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    Technical University of Munich (TUM)

    How to Start a Biotech Venture

    Skills you'll gain: Intellectual Property, Team Building, Biotechnology, Team Management, Financial Management, Entrepreneurship, Commercialization, New Business Development, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Market Intelligence, Regulatory Requirements, Business Planning, Strategic Partnership, Innovation

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Maryland, College Park

    Developing Innovative Ideas for New Companies: The First Step in Entrepreneurship

    Skills you'll gain: Business Modeling, Strategic Decision-Making, Entrepreneurship, Market Opportunities, Ideation, Innovation, Business Strategies, Customer Insights, Market Analysis, New Business Development, Competitive Analysis, Value Propositions

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    University of Cape Town

    Fintech Startups in Emerging Markets

    Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Business Modeling, Blockchain, Solution Design, Cryptography, Financial Regulations, FinTech, Financial Regulation, Business Planning, Emerging Technologies, Financial Systems, Video Production, Business Strategies, Market Opportunities, Business Strategy, Mobile Banking, Banking, Machine Learning, Financial Data

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    Michigan State University

    Launch Strategy: 5 Steps to Capstone Experience

    Skills you'll gain: Customer Acquisition Management, Business Planning, Entrepreneurship, Business Modeling, Resource Management, Sales Strategy, Plan Execution, New Business Development, Business Strategy, Customer Engagement, Go To Market Strategy, Marketing, Innovation, Fundraising and Crowdsourcing, Budgeting

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    Michigan State University

    Planning: Principled, Proposing, Proofing, and Practicing to a Success Plan

    Skills you'll gain: Value Propositions, Business Planning, Business Modeling, Entrepreneurship, Verification And Validation, Business Development, Business Strategy, Product Development, Financial Forecasting, New Business Development, Financial Analysis, Customer Analysis, Innovation

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    UNSW Sydney (The University of New South Wales)

    How to Validate your Startup Idea

    Skills you'll gain: Entrepreneurship, Financial Modeling, Financial Statements, Value Propositions, Income Statement, New Product Development, Business Modeling, Business Development, Market Opportunities, Investment Management, Lean Methodologies, Strategic Partnership, Persona Development, Customer Analysis, Presentations

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    University of California, Irvine

    Essentials of Entrepreneurship: Thinking & Action

    Skills you'll gain: Business Planning, Feasibility Studies, Entrepreneurship, Market Opportunities, Strategic Thinking, Innovation, New Business Development, Business Strategies, Ideation, Business Process, Business Analysis, Business Operations, Marketing

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    Michigan State University

    Capstone - Launch Your Own Business!

    Skills you'll gain: Product Development, Entrepreneurship, Business Planning, Operations Management, Operations, Accounting, Business, Small Business Accounting, Legal Risk, New Business Development, Business Development, Commercial Laws, Digital Advertising, Financial Statements, Marketing, Business Strategy, Cash Flows

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Creating a Technology Startup Company

    Skills you'll gain: Target Market, Persona Development, Systems Thinking, Technical Management, Business Modeling, Product Lifecycle Management, Entrepreneurship, Business Planning, Operations Management, Engineering Management, Market Analysis, New Product Development, Governance, Performance Metric, Leadership, Business Strategy, Engineering, Recruitment Strategies

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    Starweaver

    How to Build an Entrepreneurial AI Strategy

    Skills you'll gain: AI Enablement, Market Opportunities, Scalability, Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy, ChatGPT, Business Process Automation, Business Analysis, Responsible AI, Artificial Intelligence, Cost Reduction, Generative AI, Innovation, Automation, Customer experience improvement

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    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Entrepreneurship I: Laying the Foundation

    Skills you'll gain: Entrepreneurship, Value Propositions, Fundraising and Crowdsourcing, Business Development, Business Modeling, Market Opportunities, Team Building, Market Analysis, Strategic Planning, Resource Management, Customer Analysis, Leadership

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    Università Bocconi

    Startup Calling: dall'idea all'impatto

    Skills you'll gain: Go To Market Strategy, Business Modeling, Entrepreneurship, Fundraising, Sales Presentations, User Research, Problem Management, Customer Insights, New Product Development, Market Opportunities, Value Propositions, Market Analysis, Competitive Analysis

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular how to start a startup courses

  • How to Start a Biotech Venture: Technical University of Munich (TUM)
  • Developing Innovative Ideas for New Companies: The First Step in Entrepreneurship: University of Maryland, College Park
  • Fintech Startups in Emerging Markets: University of Cape Town
  • Launch Strategy: 5 Steps to Capstone Experience: Michigan State University
  • Planning: Principled, Proposing, Proofing, and Practicing to a Success Plan: Michigan State University
  • How to Validate your Startup Idea: UNSW Sydney (The University of New South Wales)
  • Essentials of Entrepreneurship: Thinking & Action: University of California, Irvine
  • Capstone - Launch Your Own Business!: Michigan State University
  • Creating a Technology Startup Company: University of Colorado Boulder
  • How to Build an Entrepreneurial AI Strategy : Starweaver

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