Entrepreneurship 101

About the product
Entrepreneurship can be learned. Begin your journey by learning the first important skill for aspiring entrepreneurs.

What separates an idea from a business?

A paying customer.

And this is where we want to take you in this course. From there you’ll begin growing your group of target customers. This will set in motion your flywheel toward an impactful enterprise.

Yes, entrepreneurship is a creative process—this is what makes it fun. But a methodical approach is necessary for it to work. And it is this combination of creativity and discipline that you’ll begin learning in this course. Specifically, upon completion of Entrepreneurship 101, you’ll have the skills to:

Conduct Market Segmentation
Select your Beachhead Market
Develop End User Profiles
Calculate your Total Addressable Market Size
Understand your Customer Persona
Entrepreneurship 101 is based on case studies of MIT startup companies and their founders. Through them you’ll get exposed to innovations in mobile apps, 3D printing, power electronics, international development, watchmaking, and more. In the process you will learn how to interview potential customers, understand the crucial difference between top-down and bottom-up market analysis, and develop a strategic framework for deciding what markets to pursue for your product or service.

This course is particularly useful for:

Corporate entrepreneurs building a new product line
Scientists and engineers commercializing new technologies
Entrepreneurship educators and policymakers

Entrepreneurship 101 prepares you for Nesook Bootcamp.

What you'll learn
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Primary Customer Research
Bottom-Up Market Analysis
Market Segmentation
Beachhead Market Analysis
Development of End User Profile
Profiling of Customer Persona
Estimation of Total Addressable Market Size
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