Welcome to Introduction to Entrepreneurship 

Transcript

Hello everyone and welcome to the introduction to entrepreneurship course. This course will give you an overview and understanding of what entrepreneurship is all about, as well as understand your own entrepreneurial potential. Regardless of your level of experience with entrepreneurs or entrepreneurial concepts, this course is for you. We will learn all about entrepreneurship as a concept, what makes entrepreneurs unique, and how we can all use entrepreneurship as a means to create positive change in our lives, and in the world around us. Throughout this course, you will explore and develop the very entrepreneurial skills that you will learn about through several activities and reflective assignments.

You will notice as you navigate through the course you have the option to learn about these concepts by either watching videos or reading the transcripts. Experiment with both and choose whichever approach works best for you, keeping in mind you are always welcome to go back and repeat the lessons and interactive activities as many times as you like.

You may also notice as you’re going through the course that there are several activities and assignments. If you are completing this course as part of a formal course with a post-secondary institution, confirm with your instructor that the activities and assignments are staying the same, or if they are taking a different approach for your assignments. If you are completing this course on your own for your own learning, please feel free to complete the activities and assignments for your own benefit. By the end of this course, with your entrepreneurial skills refined, you will develop your own entrepreneurial plan to effect positive change.

Once again welcome to the course and enjoy the learning experience.

This course will introduce you to entrepreneurship as an approach to life and to create your own career. Through foundational concepts and frameworks, we will learn about entrepreneurship as a process including: entrepreneurial identity, opportunity creation and evaluation, mobilizing resources, and growth. The course is designed around the major stages in this process, and an overview of factors that are key to entrepreneurial success across industries, sectors, and roles is provided.