DO Your Venture: Entrepreneurship for Everyone

Overview

This Entrepreneurship course by IIMBx is designed for students, professionals, and problem-solvers who wish to start a business on their own. Positioning itself as a beginner-level course, Do Your Venture takes a scientific, hands-on, action-oriented approach to provide foundational knowledge about setting up a venture; to debunk the myths around entrepreneurship; and to lay down step-by-step processes involved: from business idea selection to idea evaluation to gathering customer validation to defining the business model.

Prof. Suresh Bhagavatula

Course Instructor
Entrepreneurship
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB)

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Course Details

5 weeks

3 - 4 hrs per week

Course Syllabus

Week 1 - Introduction to Do Your Venture

 

  • Week 1 Overview
  • Do Philosophy
  • Myths of Entrepreneurship
  • Equifinality and Types of Entrepreneurs
  • Knowledge Check
  • Week 1 Wrap-up
Week 2 - Opportunities and Idea Generation

 

  • Week 2 Overview
  • Toolkits for Idea Generation
  • Antecedents Of Opportunities
  • Jobs To Be Done
  • Knowledge Check
  • Graded Activity – Business Ideas
  • Week 2 Wrap-up 
Week 3 - Idea Validation and Evaluation

 

  • Week 3 Overview
  • Idea Evaluation
  • Tips from Entrepreneurs
  • Mentor Speak on Idea Validation
  • Knowledge Check
  • Graded Activity – Idea Validation and Evaluation
  • Week 3 Wrap-up
Week 4 - Lean Canvas

 

  • Week 4 Overview
  • Traditional Business Plan: A Tool for a Static World
  • Lean Canvas: A Tool for an Uncertain World
  • Using the Lean Canvas
  • Knowledge Check
  • Week 4 Wrap-up
Week 5 - Effectuation

 

  • Week 5 Overview
  • Effectuation
  • Effectuation in Action
  • Knowledge Check
  • Graded Activity Lean Canvas Final Submission

By the end of this MOOC you will be able to:

  • Integrate a strong action philosophy in developing entrepreneurial ideas, focusing on the “DO Your Venture” ideology
  • Identify the Common paths taken by successful entrepreneurs
  • Demonstrate the Pre-venture idea creation and evaluation
  • Explain how to rapidly develop and test ideas by gathering quick customer feedback
  • Apply Tools to successfully launch your venture including Lean Canvas

This course is intended for those who are aspiring to be entrepreneurs and who are interested in developing their understanding of the critical factors surrounding entrepreneurship and business decisions.