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Intro to Entrepreneurship: Get started as an Entrepreneur (Udemy.com)

Learn everything you need to know to become an Entrepreneur. Master the concepts and coming up with great business ideas

4.5
26,561 reviews

Created by: Evan Kimbrell

Last updated December 2025

Our take

Based on the ratings of 26,561 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in December 2025. No course pays to be reviewed.

Evan Kimbrell's course is a concept-level tour of starting a business, aimed at people who have never had a lecture on the subject. It runs 91 lectures across 14 sections, with 11 quizzes and four articles. The first half covers mindset, career paths, validating an idea and fundraising. The second half turns to generating, fitting and testing business ideas. More than 150,000 students have enrolled, and the syllabus lists no projects or exercises to build anything.

Reviewers keep coming back to clarity. Several call it easy to follow and well organized, and one says his hands-on background makes the lessons more valuable. The complaints are mild and consistent. Two three-star reviews say the opening sections are basic, and one adds that it is material you could find on Google quickly, with the value arriving later. Another reviewer calls it inspirational but unclear on how to actually reach freedom. Two Spanish speakers wish for Spanish subtitles. Of 26,561 ratings, 17,443 are five stars and 458 are one star.

The material was refreshed in December 2025, so it does not feel stale. Treat it as orientation, not a playbook. If you already know the startup basics, the early sections will feel familiar, and reviewers say the value shows up in the later sections. For a first look at whether entrepreneurship suits you, it works well. For building something this month, pair it with a hands-on course.

Best forAbsolute beginners curious about starting a business who want the big picture and idea-generation methods first.
Skip it ifYou have read a startup book or two and want tactics, templates or a project, not an overview.

Pros

  • Reviewers call the teaching clear, simple and easy to follow, even for a young learner
  • Second half gives concrete idea-generation and business model techniques to work through
  • Eleven short quizzes help check understanding as the sections go by
  • Updated December 2025, and about two thirds of ratings are five stars

Cons

  • Early sections feel basic, and one reviewer says they could find the same on Google
  • No projects or hands-on exercises, so it stays at the level of concepts
  • Two Spanish-speaking reviewers wish it had Spanish subtitles or a transcript
Thank you for a course that covers what it's supposed to cover, in a clear and organized way.
Milica Medved, a student

Beginner level: no prerequisites, though knowing common companies helps. Anyone with startup experience may find the first sections slow.

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What you will learn

  • Understand and apply all the core concepts of Entrepreneurship
  • Tell the difference between the realities of Entrepreneurship & the common myths
  • Assess their own personality through the lens of Entrepreneurship & know how to find partners that have what they are lacking
  • Focus in on the key traits and aspects needed to be successful as an Entrerpreneur
  • Understand the Optimistic Deterministic framework of the future
  • Understand and focus their Entrepreneurial efforts according to the correct venture process flow
  • Align their efforts with the correct type of entrepreneur they want to become
  • Understand the roles and expectations from them as their idea conceptualizes and grows
  • Pick between what type of business best suits them
  • Understand the concept of business modeling, and how new business models are creating exponentially more opportunity
  • Understand and apply the concept of Scalability as an assessment tool
  • Understand the correct & factual nature of business idea creation and set their expectations realistically
  • Assess what skills and passions they have and apply them towards ideation
  • Use 3 common techniques to come up with great business ideas
  • Use 5 different techniques for easy validation of a business idea
  • Understand the core concepts behind the Lean Startup Framework
  • Understand how to create a pitch experiment & MVP based off their business idea
  • Understand what options are available for financing their business
  • Plan a strategy for attracting and pitching angel investors and venture capital
  • Assess the viability of taking a small business loan and whether or not this is a good option strategically
  • Generate business ideas that are insightful and actionable
  • Understand business dynamics as they relate to idea generation
  • Analyze 4 different sections of the business value chain for potential opportunities
  • Understand the 5 different types of core innovation and how to apply them
  • How to objectively assess their skills, passions, hobbies, & interests
  • Understand the difference between business types and which one to aim for
  • Use common techniques like problem identification to come up with ideas
  • Use advanced techniques like disintermediation, local modifiers, market enablers to craft ideas
  • Understand how to apply new, disruptive business models like Saas, Sharing economy, & PWYW
  • Create business ideas that are not only specific but are complete
  • Quickly evaluate and re-prioritize ideas based off 5 dimensions
  • Understand the value of their ideas and what to focus on first
  • Bring context into their environment and not get discouraged

Course content

14 sections · 91 lectures · 14 hours of video 11 quizzes, 4 articles

  1. 1Introduction to the course (10 minutes) 2 free previews4 lectures · 9 min
  2. 2What is an Entrepreneur? (18 minutes) 1 free preview7 lectures · 1 quiz · 18 min
  3. 3The Entrepreneurial Mindset (20 minutes)7 lectures · 1 quiz · 23 min
  4. 4The different paths you can take (16 minutes)6 lectures · 1 quiz · 15 min
  5. 5Core concepts & frameworks (24 minutes)7 lectures · 1 quiz · 20 min
  6. 6Validating your idea (35 minutes)7 lectures · 1 quiz · 34 min
  7. 7Fundraising (50 minutes)9 lectures · 1 quiz · 1 hour
  8. 8Introduction to Idea Generation (6 minutes)4 lectures · 5 min
  9. 9Laying the groundwork (44 minutes)5 lectures · 1 quiz · 43 min
  10. 10Making it fit (60 minutes)11 lectures · 1 quiz · 58 min

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

  • Anyone interested in starting their own business and becoming self employed
  • Anyone interested in becoming an Entrepreneur

What you need before you start

  • Familiarity with common companies will help but is not necessary

How it compares

Against the other 150 rated Udemy courses in Entrepreneurship on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 48% of them
  • Reviews26,561#1 of 151 by number of reviews
  • Length14.3 hourslonger than 91% of them
  • Last updatedDecember 2025more recently than 71% of them

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Course Description

Starting your own business is scary. Really scary.

