Becoming an Entrepreneur

Learn the business skills and startup mindset needed to embark on your entrepreneurial journey, using tools and methods from the premier program for aspiring entrepreneurs, MIT Launch.

Becoming an Entrepreneur

Learn the business skills and startup mindset needed to embark on your entrepreneurial journey, using tools and methods from the premier program for aspiring entrepreneurs, MIT Launch.

Curious about entrepreneurship, but not sure where to start? This online course is designed to guide people of all ages and backgrounds through the process of founding a company. With enrollment in the hundreds of thousands, this course is as engaging and accessible as it is informative.

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Becoming an Entrepreneur will provide you with inspiration, guided brainstorming, and creativity exercises to help you overcome the initial challenges of building a business.

From developing new business ideas and doing market research to designing, testing, and pitching your offering, this course follows LaunchX’s successful approach to entrepreneurship that leverages MIT’s Disciplined Entrepreneurship, lean methodologies, and design thinking. There will be a combination of short videos and activities that will challenge you to get you away from your computer screen and into the community to make a real impact.

No previous business or entrepreneurship experience needed. Join us to embark on your entrepreneurial journey.

What you'll learn

  • Overcoming the top myths of entrepreneurship
  • Defining your goals as an entrepreneur and startup
  • Identifying business opportunities
  • Performing market research and choosing your target customer
  • Designing and testing your offering
  • Planning your business logistics, plus pitching and selling to customers

Meet your instructors

  • Featured image for Martin Culpepper
    Professor
  • Featured image for Laurie Stach
    Founder of LaunchX

Who can take this course?

Because of U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) restrictions and other U.S. federal regulations, learners residing in one or more of the following countries or regions will not be able to register for this course: Iran, Cuba, Syria, North Korea and the Crimea, Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic regions of Ukraine.