
• Knowledge of copying and pasting, spell-checking and saving files in different formats
• Sending and downloading attachments
• Internet skills (connecting, accessing, using browsers) and ability to perform online research using search engines
• Ability to use online communication tools such as email (create, send, receive, reply, print, send/receive attachments), discussion boards (read, search, post, reply, follow threads), chats and messenger tools

Recommended Browsers and Devices
You can use complete the course on desktop or mobile devices. 

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Compatible browsers:

• Google Chrome (recommended)
• Firefox
• Safari
• Internet Explorer
• Microsoft Edge