DO Your Venture: Entrepreneurship for Everyone

"DO Your Venture: Entrepreneurship for Everyone" is an engaging, hands-on business and management course designed to equip you with the essential skills and knowledge needed to turn your entrepreneurial ideas into reality. This course, offered by IIMBx, introduces you to a systematic, scientific, and accessible process for testing and developing your business concepts.

What students will learn:

• The "DO Your Venture" ideology, emphasizing action-oriented entrepreneurship
• Common paths taken by successful entrepreneurs
• Techniques for idea generation and evaluation
• Methods for rapidly developing and testing ideas through customer feedback
• Tools for launching a venture, including the Lean Canvas model
• Understanding of effectuation principles in entrepreneurial intent and action

Prerequisites:

This course is open to individuals from all educational and professional backgrounds. No specific prerequisites are required, making it accessible to anyone with an interest in entrepreneurship.

Course Coverage:

• Introduction to the DO Philosophy and entrepreneurship myths
• Types of entrepreneurs and the concept of equifinality
• Opportunity recognition and idea generation techniques
• Jobs To Be Done Framework
• Idea validation and evaluation methods
• Lean Canvas model vs. traditional business plans
• Effectuation principles and their application in entrepreneurship

Who this course is for:

• Aspiring entrepreneurs from any background
• Students interested in business and management
• Professionals looking to start their own ventures
• Anyone curious about the entrepreneurial process and mindset

Real-world Application:

• Launching and managing new business ventures
• Evaluating and refining business ideas
• Developing a lean and agile approach to entrepreneurship
• Applying entrepreneurial thinking in various professional settings
• Improving decision-making processes in business contexts
• Creating and validating business models

This comprehensive course offers a unique blend of theoretical knowledge and practical application, ensuring that students are well-equipped to embark on their entrepreneurial journey with confidence and a solid foundation of skills and strategies.