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Identify entrepreneurial ideas with entrepreneurial thinking (entrepreneurial mindset, motivation, and behavior), see (industry condition, industry state, macroeconomic change, and competition), and act (value innovation and opportunity identification).
Create innovative business models to design value propositions effectively, build and lead a well-composed team, pursue great ideas that really matter to customers, and design a financial model that minimizes risk and maximizes your success.
Explore the marketing of innovations by learning tactics for gathering marketing research and customer intelligence, understanding the need to adopt a customer orientation, and applying marketing strategies to dynamic environments.
Develop financing strategies with an understanding of short-term financing alternatives, capital structures,
4 months. 2 - 3 hours per week suggested.
4 virtual courses in soft skills
The Professional Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship distills vast amounts of research in psychology, sociology, marketing, strategy, and finance into a practical guide for emerging entrepreneurs and aspiring and active corporate innovators.
Our world-class, award-winning faculty present a whole new understanding of business ideas and actions.
In essence, we make a powerful argument that anyone can be a successful entrepreneur or corporate innovator if they carefully examine themselves and the business opportunity.
Leveraging these insights within our curriculum, we share how to create and transform your business ideas into startups that are lasting successes.
This experience is valuable to emerging entrepreneurs and corporate innovators.
Students interested in developing and commercializing their own ideas into a product or service-based startup can do so in this Professional Certificate.
For students interested in gaining the knowledge, competencies, and relationships to solve innovation challenges within established companies and organizations, this Professional Certificate is equally valuable.
Our Innovation and Entrepreneurship courses are designed to map out the life cycle of a new business, with students building their ideas throughout the four-course programme.
With an emphasis on viable projects, students can select and work on new business ideas or corporate ventures of their choice, and apply the lessons learned to their own interests.
This is valuable for for-profits, nonprofits, social entrepreneurs, and government organizations.
The University of Maryland is a world leader in educating entrepreneurs and innovators, recently ranked the #3 public university in this category by The Princeton Review.
The team leading the Professional Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship created and directs the Master of Professional Studies in Technology Entrepreneurship (the #1 online master's program in entrepreneurship by BestColleges.com), the Living-Learning Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program (Winner of the Outstanding Specialized Entrepreneurship Program of the Year by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship) and more than 20 courses in Innovation and Entrepreneurship serving more than 5,000 full-time University of Maryland students annually.
recently ranked the #3 public university in this category by The Princeton Review.
The team leading the Professional Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship created and directs the Master of Professional Studies in Technology Entrepreneurship (the #1 online master's program in entrepreneurship by BestColleges.com), the Living-Learning Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program (Winner of the Outstanding Specialized Entrepreneurship Program of the Year by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship) and more than 20 courses in Innovation and Entrepreneurship serving more than 5,000 full-time University of Maryland students annually.
recently ranked the #3 public university in this category by The Princeton Review.
The team leading the Professional Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship created and directs the Master of Professional Studies in Technology Entrepreneurship (the #1 online master's program in entrepreneurship by BestColleges.com), the Living-Learning Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program (Winner of the Outstanding Specialized Entrepreneurship Program of the Year by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship) and more than 20 courses in Innovation and Entrepreneurship serving more than 5,000 full-time University of Maryland students annually.
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