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Management
Business Growth: Start-Ups, Investment and Negotiation
time4-5hrs
timebeginner level
This free online business course will be of great interest to anyone thinking about starting up a company. Business leaders and entrepreneurs offer their teachings on a range of subjects, from the importance of corporate culture to effective negotiation. They also discuss how to find angel investors for your business and why fundraising is such an important skill for entrepreneurs. So if you want to excel in business, start your learning today.
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Business Growth: Start-Ups, Investment and Negotiation
Learn how negotiation, investment, development and fundraising can help businesses grow in this free online course.
This free online business course will be of great interest to anyone thinking about starting up a company. Business leaders and entrepreneurs offer their teachings on a range of subjects, from the importance of corporate culture to effective negotiation. They also discuss how to find angel investors for your business and why fundraising is such an important skill for entrepreneurs. So if you want to excel in business, start your learning today.
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Module 1
4 Lessons
Personal Success and Meaning for Employees
In this module you will learn what it takes to achieve personal success, including doing what you love and treating life as an experiment, as well as how to create meaning for employees in your business.
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2.Achieving Personal Success
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3.Creating Meaning for Employees
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Module 2
4 Lessons
Company Culture and Commercial Banking
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Module 3
6 Lessons
Venture Capitalism, Angel Investors and Non-Profits
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Module 4
5 Lessons
Development and Negotiation
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Module 5
1 Lessons
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