VII. What a Mentee should know about the possibility to facilitate the mentoring process by using Open Educational Resources on entrepreneurship?
Open Educational Resources on Entrepreneurship
These learning exercises will help you as a learner /Mentee to enhance your skills/competencies on how to be successful in starting a business. They will help you:
- to understand what the entrepreneurship is and is it for you;
- to estimate your capability and motivation for starting a business;
- to be aware of leadership skills and competences.
There are 3 separate themes in the Entrepreneurship part:
Understanding of entrepreneurship
YOUR AIM
To learn to assess your motivation and capability to pursue an entrepreneurial opportunity.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
After successful completion of the suggested exercises you will be able to:
- Understand why you might want to consider an entrepreneurial opportunity;
- Understand what it takes to pursue an entrepreneurial opportunity;
- Analyse and evaluate your skills for entrepreneurial opportunities;
- Evaluate your desires to become entrepreneur.
Entry strategies and new business opportunities
YOUR AIM
To learn about the types of entrepreneurial opportunities and about possible successful entry strategies for new businesses available today.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
After successful completion of the suggested exercises you will be able to:
- recognize different types of entrepreneurial opportunities;
- analyse which entrepreneurial opportunities you should explore based on your skills and interests.
Skills and competencies for starting a business
YOUR AIM
To learn how to start and operate a new enterprise and to learn how to identify important community resources that can help you start a new enterprise.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
After successful completion of the suggested exercises you will be able to:
- understand what it takes to start and grow an entrepreneurial enterprise;
- improve your management skills necessary for growing a new enterprise.