An Intensive 5-day Training Course
Mastering Entrepreneurship
From Creativity & Innovation to Business Strategy
Course Introduction
This Mastering Entrepreneurship training course is aimed at taking entrepreneurs, corporate venturing executives, and others involved in entrepreneurial environments to the next level of their professional development. The emphasis of this training course is on leveraging creativity, innovation & strategy to optimize the results in the marketplace.
The purpose of this comprehensive training course is to assist you in developing or enhancing your ability to lead and manage new developments while sustaining excellent results. It provides practical skills to take back to your areas of responsibility, along with insights needed to adapt the principles to every industry.
Successful entrepreneurs combine and leverage innovation, creativity, strategy, leadership, operations, marketing and finance to optimize potential opportunities. This includes:
- Designing a strategic planning process to achieve lasting change
- Implementing a culture of “continuous improvement”
- Understanding creativity and using specific tools to gain the best results
- Harnessing innovation so that the outputs deliver impact
- Applying best practice principles to develop high-value activities
Objectives
The concepts, tools and frameworks covered in this Oxford Management Centre training course will enable participants to:
- Create, identify, and evaluate new venture opportunities
- Start and build a successful company
- Leverage new science and technologies from corporate or university laboratories
- Create and build high-value companies to be globally successful
- Balance innovation and risk to optimize results
Training Methodology
The training course leader will deploy a full range of dynamic and interactive training methods. This will comprise a carefully balanced mix of conventional teaching, supported by real examples and case experience of individual issues.
In addition delegates will be given the chance to work in groups on case studies to apply new skills in the key aspects of this subject. Above all, the training course leader will illustrate the main learning points with examples of real-life situations in which he has been personally involved.
Organisational Impact
The organization will benefit by:
- Having experts in-house to develop entrepreneurial opportunities
- Achieving higher productivity of personnel involved in these ventures
- Improved performance of corporate partners
- Better ways to plan and measure results of entrepreneurial decisions
- Realizing how to optimize options when facing opportunities and choice
- Better integration between functional areas leading to better decisions
Personal Impact
The delegate will benefit by:
- Developing an improved understanding of the risks and rewards of entrepreneurship
- Knowing how to evaluate the risks and rewards of innovation
- Being able to calculate the strategic and financial value of an investment
- Understanding to cost / benefit of a decision
- Enhancing their knowledge with the use of business models and case studies
- Understanding the link between operations, marketing and finance to entrepreneurial success
Who Should Attend?
This Oxford Management Centre Mastering Entrepreneurship training Course is designed for all those who want to enhance, update, and refine their entrepreneurial skills. It is also very applicable to aspiring entrepreneurs, corporate “intrapreneurs”, corporate venture officers, and those who would like to develop or strengthen the skills and enhance the climate of innovation and/or entrepreneurship in their organizations.
- Corporate Finance Officers
- Strategic Planners
- Accounting
- Lenders
- Investors
- Merger and Acquisition Specialists
- Corporate Officers
- Commercial and investment bankers
- Securities Analysts
- Private Equity Specialists
- Asset Managers
- And other individuals whose professional future may be enhanced by an understanding of development through innovative entrepreneurial activity
Course Outline
Day One
Understanding the Foundations of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Intro to entrepreneurship
- Exploring innovation
- Technology’s impact on entrepreneurship
- Startups vs Corporate Ventures
- Toolset & skillset of entrepreneurs
Day Two
Building and Validating Ventures
- Identifying & analyzing opportunities
- Customer discovery & validation
- Product development
- Building the business model
- Frameworks for venture building
- Roadmap to success
Day Three
Leadership and Organizational Culture
- Startups: Building the team & setting the Board
- Leadership in high-growth environments
- Creating & Sustaining a Culture of Innovation
- Implementing continuous improvement & building ecosystems
Day Four
Bullet Header: Finance for Entrepreneurs
- Structuring & registering the venture
- Financial planning & cash flow management
- Funding the venture
- Understanding term sheets & negotiations
- Crafting a business plan
- Building an evidence-based pitch deck
Day Five
Scaling and Exit Strategies
- Driving innovation in established companies
- Go-To-Market strategy
- Branding & marketing strategies
- Risk management for entrepreneurs
- Exit strategies
Certificate
Oxford Management Centre Certificate will be provided to delegates who successfully completed the training course.
Accreditation
In association with
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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- E-mail: [email protected]
Yes, we provide assistance in securing both hotel reservations & entry visa on all our international training venues, for delegates attending our training courses. For further information / assistance, please contact our Customer Service at:
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Yes, Oxford Management Centre is accredited by the following professional bodies;
National Association of State Board of Accountancy (NASBA)
The Oxford Management Centre is registered with NASBA as a sponsor of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. NASBA have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit.
Yes, discounts are available. For further information please call +971 50 985 0174 or email, [email protected]
Note: Discounts are not applicable with any other special offer that may be available.
There are 2 easy ways to register:
- Online: Select the training course you want to register for, Click the “Book Your Place” button on the course page, complete the form and click submit.
- E-mail: Send your details to [email protected]
We request that all cancellations be made at least one week before the class start date. You may reschedule this class without any penalty. If not, a $250 fee will be charged for cancellations received less than one week before a class begins and for no-shows. Cancellation penalties and any fees incurred by Oxford Management Centre will be deducted from refunds.
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The classroom training fees include course presentation, relevant materials, physical & digital documentation, lunch and refreshments served during entire training. Accommodation and transportation are not included in the training course fees.
While, online training fees cover the course presentation and digital documentation and relevant materials.
The Oxford Management Centre Certificate of Completion with corresponding CPE credits shall be awarded to delegates who has successfully completed the training course.
Payment must be received before the training course commences. You can make payment by bank draft, cash, credit card or wire transfer.
Note: If the payment is not received, Oxford Management Centre has the right to refuse admission.
Upon receipt of your registration form, we will send you the following by e-mail:
- Registration Confirmation
- Invoice/Receipt (where appropriate)
If you register online you will receive an e-mail within 24 hours confirming your registration.
