Entrepreneurship 103: Show Me The Money
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Start Date: 03 Oct, 2017
  • Self-Paced
  • Study Content: Videos


Create a profitable innovation by learning how to design a business model, price your product and create a successful sales process.

Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: 300.00 USD

Course Description

Entrepreneurship 103 prepares you for the MIT Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp!


The bootcamp is a one-week, intensive entrepreneurship education program that challenges you to start a company in 5 days. The Bootcamp offers you the unique opportunity to be mentored by MIT faculty and MIT alumni entrepreneurs and investors as you begin your new entrepreneurial journey.


This course is not only for those planning to attend the Bootcamp. If you are asking yourself the big question "How will my innovation make money?" this could will help you find the answers to meet your goals, whether you continue to the Bootcamp or not.


This course is particularly useful for:



  • Corporate entrepreneurs building a new product line;

  • Scientists and engineers commercializing a new technology;

  • Entrepreneurs whose innovations have created radically new markets;

  • Educators, particularly former entrepreneurs, who are beginning to teach entrepreneurship;

  • Policymakers who work to energize the innovation ecosystems in their regions.


In short, Entrepreneurship 103 is your guide to creating a profitable and sustainable business.


With case studies from MIT startup companies and interviews of their founders, the course will teach you:



  • How to design a business model;

  • How to price your product;

  • How to build a sales process.


Entrepreneurship 103 will be of particular interest to you if you are offering a business-to-business (B2B) product or service, if you have created a multi-sided marketplace, or if you are competing in an established market with entrenched competition and are looking for an innovating business model to give you competitive advantage.


If you are applying to the MIT Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp through this course, please enroll in the Verified Certificate track and apply to the Bootcamp at bootcamp.mit.edu by January 31, 2017, the cost of the certificate for this course will go towards the cost of the Bootcamp. The next Bootcamp occurs on March 25–31, 2017.


In the Verified track the MIT course team composed of Faculty, Teaching Fellows, and Alumni Mentors will review, grade and provide feedback on your assignments. In addition, we will review and provide feedback on your business plan, which has been a frequent and emphatic request for in the past that we are now excited to meet. In the Verified track you will also be enrolled in weekly review and discussion sessions.


Finally, it is great to take Entrepreneurship 103 as a team, for the course will give you a common framework to make decisions, laying the foundation for your long-term success.


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