Find the entrepreneur in you
Resources available for anyone, any age and at any entrepreneurial stage.
Discover free, curated, on-demand digital learning tools to help make your ideas a reality.
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Internships for students
Blackstone LaunchPad
An internship offers hands-on experience, skill-building, and career insights. This module prepares you for your internship, covers professional behavior, and shares resources from ASU and MCCCD's Career Services.
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Internships for companies
Blackstone LaunchPad
Hiring interns brings fresh talent, new perspectives and mutual benefits. A well-structured program with defined roles ensures compliance, enriches experiences, attracts top talent, and fosters career growth.
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Growth mindset
Blackstone LaunchPad
A growth mindset is the belief that skills grow with effort and persistence. It encourages adaptability, openness to feedback. Having this mindset fuels innovation, entrepreneurship, and career growth.
Filter your results
Small businesses must build capacity, credibility and performance before pursuing large contracts. However, only few are truly ready early on. Learn to prove readiness, show value, avoid missteps and scale for long-term growth.
Large corporate contracts bring opportunity and responsibility. The right insurance protects your business, financial readiness covers delays and costs and contract literacy supports confident negotiation and lasting partnerships.
This micromodule shows how storytelling strengthens your pitch. Learn to craft a simple, relatable story that highlights the problem, reveals your solution and helps your audience experience your idea.
Learn to craft a clear, compelling 30–60 second elevator pitch. This micromodule highlights key components and examples to help you confidently share your idea and spark interest.
Storytelling in pitching uses a clear, compelling story to share an idea. Learn why it matters, with simple examples showing how strong stories help ideas connect and stand out.
Customer personas are research-based profiles of ideal customers that show who you’re designing for and how to use simple tools and examples to better target your audience.
Learn to build a sustainable content strategy, streamline your process, create authentic brand content, and optimize performance for better results.
A solution statement explains how your idea solves a problem. Find out more and learn from an experienced entrepreneur and explore examples and resources to craft your solution statement.
A problem statement defines the issue your idea seeks to solve. Learn more about its parts, gain tips from an entrepreneur, and review examples and resources to help you develop your own.
Foundations of entrepreneurship
Design thinking is a way to solve problems by considering the perspectives and needs of humans first.
We’ll dig into how your idea creates value, who your idea serves and how you can make your idea real.
Explore seven ways of incorporating an entrepreneurial approach into any problem you’re facing.
Just start
A remote-first startup scales efficiently, taps top talent and cuts costs—but it demands intentional design. Done well, it drives flexibility, innovation and resilience while preventing burnout and misalignment.
This is a foundational self-paced and at no cost to learner course from the 100 Million Learners Global Initiative, a part of the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University.
Humanity 101® embraces innovation, human possibility, and local and global community-building.
The business model canvas (BMC) is one way to describe and discuss your business model. Learn how to adapt the BMC to fit your work.
This self-paced, 13-course program from DreamBuilder provides a step-by-step framework for launching or growing your own small business.
Learn what it means to have a product or service that is desirable, viable and feasible, and how each of those factors support a successful venture.
Creating value and making an impact comes from solving a problem. But first, you’ll need to find and define the problem.
Ashoka’s three-part series, Changemaking, empowers you to take on systems change without feeling overwhelmed.
A business model describes how your venture delivers value. Review different types of business models and find one that meets your needs.
Your team
Intrapreneurship empowers employees to foster innovation and growth within an organization. It encourages experimentation, problem-solving, and visionary thinking.
Intrapreneurship drives innovation by empowering employees to develop ideas with senior leadership support, benefiting company growth, culture, and talent.
Mentorship is reflective and personalized, focusing on your entrepreneurial goals specifically or connecting about overall life experiences.
In this free, four-week course from Acumen Academy, you’ll use adaptive leadership techniques to solve leadership challenges.
Coaches offer feedback and guidance on a specific goal you hope to achieve. Review best practices for building a successful coaching relationship.
Your customer
Learn to build a sustainable content strategy, streamline your process, create authentic brand content, and optimize performance for better results.
Creating a strong brand results in recognition, fosters loyalty, and communicates your values, helping you connect with your customers.
Logos and taglines are essential for creating a memorable brand identity, differentiating it from competitors.
