Entrepreneurship Certificate

Program Experience

Highlights and Key Outcomes

Through a cohesive three-course journey, you’ll build the mindset, methods, and relationships that support entrepreneurial success in any setting.

Upon completing the full Entrepreneurship Certificate, you will be able to:

• Define entrepreneurship as value creation through innovation — not only the launch of a new business, but also the creation of new products, services, and pathways within existing organizations
• Determine the entrepreneurial routes that align with your strengths and goals, guided by the Seven Pathways to Entrepreneurship from Professor Lori Rosenkopf’s Unstoppable Entrepreneurs, which offers a broad view of how impact is created
• Identify and evaluate opportunities using proven frameworks such as innovation tournaments, jobs-to-be-done, and the triple diamond model to separate promising ideas from distractions
• Validate ideas with rigor by applying structured testing, experimentation, and customer-insight methods that reduce risk and strengthen market fit
• Build and lead the relationships that ventures rely on, including teams, boards, investor networks, and strategic partners essential for effective execution
• Use perspective-taking and decision-making tools to create alignment, strengthen trust, and navigate complex stakeholder dynamics
• Develop lifelong entrepreneurial habits, including curiosity, resilience, and adaptability, that help you navigate uncertainty and sustain momentum over time

This certificate equips you with both the strategic frameworks and the practical discipline needed to move from inspiration to action, empowering you to create value wherever you choose to lead.

Experience and Impact

Blending academic rigor with practical application, this three-course certificate gives you tools you can use immediately and throughout your entrepreneurial journey. Each course offers:

• Short, high-impact video lectures from Wharton faculty experts
• Guided reflections and workbook-based exercises to help you internalize key concepts
• Practical assignments that connect entrepreneurial frameworks to real-world situations
• Optional challenge activities for deeper exploration and skill building
• Capstone experiences that integrate and apply what you’ve learned
• A digital credential upon completion

Courses are fully online and self-paced, allowing you to begin anytime and progress on your schedule. Throughout the program, you’ll strengthen your ability to navigate uncertainty, evaluate opportunities with confidence, and chart a purposeful path toward entrepreneurial impact, whether you’re launching something new or innovating within your current role.

Learning Journey

Course 1: Becoming Entrepreneurial: Purpose, Paths, and Inspiration

Build the foundation to understand entrepreneurship as value creation in many forms. You will:

• Explore Professor Lori Rosenkopf’s Seven Pathways to Entrepreneurship (intrapreneurship, acquisition, funding, tech commercialization, social impact, bootstrapping, and disruption) and identify the one(s) that aligns with your goals
• Recognize where your skills, values, and experiences naturally fit in the entrepreneurial landscape
• Clarify your motivations, mindset, and appetite for risk
• Assess the resources, relationships, and experiences you can leverage
• Strengthen foundational behaviors like curiosity, resilience, creativity, and adaptive thinking

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Course 2: From Idea to Impact: Entrepreneurial Opportunity Identification

Develop the skills to distinguish promising ideas from distractions. You will:

• Identify opportunities by examining unmet needs, market shifts, and emerging technologies
• Apply structured frameworks such as innovation tournaments, jobs-to-be-done, and the triple diamond model
• Generate, refine, and compare ideas using systematic, repeatable methods
• Translate customer insights into clear value propositions and solution concepts
• Design low-cost tests to validate assumptions and reduce uncertainty
• Craft opportunity statements and concise pitches that communicate potential
• Strengthen habits of curiosity, experimentation, and evidence-based decision making

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Course 3: From Plan to Performance: Venture Implementation

Build the systems and relationships that turn ideas into real-world impact. You will:

• Assemble and align early-stage teams that can execute and adapt
• Learn how to design, manage, and lead startup boards that add value and support accountability
• Evaluate funding options and building productive relationships with investors
• Discover how to structure deals and negotiations that enable sustainable growth
• Understand how to form and manage partnerships that accelerate scale and competitive advantage
• Learn how to navigate complex stakeholder dynamics using perspective taking and clear communication
• Map the networks and decisions essential to implementing and scaling your venture

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Tuition

The tuition for the full three-course certificate is $3,850. Enrolling in the complete certificate provides a seamless pathway through all three courses at a bundled rate, ensuring you gain Wharton’s entire entrepreneurship toolkit and the recognized credential in one cohesive experience.

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