{"id":5041,"date":"2023-02-22T21:06:13","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T21:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ient101\/?page_id=5041"},"modified":"2023-02-22T21:06:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T21:06:13","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ient101\/startup\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"floatright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:Woman_making_written_notes_and_using_a_macbook.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Woman making written notes and using a macbook.jpg\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/b\/b7\/Woman_making_written_notes_and_using_a_macbook.jpg\/300px-Woman_making_written_notes_and_using_a_macbook.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><b>Course Name<\/b>: Becoming an Entrepreneur (IENT101)\n<\/p>\n<p>In this course you&#8217;ll review the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs and apply techniques for generating ideas to initiate a market analysis and supporting due-diligence assessment for a startup business.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"What_will_I_learn.3F\">What will I learn?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Define entrepreneurship\n<\/li>\n<li> Identify the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs\n<\/li>\n<li> Review the advantages and disadvantages of small business ownership\n<\/li>\n<li> Conduct a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis\n<\/li>\n<li> Examine the key questions an entrepreneur should answer before starting a business\n<\/li>\n<li> Review techniques for generating ideas\n<\/li>\n<li> Complete a due-diligence survey for a business idea\n<\/li>\n<li> Distinguish between market research and market intelligence and explain the situations in which each approach should be used\n<\/li>\n<li> Describe the basic steps of market research and corresponding purposes for each step\n<\/li>\n<li> Describe competitive intelligence\n<\/li>\n<li> Review types of market exchanges and partnerships\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"What.27s_involved.3F\">What&#8217;s involved?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This micro-course is offered online for independent study or you can join an international community of learners in gaining a better understanding of becoming an entrepreneur. There are four learning pathways, each containing numerous resources and activities.\n<\/p>\n<p>The learning pathways are:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"\/ient101\/learning-pathways\/the-nature-of-entrepreneurship\/overview\" title=\"Introduction to entrepreneurship\/IENT101\/Nature\/Overview\">The nature of entrepreneurship<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"\/ient101\/learning-pathways\/what-makes-a-successful-entrepreneur\/overview\" title=\"Introduction to entrepreneurship\/IENT101\/Entrepreneur\/Overview\">What makes a successful entrepreneur?<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"\/ient101\/learning-pathways\/entrepreneurs-as-small-business-owners\/overview\" title=\"Introduction to entrepreneurship\/IENT101\/Small business\/Overview\">Entrepreneurs as small business owners<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"\/ient101\/learning-pathways\/before-starting-your-own-business\/overview\" title=\"Introduction to entrepreneurship\/IENT101\/Before\/Overview\">Before starting your own business<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"What_prerequisites_should_I_have.2C_if_any.3F\">What prerequisites should I have, if any?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Anyone is free to participate in this course. An internet connection and basic web-browsing skills are recommended, with the ability to create a blog and microblog account (instructions and self-study tutorials provided.) You are requested to keep a personal learning journal, as reflection has been shown to markedly increase learning.\n<\/p>\n<p>You will need to be proficient in English language (reading, writing and listening) to participate successfully in this course.\n<\/p>\n<p>This is one of three micro-courses which together make up the <i>Introduction to Entrepreneurship<\/i> course. Each micro-course can be studied independently, but we recommend study in the following order because the later micro-courses draw to some extent on knowledge, skills and resources developed in the earlier ones:\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- WEtheme eyJwIjoiT0VSZiIsImNzcyI6ImNzc1wvZm9udC1hd2Vzb21lXC9jc3NcL2ZvbnQtYXdlc29tZS5taW4uY3NzIiwiaGVhZGVyIjoiYmx1ci5odG1sIn0= -->\n<\/p>\n<table class=\"oeru1 table table-striped\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Micro-course number\n<\/th>\n<th>Micro-course name and link\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>IENT101<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/ient101\/becoming-an-entrepreneur\" title=\"Introduction to entrepreneurship\/IENT101\/home\">Becoming an entrepreneur<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>IENT102<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/Introduction_to_entrepreneurship\/IENT102\/home\" title=\"Introduction to entrepreneurship\/IENT102\/home\">Planning a business start-up<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>IENT103<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/Introduction_to_entrepreneurship\/IENT103\/home\" title=\"Introduction to entrepreneurship\/IENT103\/home\">Financing a business start-up<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>All the micro-courses can be accessed and consulted freely online.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"What_assessment_options_do_I_have.3F\">What assessment options do I have?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are various options for assessment and certification of participation. 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