Unlocking the Path to Entrepreneurial Success
Opportunities are the cornerstone of entrepreneurship, and understanding how to explore and turn them into viable businesses is essential for success. This course will provide you with tools and resources to effectively transform opportunities into profits.
By identifying emerging trends and learning how to approach the market, you will organize your thinking to gain clarity on whether these opportunities have the potential to scale and make money.
Key themes of the course include creativity, idea generation, the brain and opportunity spotting. Through a combination of videos, activities, and case studies, you will receive practical advice on not just dreaming of starting a business, but capturing an opportunity for evaluation.
Prepare to embark on a journey of innovation and entrepreneurship, where you'll learn to recognize, assess, and seize opportunities for entrepreneurial success.
Dr. Agostino Menna is the principle co-founder of KnowQuest Inc., an EdTech startup in Toronto, Canada. He has held various academic positions including Ryerson University, Niagara University, and Niagara College of Applied Arts & Technology. He participated in several incubators including ihub, Spark Niagara, and is most recently involved with ICUBE from the University of Toronto. He is currently an advisor at the Fashion Zone and the Big Leaf Consulting. His research interests are innovation, strategy and agricultural entrepreneurship. He holds a PhD from the University of Toronto.
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