How do you know if your idea is any good? Or if your customers will ever show up?

How do you know... what you're doing AT ALL?

There's no place, degree, or university that can teach you how to become a successful Entrepreneur.

You just have to get out there and learn everything for yourself. One step at a time....

Right?

Wrong.

Entrepreneurship is not a mythical, illusive creature and it's not a secret that's hidden behind doors.

You CAN learn how to become a successful Entrepreneur and you CAN learn how to prepare yourself.

In this course, we're going to do just that.

You're going to learn everything you need to know about being an Entrepreneur, like:

  • The core concepts

  • How to think like an Entrepreneur

  • What you should care about and conversely ignore

  • How to go about gathering the resources you need to tackle your dream

And when you're completely ready to go toe to toe with any "veteran" business owner out there, you're going to learn something they wish they knew:

How to consistently come up with insightful, actionable business ideas

It's everything you need to get started.

You'll go from 0  to Entrepreneur in no time. 

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About the instructor:

Top rated Udemy Instructor with over 30,000 five star reviews.

Teaches 11 different courses on Entrepreneurship, with over 500,000 students enrolled.

All courses by the instructor have are rated an average of 4.97 out of 5 stars.

+ Worked as a VC and was in charge of deal flow in Silicon Valley. Oversaw investments in large companies like Facebook, LinkedIn, & Tesla.

+ Startup founder for 5 years, raised 3 rounds of capital worth several millions of dollars.

+ Currently Director of a Digital Agency that specializes in taking ideas from raw concept all the way to launch.
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Instructor Details

Evan Kimbrell

                  Hi, I'm Evan Kimbrell. Thanks for checking out my course. 

**My courses have been featured in Forbes, CNN, Entrepreneur Magazine, BusinessInsider, BuzzFeed, Mashable, TheNextWeb, The Daily Beast, & Techcrunch**

        Currently, I'm the Founder and Director of Sprintkick, a full-service, referral-only digital agency based out of San Francisco. Over the past four years I've overseen the development and launch of over 100 web and mobile apps. Clients range from two-man bootstrapping startups to multibillion dollar Fortune 100s like Wal-Mart, Dick's Sporting Goods, and GNC. 

Prior to Sprintkick I worked as a VC for a new firm called Juvo Capital, based out of L.A. I spearheaded the firm's expansion into Silicon Valley and into the Consumer Web tech category.

                  In the long long ago, I was a co-founder for an educational software startup called ScholarPRO that raised a ton of money and then spectacularly blew up (in the bad way). Before it exploded like the Death Star, I went through five tech incubators (yes, five): Tech Stars, Excelerate Labs, MassChallenge, Babson Venture Program, and Sparkseed. 

                  Hope you enjoy my courses!

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Reviews

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By Iris Nadia Navarrete Yanez on 7/30/2026

Seria muy bueno que traiga subtítulos automáticos en español. saludos

By Carla Patricia Navia Ordenes on 7/12/2026

Me gustó mucho que tuviera esos pequeños cuestionarios, pero sería ideal tener subtítulos en español o al menos la transcripción.

By Zachia Makakase on 6/28/2026

Very attractive introduction for someone who has never had such a lecture. Looking forward to more expertise knowledge

By Rubén Santos on 4/8/2026

I absolutely loved this course! Evan shared all his knowledge acquired through hands-on experience and that's what makes this even more valuable.

By Amandeep Saini on 3/20/2026

even as a kid I find this very helpful so far and very simple and easy to understand enabling me to learn the basics of entrepreneurship allowing me to access the entrepreneurial world. Thankyou!

By Madelynn Saechao on 3/14/2026

Nothing of real substance has been taught so far that I couldn’t find on Google very quickly in the first few sections. Value comes in the later sections.

By Milica Medved on 1/28/2026

Thank you for a course that covers what it's supposed to cover, in a clear and organized way.

By Vũ Thúy Đạt on 1/21/2026

this is great and even though I kind of avoid to be entrepreneur for now but in future who knows

By Josiah Jamieson on 1/5/2026

I am not learning anything that is super new or helpful. It is a good review though and I assume that it will get more in depth as we go along. He is very easy to listen to.

By Lindiwe Ramorwa on 11/5/2025

Such courses strengthen essential abilities, improves your ideas of business. It promotes personal growth

By konga retailstorestaff@konga.com on 11/1/2020

I first thought I need to have tons of money to start as an entrepreneur but now I know it's a myth and that I could actually start with nothing but have to persevere, have confidence and use the right work ethics.

By Andrew Karch on 10/1/2020

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Intro to Entrepreneurship: Get started as an Entrepreneur
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  • Video Duration: icon 14.3h
  • Price: $17.99
  • Provider: icon Udemy
  • Updated: icon December 2025
  • Level: Beginner Beginner
  • Language: icon English
  • Certificate: icon Yes
  • Lectures:91 in 14 sections
  • Practice:11 quizzes
  • Students:151,800
  • Subtitles:12 languages
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