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About the Course

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be an entrepreneur? To start new ventures, build and grow them, be your own boss, create good jobs for other people, make money, and change the world for the better? Do you dream about becoming an entrepreneur but worry that it may be too difficult, require more resources than you have, or involve too much responsibility? Do you fear you don’t have what it takes, or that you might fail not just once, but over and over again? In this course, developed at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and taught by Saras Sarasvathy (Paul M. Hammaker Professor in Business Administration), you will learn how effectual entrepreneurship helps overcome four obstacles people commonly face when they think about becoming an entrepreneur. We will not be going into the nitty gritty details of starting a new venture. Instead, we will explore the lived experiences of entrepreneurs around the world--people who have built for-profit, non-profit, and other kinds of ventures. You will learn from these expert entrepreneurs how to think and act effectually, co-create new possibilities from things already within your control, and tackle uncertainty without having to predict the future....
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By Kiyoshi H

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Dec 19, 2023

I'm self-employed management consultant forcusing management and markething strategy. I took this course to understand not only five principles of effectuation but also effectuation process and thinking. This course was well organized for understanding of effectuation and helped me pivot my causal thinking to effectual thinking. I recommend this course not only the people who are planning to establish your venture and also business people who are straggling to establish new business in your company. Thank you very much, Prof. Saras Sarasvathy!

By Jim Z

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Apr 26, 2023

As an experienced Entrepreneur familiar with effectuation, I was expecting that many parts of the course would be review. Instead I learned new insights about the principles of Effectuation, saw new case studies and gained new insights into how the principles all come together.