Understanding ESG: Environmental, Social & Governance

A solid business plan will let you know where you are going and what to expect. You’re 16 to 20% more likely to create a viable business using a business plan than without one. So how do you put together a solid business plan? This course is a full step-by-step guite to writing an effective business plan that will provide everything you need to succeed in your new business venture.A great business idea is a good start, but to really maximise your chances of success, you need a great business plan. A business plan will help you build a business that will support you financially, have an impact on those around you, and leave a lasting legacy you can be proud of. This course will teach you how to:Estimate total startup costs. Once you know the approximate costs, you can determine whether you’ll need to raise funds from investors. Project revenues and profits. By forcing you to define both your market and how much of that market you expect to reach, a business plan helps you estimate potential revenues and profits. Convince investors. A business plan shows investors that you have a clear and defined strategy for achieving success. If this strategy isn’t present, investors won’t want to finance your business. Compete from the start. As part of your business plan, you’ll identify key gaps in the marketplace which your company will fill. This allows you to hit the ground running. Anticipate challenges. When you create your business plan, you’ll look ahead and try to identify any potential problems you might encounter. This prepares you to address these issues if they do arise. We also include the Succes Bureau's exellent Business Plan Template, an Executive Summary to keep you on track and a SWOT Anaylsis sheet.

Diversity and Inclusion is more than policies, programs, and headcounts!Did you know employers who create equitable workspaces outperform their competitors? By respecting each team member’s unique needs, perspectives, and potential, businesses earn trust and commitment from employees. This mindset generates new ideas and innovations coupled with lower turnover, a more worldly outlook, and more productivity overall. This course offers a foundation for understanding diversity and inclusion, recognizing bias and microaggressions, and becoming an ally for diversity in your organization.Topics covered include:Understanding and measuring diversity and inclusionExplaining why DEI matters in the workplace and in your personal lifeUnderstanding, describing, and mitigating unconscious biasRecognizing microaggressions and describing how to handle themBecoming a DEI ally in the workplaceObjectives. You will be able to:Define Diversity, Inclusion, and EquityExplain why DEI matters in the workplace and in your personal lifeDefine unconscious biasIdentify how biases impact the workplace and describe how to mitigate biasesRecognize microaggressions and describe how to handle themList ways to become a DEI ally in the workplaceOnce you gain a full understanding of diversity and inclusion, you’ll be on your way to implementing a plan for creating a more equitable workplace!Enjoy high-quality HD content in the “Uniquely Engaging”TM Bigger Brains Teacher-Learner style!

In the ever-evolving landscape of entrepreneurship, the ability to transform abstract ideas into tangible products or services is paramount to success. Prototyping, the iterative process of creating physical or digital models to test and refine concepts, stands as an invaluable tool for entrepreneurs to validate their ideas, attract investors, and ultimately bring their innovations to life.The course is meticulously structured into 30 engaging and informative lectures, each covering a specific aspect of prototyping. The lectures incorporate real-world examples, case studies, and hands-on activities to enhance your learning experience.The target audience is aspiring entrepreneurs, business owners, product developers, and individuals seeking to transform their ideas into successful ventures.This comprehensive course, "Prototyping: Everything Entrepreneurs Need to Know," delves into the intricacies of prototyping, empowering you with the skills and knowledge to effectively utilize this essential technique in your entrepreneurial journey. Through a blend of theoretical foundations, practical exercises, and real-world examples, you will gain a mastery of prototyping, enabling you to transform your ideas into successful ventures.Unlock the Power of Prototyping and Turn Your Entrepreneurial Dreams into RealityEnroll in this comprehensive course today and embark on a journey to transform your ideas into successful ventures with the power of prototyping.

If you are a manager or aspiring manager and you want to differentiate yourself or create a competitive advantage for you, "Lean Management for all Sectors" is the right course for you.You will learn important tools and techniques to help you in your journey of pursuing continuous improvement. This is a quick course. The techniques can be used as a part of Lean implementation or selectively in standalone basis for solving operational issues and achieving excellence.This course demystifies the belief “Lean is for Manufacturing Sector”. Everyone can immensely benefit from the principles and practices of lean. Join end experience the exciting journey of Lean.Lean Management, or Lean Manufacturing, or simply Lean, is a way of thinking. It is a proven method of driving down costs, increasing profits and scaling up employee’s satisfaction. Started by Toyota after world war two, Lean has proven to be successful at many Fortune 500 companies. It is a proven method to substantially drive down costsRespect for People and Continuous Improvement – are two faces of lean. This course explains you how to implement lean principles in your organization and achieve excellence. Lean is eliminating waste and the disciplined method of optimizing value to customers. It is all about creating a culture. If you can create the culture, the best in all employees, comes automatically. Lean is a long-term philosophy and leadership story. It is not methodology.“Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence.” – Vince LombardiLean is a pursuit for perfection. Look at innovative philosophies like Just in Time (JIT), Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED). They are leading you on a path to perfection.So, what are you waiting for?Register now and empower your career!

Data Driven Decision Making is designed for teams, managers, and executives to learn how to use data driven thinking to design decisions around strategy, process, business intelligence products, business structures and the customer experience. Big data is a symptom of our times, a challenge, but ultimately THE opportunity for the modern enterprise to differentiate and disrupt. There is almost no latency for business decisions in today’s hyper-competitive climate. Data driven thinking empowers the enterprise to act. Companies with purposeful, data driven approaches to decisions outperform their peers in output and productivity. In fact, the highest performing organizations use data driven approaches five times more than the lowest performing organizations.This course provides a foundation for how to curate data to support decision making at all levels of the enterprise. The course also provides instruction on systems thinking with a focus on complex systems, and lastly decision engineering. Four use cases are included to provide real world examples of data driven decision making.

Small errors in Cap Table modelling might cost you millions of dollars at the exit. This course will help you avoid them.You will learn both the Theory and Practice:Theory:What is a Cap Table, who needs it, when, and why?What is a Healthy Cap Table?What's the difference between common and preferred shares?How does Employee Stock Option Plan work?What's the difference between Cap Table with Outstanding Shares and a Fully-Diluted Cap Table?What's the difference between Equity Rounds, SAFE notes, Convertible notes, and secondaries? Which of them are used for fundraising, and which are for exiting investments? Which appear in the Cap Table instantly, and which with some delay?Practice:How to model Seed round?How to model ESOP extension?How to model Series A with Pro-rata?How to model SAFE conversion?How to model Convertible Debt conversion?How to model secondary transactions?How to format models?What's the standard color coding of inputs?What are Iterative Calculations, how to turn them on, and how to fix errors connected to them?About the Instructor:I'm an Investment Principal at Seed Stage VC Fund with more than 5 years of experience in the startup ecosystemI've seen thousands of startups and hundreds of Cap TablesI have a finance background, and I took VC courses at 3 different universities, including the University of Michigan and the Rotterdam School of Management.