Innovative Entrepreneurship for the Youth

This e-learning course is meant for aspiring entrepreneurs or anyone who wants to learn more about how to start and sustain a new business in a postpandemic, digitally connected, rapidly evolving world.

Bringing together concepts from the worlds of business, design thinking, innovation, and startups, this course will teach the fundamentals of solving meaningful problems and scaling up innovative solutions into a sustainable business.

Course Objectives

The main objectives of this course are:

  •    Building awareness of the entrepreneurship journey
  •    Identifying user-defined problems for a target audience
  •    Developing scalable, differentiated solutions
  •    Designing and implementing a strategy to launch and grow a business
  •    Fundamentals of business valuation, raising funds, and exit options
  •    Importance of teaming, culture, integrity, and leadership
This e-learning course will cover the following modules:

Module 1: Cultivating an Entrepreneurial Mindset
Module 2: Defining a Problem and Innovative Solutions
Module 3: Creating a Sustainable Business Model
Module 4: Building and Leading a Team
Module 5: Attracting Investment for Growth

Important Notes:

  1. Participants who register to take this course and pass the final examination with a score of 70% or higher will be eligible to receive the APO certificate. Please note that the final examination can be taken only once. Therefore, the most appropriate time to take the examination should be chosen carefully. The self-assessment quizzes are for personal evaluation only and are not related to the final examination results.
  2. Participants who perform well in this course and receive the APO certificate will be given preference, on a merit basis, for selection to attend follow-up face-to-face multicountry APO projects on similar topics, when nominated by their NPOs and if slots are available.
  3. Notes 1 and 2 are applicable only to participants from APO member countries. Participants from nonmember countries are welcome to take the course for self-improvement, although they will not have an opportunity to attend the follow-up face-to-face multicountry APO projects.
  4. Each module is in a prerecorded video format in which the expert delivers presentations by explaining each slide. Participants can access the video by clicking on the link provided under the title of each module.

Course Duration in Hours: 10 hours
Skill Level: Beginner
Upcoming Course: No
New Course: Yes