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Culturepreneurship: How to Start a Creative Business
Kingston University
  • Start Date: 18 Jul, 2022
  • 4 weeks
  • Study Content: Videos


Develop essential business knowledge to turn your creativity into your own business and become a culturepreneur.

Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility
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Course Description

This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.

Gain the skills needed to become a creative entrepreneur


This four-week course from Kingston University will educate and empower you to become your own boss as you learn how to launch a creative business.


You’ll explore what it means to be a culturepreneur and how you can take your creative skills and add a layer of entrepreneurialism to create a business that will thrive.


By the end of the course, you’ll understand the mindset and qualities of an entrepreneur and how you can merge creativity and culture to shape your business and stand out.


Learn how to identify and target customers


No matter what your business idea is, it’s essential that you know who your customers are and how to reach them.


On the course, you’ll learn to define and target your audience and master techniques for engaging with your customers.


This knowledge will help you use marketing and social media plans to attract and grow your creative business – turning your followers into customers.


Understand how to use the business model canvas


You’ll delve into the business model canvas to help you learn how to outline your business structure, identify your opportunities and threats, and find the best business model for you.


With this knowledge, you’ll be able to perfect your business idea and create a value proposition and prototype for your new venture.


Learn how to launch a minimum viable product


To help get your business running, you’ll learn how to launch a minimum viable product for early customers. With this, you’ll be able to receive valuable feedback to help in your future product development.


Learning from the experts at Kingston University and Kingston School of Art (KSA), you’ll finish the course with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to launch your creative business and become a culturepreneur.


This course is designed for anyone interested in making money from their creativity.


It will be particularly useful for students who have the ambition to enhance their creative skills with a layer of entrepreneurialism.


A pen and paper, something to view a pdf, play web videos and time to really push yourself.


Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.

Kingston University

This university is part of the partnership between eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn.

This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with FutureLearn.

You may be able to download course materials after enrolling in this course. If not, all of the necessary course materials provided by the course instructor will be available on the provider's course page.
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