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Rural entrepreneurship in Wales Copyright free Icon
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Rural entrepreneurship in Wales

...entrepreneurship in Wales, will introduce you to some concepts and models that will help you work out what you want to do with your business idea and to consider the impact of living in a rural location...What are the important issues to consider when starting up or running a small business in a rural environment? This free course, Rural entrepreneurship in Wales, will...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
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First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship

...entrepreneurship, clarifying some key themes and terminology and helping you to examine your own views about these important subjects...This free course provides you with a short introduction to innovation and entrepreneurship, clarifying some key themes and terminology and helping you to examine your own views about these important subjects....First steps in innovation...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
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Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality

...Entrepreneurship: from ideas to reality, is about starting and running your own business. Using case studies it will take you through the decisions from generating initial ideas through to deciding what you will do and how to establish your business and grow it. It will guide you through business models, funding options, business types and the influence of location and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
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Diversity, migrant entrepreneurship and socio-economic inclusion

...entrepreneurship and, in particular, to migrant entrepreneurs and their contribution to the economy and communities. As most of the large western economies are reducing public sector provisions and moving towards greater neo-liberal individualism, entrepreneurship is represented as an economic activity open to all, which enhances economic as well as personal growth....
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Article 10 mins
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Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection

...entrepreneurship. You will also take a look at the relevant research evidence on entrepreneurial personality and on the role of informal ties with family and friends. There are still many unresolved questions about the nature of entrepreneurship, and as a consequence you can find people with radically different experiences and opinions...In this free course,...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
New Entrepreneurs 2015
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New Entrepreneurs 2015

...Entrepreneurship Competition, each about to launch a new venture. Carolyn Cleveland is pioneering empathy training in the NHS; Mikhail Devitt is developing Kleio, an app to help children learn to read; and Caroline Hearne who designed a new type of bag for bikes... Kleio Mikhail Devitt, winner of the New Business Challenge award in the OU Entrepreneurship Competition...
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Video 6 mins
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Online training support for businesses

...learning on entrepreneurial leadership across three core themes: Leadership and management; Entrepreneurship development; and Digital skills. The hub contains advice from The Open University on how to make the best use of online learning and provides content that is relevant and practical for businesses users. For any queries please contact ireland-business@open.ac.uk....
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Article 10 mins
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Migrant businesswomen and the census

...Census: migration, gender, and business, and shows how art-based approaches such as storytelling can be used to communicate quantitative Census data. Project team: Dr Carry van Lieshout (The Open University), Gunjan Sondhi (The Open University). Partners: ReWomen (Women of Management and Enterprise Network), CREME (Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship)...
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Article 5 mins