University of Virginia
Entrepreneurship: Growing Your Business Specialization

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University of Virginia

Entrepreneurship: Growing Your Business Specialization

Alex Cowan
Mary Gentile
Luann J. Lynch

Instructors: Alex Cowan

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
4.8

(1,246 reviews)

Beginner level
No prior experience required
4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Four ways to grow your business: scale and CVP, innovating, outsourcing and strategic acquisitions

  • How to use journal entries to record transactions and prepare and use t-accounts to summarize transactions recorded during an accounting period

  • A toolkit for voicing and enacting your values and principles

  • How to apply innovation tools from the worlds of design thinking and Lean Startup to your business model design

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Specialization - 4 course series

What you'll learn

  • How to use journal entries to record transactions and prepare and use t-accounts to summarize transactions recorded during an accounting period

  • The three most commonly used financial statements and how they fit together

  • How to prepare these financial statements based on transactions recorded during an accounting period

  • How to draw basic conclusions about a company's financial health

Skills you'll gain

Category: Financial Statements
Category: Cash Flows
Category: Balance Sheet
Category: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
Category: Income Statement
Category: Accrual Accounting
Category: Financial Statement Analysis
Category: Financial Accounting
Category: Accounting
Category: Annual Reports
Category: Financial Reporting
Category: Accounting Records
Category: Financial Analysis
Category: Ledgers (Accounting)

What you'll learn

  • The skills and confidence to act on your values

  • A toolkit for voicing and enacting your values and principles

  • Leadership skills in responding to values conflicts

  • The ability to voice your values effectively

Skills you'll gain

Category: Ethical Standards And Conduct
Category: Self-Awareness
Category: Conflict Management
Category: Initiative and Leadership
Category: Decision Making
Category: Leadership Development
Category: Action Oriented
Category: Case Studies
Category: Overcoming Objections
Category: Personal Integrity
Category: Leadership
Category: Strategic Leadership
Category: Personal Development
Category: Professional Development
Category: Verbal Communication Skills
Category: Business Ethics
Category: Plan Execution
Category: Program Implementation
Category: Employee Coaching
Category: Empowerment

What you'll learn

  • New models of how to run an effective business that makes the world a better place

  • Corporate responsibility, philanthropy, and building sustainable value

  • Creating value for stakeholders through conscious capitalism and stakeholder theory

  • How to develop a business idea that makes money and makes the world a better place

Skills you'll gain

Category: Corporate Sustainability
Category: Business
Category: Employee Engagement
Category: Philanthropy
Category: Business Ethics
Category: Stakeholder Analysis
Category: Sustainable Business
Category: Business Strategy
Category: Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG)
Category: Business Modeling
Category: Business Acumen
Category: Organizational Leadership
Category: Stakeholder Engagement
Category: Environmental Issue
Category: Innovation
Category: Company, Product, and Service Knowledge
Category: Entrepreneurship

What you'll learn

  • How to create an explicit view of a company or product strategy in 20 minutes (with a little practice!)

  • How to apply innovation tools from the worlds of design thinking and Lean Startup to your business model design

  • How to use the Canvas to organize ideas and have better discussions by driving to specifics and linkages between key business drivers

  • How to apply a test-driven approach to business model innovation

Skills you'll gain

Category: Innovation
Category: Business Modeling
Category: Business Strategy
Category: Customer Analysis
Category: Value Propositions
Category: Product Management
Category: Design Thinking
Category: Business Process
Category: New Product Development
Category: Resource Allocation
Category: Strategic Partnership
Category: Process Design
Category: Customer experience strategy (CX)
Category: Market Opportunities
Category: Lean Methodologies

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University of Virginia
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