Overview

A comprehensive 18-module program, Global Entrepreneurship and Innovation Foundations is designed to build strong entrepreneurship, business, and innovation skills across all core competencies. Ideal for learners who want a deeper, more comprehensive foundational experience. Earn a digital badge and certificate of completion by completing all modules.

 

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Course content

  • Fourth Industrial Revolution/Artificial Intelligence
  • Strategic Planning: Visioning and Goal-Setting
  • Organizational Readiness for Scaling and Expansion
  • Prioritizing Actions to Deliver Intended Results
  • Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics in Business
  • Recruiting Quality Talent for Business Growth 
  • Creating a Business Culture for Growth
  • Developing Staff for Business Growth
  • Leveraging Value Chains as a Competitive Advantage
  • Financial Analysis and Management
  • Funding and Access to Capital
  • Public-Private Partnerships for Business
  • Social Entrepreneurship
  • Creating Customer Allegiance Through Marketing
  • Effective Branding for Business Growth
  • Intellectual Property in Business
  • Using Social Media Effectively for Business

Faculty curators

Jonas Gamso

Deputy Dean of Thunderbird Knowledge Enterprise and Associate Professor
Thunderbird Associate Dean and Professor Tom Hunsaker

Tom Hunsaker

Executive Director, Global Challenge Lab and Clinical Professor
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Diana Bowman

Assoc Dean (ACD) & Professor, Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes

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