Brand photography and headshots create a professional identity, build trust, and make your business more relatable.
This resource explores 9 techniques for creatives to generate business prospects for themselves.
In this module, you will learn digital marketing tactics that will work specifically for product-driven ecommerce businesses and the experience consumers expect today.
Digital marketing is essential for many types of businesses. Learn how to apply it to your business.
Customer discovery is the process of identifying who uses your product or service and understanding their needs.
Learn to collect information and build personas for your customer base as part of an effective marketing and sales strategy.
Your product or service
Wireframes help align teams, gather early feedback and refine ideas—crucial for founders building apps or platforms, especially when working with developers on a budget and timeline.
Adopt triple-bottom-line values—people, planet, and profit—to drive sustainable growth and trust. Choose a certification that aligns with your goals to boost your ethical credibility.
Gain strategic insights with advanced competitive analysis. Master techniques, gather strong evidence, and apply best practices to analyze situations and make informed decisions.
Compliance protects against risk, builds trust, and creates growth opportunities. A proactive, tailored approach strengthens resilience, credibility and long-term success.
Discover AI’s benefits, enhance your business, and apply best practices. Choose the right tools, boost efficiency, and balance cost with different options.
Storytelling builds trust, creates emotional connections and highlights your business’s value. Learn how to use storytelling to elevate your business.
Storytelling transforms entrepreneurship by making messages relatable and memorable. This module explores why you should use storytelling to boost your business.
In a fast-changing market, knowing when and how to pivot is crucial for success. Learn how to pivot to keep your business adaptable and competitive.
Prototyping turns ideas into reality, reducing risks and saving time. For entrepreneurs, it’s a key tool to build confidence, gather feedback, and create market-ready solutions.
This module covers the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their benefits for society and business longevity.
Wireframes are crucial for apps and digital platforms, enabling early user feedback, idea iteration, and project alignment.
Product-market fit is crucial for any venture; your business cannot succeed until you achieve it.
Learn how to gather insights from your users, buyers and stakeholders and use this feedback to help your business improve.
Learn about different revenue streams that allow you to deliver value to your customers and make money.
This module starts with a basic elevator pitch, adds depth and dimension, and shares prompts for expanding to a longer, formal pitch.
Your funding and finances
To secure funding, entrepreneurs must understand grants—from federal to corporate sources—to find those aligned with their goals and boost their chances of success.
Building a well-rounded team with complementary strengths and strong mentor support is key to attracting investors and outside funding resources.
A needs/problem statement outlines the issue a project aims to address, clarifies who is affected, and helps convince funders that the project is essential.
Grants are non-repayable funds from various organizations to support specific projects, initiatives, or causes.
Before spending time and money applying for a grant, assess your grant readiness to improve your chances of success.
A grant proposal is a document that seeks funding by outlining a project’s objectives, methods, and impact.
Understanding different types of grants can help you find the right funding. Aligning them with your goals increases your chances of securing funding.
Whether you ask clients or investors for money, asking for business funding can be uncomfortable. This module teaches how to confidently structure funding requests.
The Financing Your Dream course by DreamBuilder will teach you how to identify your business’s needs and funding sources.
This course uses a guide from the U.S. Small Business Administration to help you understand how much money it will take to start your business.
It costs money to start a business. Explore five types of funding to help you understand your options.
Legally speaking
Having a strong trademark can help set your products or services apart from the market. Learn about trademarks and the different kinds available.
There are many regulations to keep track of. This module describes different types of taxes to keep in mind as a business owner.
In the market for commercial real estate? This module covers the basic legal considerations of leasing property for your business.
This module explores intellectual property considerations, the typical technology transfer process, and the benefits for the inventor and the university.
This resource introduces legal risks and some of the measures you can take to prevent or prepare for them.
A supplement to the rest of our “legally speaking” resources, this dictionary of terms will help you make sense of the legal jargon.
Explore the different types of legal business structures and the implications of each so that you can make the right choice for you and your venture.
Explore different types of contracts, what information they contain and what protections they offer. Templates and examples will help you get started.
Explore the protections offered by a copyright, figure out if one is right for you and learn how to apply for one.
Learn about different types of business licenses — general business, regulatory, tax and more — plus tips for Arizona residents and ASU affiliates.
