Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Oxford Entrepreneurship: Venture Creation Programme
Explore the venture creation process and gain the skills to deliver a clear value proposition and leadership vision for your business idea.
Start date
26 January 2022
Enroll by 18 January 2022
Course duration
6 weeks
Excluding orientation
Language
English
Access resources from start date
Effort
7–10 hours per week
Self-paced learning online
Programme overview
The UK’s ranking among the top five best countries for entrepreneurship in the world.
U.S. News (2020).
Duration: 6 weeks (excluding orientation)
Whether it’s a startup with potential to scale up, a niche business venture, or an initiative within a large corporation, launching a new enterprise can be full of uncertainty. Yet, with the right skills and insights, businesses have a better chance of succeeding.
The Oxford Entrepreneurship: Venture Creation Programme is designed to support you at various stages of the entrepreneurial process. It offers you practical guidance in your entrepreneurial journey, from identifying a market opportunity, to developing a business model, to learning how to launch and pitch your venture. You’ll examine the critical customer-facing and operational aspects of laying out a business model, as well as the activities related to launching a venture and achieving product-market fit. The programme offers insight into how to best contribute your unique talents and skills, and engage with the nuances of putting together a founding team.
Is this programme for you?
Aimed at those planning, or currently involved in, the early stages of a new business venture, this programme offers comprehensive guidance throughout the entrepreneurial journey. Aspiring or first-time entrepreneurs seeking to develop their business idea will benefit from the support and feedback of like-minded professionals and leading faculty. Participants will gain essential skills for how to effectively present and prepare their venture as they take the next steps in their business. Intrapreneurs within an organisation will learn to exploit new opportunities for value creation to create competitive advantage through new products and services.
This Oxford Entrepreneurship: Venture Creation Programme is certified by the United Kingdom CPD Certification Service, and may be applicable to individuals who are members of, or are associated with, UK-based professional bodies. The programme has an estimated 60 hours of learning.
Note: should you wish to claim CPD activity, the onus is on you. Oxford Saïd and GetSmarter accept no responsibility, and cannot be held responsible, for the claiming or validation of hours or points.
Programme overview
Introduction
Duration: 6 weeks (excluding orientation)
Whether it’s a startup with potential to scale up, a niche business venture, or an initiative within a large corporation, launching a new enterprise can be full of uncertainty. Yet, with the right skills and insights, businesses have a better chance of succeeding.
The Oxford Entrepreneurship: Venture Creation Programme is designed to support you at various stages of the entrepreneurial process. It offers you practical guidance in your entrepreneurial journey, from identifying a market opportunity, to developing a business model, to learning how to launch and pitch your venture. You’ll examine the critical customer-facing and operational aspects of laying out a business model, as well as the activities related to launching a venture and achieving product-market fit. The programme offers insight into how to best contribute your unique talents and skills, and engage with the nuances of putting together a founding team.
Is this programme for you?
Aimed at those planning, or currently involved in, the early stages of a new business venture, this programme offers comprehensive guidance throughout the entrepreneurial journey. Aspiring or first-time entrepreneurs seeking to develop their business idea will benefit from the support and feedback of like-minded professionals and leading faculty. Participants will gain essential skills for how to effectively present and prepare their venture as they take the next steps in their business. Intrapreneurs within an organisation will learn to exploit new opportunities for value creation to create competitive advantage through new products and services.
This Oxford Entrepreneurship: Venture Creation Programme is certified by the United Kingdom CPD Certification Service, and may be applicable to individuals who are members of, or are associated with, UK-based professional bodies. The programme has an estimated 60 hours of learning.
Note: should you wish to claim CPD activity, the onus is on you. Oxford Saïd and GetSmarter accept no responsibility, and cannot be held responsible, for the claiming or validation of hours or points.
What will set you apart
Guidance throughout the entrepreneurship journey, from idea to pitch.
Essential skills for identifying business opportunities, analysing customer needs, and developing a business model.
A pitch deck for your venture, and the confidence to present your business idea to potential partners or investors.
Access to expert insights from successful entrepreneurs and Oxford faculty, in-depth feedback on your venture pitch, and interactive live sessions.Programme curriculum
Orientation module
Welcome to your Online Campus
Module 1
Identifying business opportunities
Module 2
Understanding your entrepreneurial talents
Module 3
Analysing customers and markets
Module 4
Crafting a business model
Module 5
Launching a venture
Module 6
Pitching a venture
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What past students
think
Alina Grabowska
Fund and Structuring Officer, European Investment Bank
"I signed up to the Oxford Entrepreneurship: Venture Creation Programme while creating my very first e-commerce brand. It helped a great deal to unravel some of the venture-related topics I was not yet familiar with. Thanks to the to-the-point content on the most crucial aspects of venture creation, I was able to foresee my next steps in preparing my strategy and to plan next steps more confidently. The collaboration with other colleagues was very enriching too, as it showed there are so many perspectives to the same issue and more often than not, there are more solutions to one problem and no one right answer."
Programme Director
Dr Thomas Hellmann
DP World Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
About the certificate
Develop a venture pitch for your business idea and earn an official certificate of attendance from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.
Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued with a certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the programme handbook. The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the programme.
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Payment options
You can pay your course fees before the course starts, or you may opt for a split payment plan on courses that are nine weeks and shorter. For courses 10 weeks and longer, there is a three-part payment plan available. To find out more about payment options please visit our Payment and Financing page, or contact an Enrollment Adviser, to find out which option you qualify for.
Manage your time
GetSmarter's learning model is designed to help you, as a working professional, improve your skills without compromising on work and family responsibilities. The course work is broken up into weekly, manageable bite-sized modules, with incremental deadlines, designed to help you pace yourself over the duration of the course and allow you the legroom to work when it suits you best.
At the beginning of each module you'll be presented with the course content and assignments necessary for completion. You also have access to your Success Adviser who will help you manage your time, and support you with any administrative or technical queries you might have.
Seek employer assistance
By improving your skills and industry knowledge, you'll have an influence on the success of your organization. Why wouldn't you ask your boss to help you fund your studies if it's going to have an impact on the way you do business?
Of our past students, 37 percent have received financial assistance from their employers. You can ask for help, too. Here is a guide to show you how to request financial assistance from your employer.
If you are a Learning & Development (L&D) manager, or involved in training and upskilling for an organization, you can request information regarding our corporate offering on our GetSmarter for business page.
How to change your start date
As part of our commitment to your professional development, GetSmarter offers you a two-week period to change your course start date or request your money back if you’re not fully satisfied.
To qualify for a deferral of your course start date, or to cancel your enrollment and receive a refund of your course fee, your request would need to reach our Success Advisers before the release of Module 2. For more information, please read our Terms and Conditions.
Discover the Online Campus
The Online Campus will be your virtual classroom for the duration of your course. Through its easy-to-use interface you'll have access to a diverse variety of course content formats including: interactive videos, module notes, practice quizzes, presentations, assignment briefs, and additional web resources.
On the Online Campus, you'll also be able to ask questions and interact with your fellow students and teaching team through the discussion forums. If you are looking for your Online Campus login, please see the list of university partner login pages here.
