Entrepreneurial

Opportunities
Course Details
No Prerequisites Required
Course Dates
Start Date:
13 September 2016 00:30 AM
UTC
Finish Date:
18 October 2016 00:30 AM
UTC
Time Commitment
Between 2 to 3 hours per week.
Assessment Due Date
18 October 2016 00:30 AM
UTC
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Course Syllabus
Course Overview
Do you have a business idea, but youre not sure if its
going to fly? Or maybe you know you want to be an
entrepreneur, but youre 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. Youll
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. Youll learn how to unlock your
creativity and innovation to help you generate more and
better entrepreneurial ideas. And youll 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 its
different to conventional business approaches
Understand the diversity of entrepreneurial
characteristics and describe the different
entrepreneur types
Be able to 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
You'll be assessed on the following items due on 18
October 2016 0:30 AM UTC:

Weekly questions and activities

Week 2: The Importance of

Creativity & 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
You'll be assessed on the following items due on 18
October 2016 0:30 AM UTC:

Weekly questions and activities

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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
You'll be assessed on the following items due on 18
October 2016 0:30 AM UTC:

Weekly questions and activities

Week 4: Teams & 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
You'll be assessed on the following items due on 18
October 2016 0:30 AM UTC:

Weekly questions and activities

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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
You'll be assessed on the following items due on 18
October 2016 0:30 AM UTC:

Weekly questions and activities

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