Creative entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship also includes artists, musicians, and creatives who innovate and provide value. This module aims to empower them with entrepreneurial frameworks.
This module covers what you need to know about traditional and self-publishing, including manuscript formatting, designing book covers, ISBN number, and audiobooks.
Thinking about writing a book but unsure where to start? This module will guide you through the exciting journey of book writing, blending self-discovery, creativity, discipline, and perseverance.
Publishing a book is a significant achievement, but reaching readers can be challenging, especially for self-published authors. This module is here to help you.
Blackstone LaunchPad
An internship offers hands-on experience, skill-building, and career insights. This module prepares you for your internship, covers professional behavior, and shares resources from ASU and MCCCD’s Career Services.
Hiring interns brings fresh talent, new perspectives and mutual benefits. A well-structured program with defined roles ensures compliance, enriches experiences, attracts top talent, and fosters career growth.
Creativity often involves unique ideas, unexpected twists, and the ability to see things from different perspectives—key traits for innovation and success. Learn how this skill can help you foster innovation and entrepreneurship, in addition to advance your career.
Critical thinking is a skill that helps analyze problems from multiple angles, develop solutions, and make informed decisions—enhancing career prospects and unlocking potential. Learn how this skill can help you cultivate innovation and entrepreneurship.
A growth mindset is the belief that skills grow with effort and persistence. It encourages adaptability, openness to feedback. Having this mindset fuels innovation, entrepreneurship, and career growth.
Leadership is a dynamic concept that involves inspiring, motivating, and guiding others toward common objective. Developing leadership skills is crucial for innovation and building successful businesses, as well as enhancing career prospects.
K-12 Educator resources
Discover the essentials of Prototyping in this interactive module for K-12 educators. Learn to define, understand, and practice Prototyping as a process, explore diverse tools, and access resources to effectively teach these skills to students.
Explore the fundamentals of Design Thinking in this engaging module for K-12 educators. Learn to define, understand, and apply the design process stages, discover diverse tools, and gain resources to integrate this innovative approach into your classroom effectively.
Entrepreneurial wellness
Impostor syndrome makes you doubt your worth, even amid success. This module explores its roots and offers tools to overcome self-doubt—empowering you to lead with confidence and clarity.
Resilience helps entrepreneurs grow from setbacks, stay focused in uncertainty, and adapt with creativity. It’s a mindset essential for overcoming failure and building something new.
Starting a business is tough, but a strong support network offers guidance, encouragement, and valuable connections—helping you navigate challenges, make better decisions and maintain your well-being along the way.
Burnout is common in entrepreneurship. Catching it early, setting boundaries and prioritizing well-being help maintain energy and resilience.
Entrepreneurship 101
This micromodule shows how storytelling strengthens your pitch. Learn to craft a simple, relatable story that highlights the problem, reveals your solution and helps your audience experience your idea.
Learn to craft a clear, compelling 30–60 second elevator pitch. This micromodule highlights key components and examples to help you confidently share your idea and spark interest.
Storytelling in pitching uses a clear, compelling story to share an idea. Learn why it matters, with simple examples showing how strong stories help ideas connect and stand out.
Customer personas are research-based profiles of ideal customers that show who you’re designing for and how to use simple tools and examples to better target your audience.
A solution statement explains how your idea solves a problem. Find out more and learn from an experienced entrepreneur and explore examples and resources to craft your solution statement.
A problem statement defines the issue your idea seeks to solve. Learn more about its parts, gain tips from an entrepreneur, and review examples and resources to help you develop your own.
Why should people choose your idea over others? Your value proposition tells them why. Discover more in this micromodule, so you can develop your own value proposition.
Ensuring larger contracts
Cybersecurity is vital for small businesses, especially when working with large corporations. This module helps you identify risks, apply simple safeguards, meet industry standards and build a clear plan to protect your business and strengthen trust.
Small businesses must build capacity, credibility and performance before pursuing large contracts. However, only few are truly ready early on. Learn to prove readiness, show value, avoid missteps and scale for long-term growth.
Large corporate contracts bring opportunity and responsibility. The right insurance protects your business, financial readiness covers delays and costs and contract literacy supports confident negotiation and lasting partnerships.