COURSES TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR
Starting your own company is hard, no one in their right mind will tell you otherwise. TO be a good entrepreneur, you will require grit, motivation, perseverance and most importantly- productivity. You will need skills that far exceed anything normal workers will ever have in their lifetime. Which is fair considering you’ll make more than anything normal workers will every make in their lifetime, if you succeed that is.
We can’t tell you how to become a better entrepreneur, that’s on you, and on the amount of effort you put. But what we can do is teach you how to teach yourself. So here’s a list of 5 free courses that you should definitely check out before starting a business.
Google’s fundamentals of digital marketing
As an entrepreneur you need marketing ability to get your business on track. Any business today, especially online business, need a strong digital marketing strategy. Digital marketing provides higher ROIs than any other form of marketing. Furthermore, if you know how to target ads properly, your business is pretty much guaranteed success. The nature of digital marketing makes it an absolutely essential part of any business today.
Google’s course provides you with all the basics of digital marketing. You will learn how to advertise digitally, how to analyze market data, how to set an effective business strategy and how to market content. The course is divide to 26 modules and is a self-paced mode of instructions. It is 100% free and you will also get a certificate to add onto your CV at the end.
Creativity and Entrepreneurship- Berklee Online
Berklee online is essentially an online music school but with this course it provides an unique twist. Relating entrepreneurship to other form of creative outlets like music, this course provides a different outlook on entrepreneurship. You will learn and develop a special perspective about entrepreneurship.
This course is 4 weeks long and will teach you to apply creativity into your business and innovation. Famous entrepreneurs, innovators, songwriters and artist will talk about their experience, helping you to foster your own.
Shopify Compass
Sopify Compass can be a comprehensive learning outlet for entrepreneurs. Rather than specializing on a certain field, Shopify will teach you the whole picture of entrepreneurship. Shopify is a education-dedicated website and its courses will certainly help you to make your business better. This course is specially relevant on the online space.
You can find courses of all levels, which makes this course ideal for beginners, intermediate learners as well as people with experience. If you want a one-stop guide for all the issues you will face as an entrepreneur, this is the course for you. Again, it is completely free so you can look around and decide if its for you.
Steve Blank’s “How to Build a Startup”
Steve Blank is the grandfather of the Lean Startup method, having taught Eric Reis, the author of The Lean Startup. The book has gained traction in the business world for its effectiveness in startups launch.
In this month-long, free online course, Blank teaches how to rapidly develop and test ideas by gathering massive amounts of customer and marketplace feedback. The side focuses more on the” why” side of things. This helps you truly delve deep into what you are doing and understand marketing better.
Becoming an Entrepreneur- MIT
This course is a great beginning point for entrepreneurs. In a combination of videos as well as exercises, it will teach you the basics of entrepreneurship. Additionally, you will also learn how to test your product and design it effectively.
This 6-week course will cover entrepreneurship myths, business goal-setting and identifying opportunities among others. It will also provide you knowledge regarding planning your business and pitching it to investors and buyers.
If you want to learn more about general free online courses, see our article here.
