What’s Your Big Idea?

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What’s Your Big Idea?

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About this course: Whether your interest lies in solving the world’s biggest problems, creating the next commercial success or addressing something closer to home, this course will give you a toolbox to vet your ideas and test them in the real world.

Created by:  The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Taught by:  Professor Buck Goldstein, University Entrepreneur in Residence and Professor of the Practice

    Economics
  • Taught by:  Dr. Holden Thorp, PhD , Provost and Professor of Chemistry and Medicine

    Chemistry
Commitment 2-3 hours/week Language English, Subtitles: Spanish How To Pass Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. Us…

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When you enroll for courses through Coursera you get to choose for a paid plan or for a free plan

  • Free plan: No certicification and/or audit only. You will have access to all course materials except graded items.
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About this course: Whether your interest lies in solving the world’s biggest problems, creating the next commercial success or addressing something closer to home, this course will give you a toolbox to vet your ideas and test them in the real world.

Created by:  The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Taught by:  Professor Buck Goldstein, University Entrepreneur in Residence and Professor of the Practice

    Economics
  • Taught by:  Dr. Holden Thorp, PhD , Provost and Professor of Chemistry and Medicine

    Chemistry
Commitment 2-3 hours/week Language English, Subtitles: Spanish How To Pass Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. User Ratings 4.6 stars Average User Rating 4.6See what learners said Coursework

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Syllabus


WEEK 1


Think
We start at the beginning with your big idea and where it comes from: your everyday experience and known sources of innovation as described by Peter Drucker.


8 videos, 1 reading expand


  1. Video: Think About Your Big Idea
  2. Video: The Unexpected
  3. Video: Incongruities
  4. Video: Process Need
  5. Video: Industry and Market Structures
  6. Video: Demographics, Changes in Perception, and New Knowledge
  7. Video: Desh Deshpande: Introduction, Big Idea, and Advice to Himself
  8. Video: Jud Bowman: Introduction, Entrepreneurial Traits, and Challenges
  9. Reading: Guest Entrepreneur Bios

Graded: Week 1 Quiz

WEEK 2


Listen
This second phase of the entrepreneurial lifecycle encourages you to take the big idea you’ve thought about and solicit feedback from the people whose problems you’re trying to solve.


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  1. Video: Listen to Your Customers
  2. Video: The Importance of the Listening Phase
  3. Video: The Purpose of a Business
  4. Video: Setting Up Customer Meetings
  5. Video: Running Customer Meetings
  6. Video: Your Total Product
  7. Video: Listening to Suppliers
  8. Video: Conclusion
  9. Video: Jud Bowman: Cold-calling and Listening for a Customer's Problem
  10. Video: Desh Deshpande: Talking to Customers
  11. Video: Shazi Visram: Introduction and Listening to Customers

Graded: Week 2 Quiz

WEEK 3


Plan
Strategy, the art and science of being different than your competition, is the next element we introduce, based on Michael Porter’s work.


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  1. Video: Plan Your Strategy
  2. Video: What is Strategy?
  3. Video: Porter's Five Forces
  4. Video: Bargaining Power of Buyers, Supplier Substitutes, and Rivalry
  5. Video: Conducting a SWOT Analysis
  6. Video: Strategic Positioning
  7. Video: Conclusion
  8. Video: Jud Bowman: Risk-Taking Behavior
  9. Video: Desh Deshpande: Planning Cascade Communications
  10. Video: Shazi Visram: Advice to Her Younger Self

Graded: Week 3 Quiz

WEEK 4


Clarify
In this module, we coach you on continuing to refine your big idea and beginning to communicate it clearly to a wider audience.


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  1. Video: Clarify Your Big Idea
  2. Video: Creating Fit & a Business Model
  3. Video: Introducing the Business Model Canvas
  4. Video: Customer Segments
  5. Video: Channels
  6. Video: Revenue Streams
  7. Video: Key Partnerships
  8. Video: Your Elevator Pitch
  9. Video: Conclusion
  10. Video: Jud Bowman: Avoiding Crisis Mode
  11. Video: Desh Deshpande: What is a Successful Elevator Pitch?
  12. Video: Shazi Visram: Control in Her Venture

Graded: Week 4 Quiz

WEEK 5


Support
To make your big idea into a reality, you’ll need the personal, professional, and financial resources we discuss in this module.


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  1. Video: Support Your Big Idea
  2. Video: Support is Than Financing
  3. Video: Building Your Foundation and Beyond
  4. Video: Funding: For-Profits
  5. Video: How Much?
  6. Video: Conclusion
  7. Video: Jud Bowman: Control in His Ventures
  8. Video: Desh Deshpande: Solving Problems with Processes
  9. Video: Desh Deshpande and Jud Bowman: Assembling Teams
  10. Video: Shazi Visram: Disciplines to Avoid Crisis Mode

Graded: Week 5 Quiz

WEEK 6


Iterate
This final step of the entrepreneurial lifecycle outlines a method to continue thinking, listening, planning, clarifying, and supporting your big idea.


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  1. Video: Iterate Your Big Idea
  2. Video: A Metaphor for the Entrepreneurial Life
  3. Video: The Entrepreneurial Lifecycle
  4. Video: MVP
  5. Video: Testing + Pivoting
  6. Video: Navigating Growth
  7. Video: Conclusion and What's Your Big Idea?
  8. Video: Jud Bowman: Control in His Ventures
  9. Video: Desh Deshpande: Constant Reinvention and Evaluating Decisions
  10. Video: Shazi Visram: A Hurdle

Graded: Week 6 Quiz

Peer Assessment (Optional)
Create a pitch for your Big Idea, then give and receive feedback.


6 videos, 2 readings expand


  1. Reading: Instructions
  2. Peer Review: Peer Assessment
  3. Reading: Project Resource Links
  4. Video: How to Change Privacy Settings on YouTube
  5. Video: How to Upload Videos to YouTube
  6. Video: How to Upload Video to Vimeo
  7. Video: Very Good Project: 18 pts
  8. Video: Good Project: 13 points
  9. Video: Insufficient Project: 3 points


Reverse Pitches (Optional)
In these optional videos, experts from UNC Chapel Hill and Washington University in St. Louis offered their insider perspectives on a number of pressing problems that present unprecedented opportunities for meaningful innovation.


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  1. Video: Mark Katz: Pitching Challenges in the Arts
  2. Video: Alice Ammerman: Pitching Challenges in Food Systems
  3. Video: Jim Johnson: Pitching Aging & Demographic Changes
  4. Video: Matthew Rascoff: Pitching Problems in Higher Education
  5. Video: Steve Malik: Pitching Problems in Healthcare
  6. Video: Nancy Morrow Howell: Pitching Changes in Employment with Aging
  7. Video: Michael Sherraden: Pitching Universal Identification
  8. Video: Jeff Gordon: Pitching Problems in Childhood Undernutrition
  9. Video: Marcus Raichle: Challenges in Brain Development
  10. Reading: Reverse Pitch Guest Bios
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