Excel in entrepreneurship and innovation by learning how to assess new business opportunities, harness innovation, and transform your idea into a viable venture.
Improved knowledge to grow or start a business
Acquired new skills that were immediately applicable
Have more confidence making business decisions
Master a proven framework for building and financing new ventures, and make your entrepreneurial dreams a reality.
Strengthen your capacity to create winning strategies and bring innovations to market by discovering customer jobs to be done and aligning your business’s resources, processes, and profit formula.
Leverage design thinking principles and creative problem-solving tools to develop innovative solutions to your most challenging business problems.
Gain proven frameworks to build a viable, valuable tech venture that can profitably scale and attract venture capital.
Master negotiation techniques to secure maximum value for yourself and your organization.
Explore digital platforms' unique properties, opportunities, and risks, and develop scalable strategies that drive growth and deliver a competitive advantage.
Complete any three courses within this subject area to earn a Certificate of Specialization in entrepreneurship and innovation
Do you want to dive deeper into entrepreneurship and innovation to advance your career? By taking three courses in this subject area, you can earn an advanced Certificate of Specialization. With our past participant discount, you'll receive 30% off your second and third courses for a total savings of $1,110.
Here are three learning pathways we recommend based on your career goals and stage.
Leading Corporate Innovation: For corporate innovators seeking the strategic insight, change management skills, and digital expertise needed to succeed and make a significant impact within their organizations. You can take the courses in any order.
Intrapreneur's Toolkit: For intrapreneurs and early- or mid-career professionals looking to develop innovative opportunities, negotiate in pursuit of—and gain buy-in for—resources, and relate to the landscape of digital platforms. You can take the courses in any order.
Launching a Venture: For aspiring and current entrepreneurs to gain the foundational knowledge, specialized skills, and innovative mindset needed to start, develop, and grow their ventures successfully. We recommend beginning this pathway with Entrepreneurship Essentials.
Disruptive Strategy has given me confidence and clarity in my decisions, and I can already see the material impact of applying this model and mindset to our business and culture.
I was not well versed in several important aspects of entrepreneurship like investment structure, fundraising, and valuation. Entrepreneurship Essentials covered these topics well.
I am using some of the negotiation preparation techniques from the course in different aspects of my job. Overall, I feel more confident in situations that might have once felt intimidating.
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Reimagined the case study method through a proprietary platform featuring courses created by renowned faculty |
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Invitation to a global professional network, including the HBS Online Connext conference, HBS faculty events, and HBS Online Community |
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