What You'll Learn

  • Developing the critical entrepreneurial mindset necessary for initiating, building, and sustaining a successful business venture.

  • Grasping the stark differences between startup life and corporate life, and learning to navigate the unique challenges and opportunities of each.

  • Appreciating entrepreneurship as a vital skill set, encompassing idea generation, opportunity identification, and business model design.

  • Engaging with a diverse range of advanced topics in entrepreneurship to broaden your understanding and enrich your entrepreneurial toolkit.

  • Gaining a deep understanding of the evolving business models driving the new economy, and how to leverage them for startup success.

  • Cultivating the capacity for calculated risk-taking - a key attribute of successful entrepreneurs - and learning to balance bold vision with strategic caution.

  • Learning how to view failures as stepping stones to future successes, using setbacks as invaluable learning experiences on your entrepreneurial journey.

  • Acquiring effective techniques for assessing the viability and potential of new business ideas and opportunities.

  • Understanding that entrepreneurship is indeed a team sport, underscoring the importance of collaboration, shared vision, and effective team dynamics in building a successful startup.

Course Instructors

Founder Ozan Sonmez

Ozan Sonmez is a serial founder, angel investor, and esteemed startup mentor with over a decade of global experience in investing and building startup programs. His affiliations with UC Berkeley, Stanford CPD, and MIT EF Pan Arab highlight his active role in various innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems. Ozan has designed and executed programs for tech startups, and social and environmental impact founders with organizations like 500 Sanabil MENA, Endeavor, and Village Capital. He’s also mentored in Corporate Intrapreneurship & Innovation Programs for Fortune 500 Companies & Global Brands like Ford and Siemens’s Next47. Besides his professional accolades, Ozan is a proud #girldad who cherishes reading and writing.

Thought Leader Amal Dokhan

Amal Dokhan is a seasoned executive and Partner at 500 Startups MENA. Formerly, she held leadership positions at Global Entrepreneurship Network GEN Saudi and Babson Global. With rich experience at KAUST's Entrepreneurship Center, she's a skilled startup consultant, program designer, and Angel Investor, supporting numerous successful ventures. A trusted advisor and board member, she's spoken at international platforms like TEDx and Davos. Amal holds degrees from King Abdulaziz University and the University of Wollongong, and prestigious certifications from MIT Sloan and Berkeley.

Mark Searle

Mark Searle is a versatile entrepreneur and seasoned executive, traversing a rich landscape of sectors including enterprise software, big data, information security, manufacturing, and food-tech. Equipped with a unique proficiency in aligning diverse groups and cultures within an organization, he masterfully balances activities to drive peak performance. In high growth environments, his dynamic leadership and agile problem-solving skills truly shine, making him a beacon of success. Mark's exceptional track record echoes his talent for turning challenge into opportunity and leveraging diverse technology experiences into a unified, formidable business strategy.

Course curriculum

A concise guide to mastering entrepreneurial mindset and skills. Learn to navigate startup culture, decode the new economy, take calculated risks, and turn failures into triumphs. Empower your venture today!

  1. Chapter 1 : Introductions to Instructors

  2. Chapter 2 : Entrepreneurship as a Mindset

  3. Chapter 3 : Start Up Life vs. Corporate Life

  4. Chapter 4 : Entrepreneurship as a Skill

  5. Chapter 5 : Additional Topics in Entrepreneurship

  6. Chapter 6 : Business Model of New Economy

About this course

  • $350.00
  • 195 lessons

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