- Examine the opportunities and strategies in Local and Global entrepreneurship.
- Classify the between International and Domestic Business and its trade aspects.
- Discuss the concepts of sustainable entrepreneurship and its characteristics.
- Describe the leadership characteristics, culture and decision making in corporate entrepreneurship.
- Discuss the process of opportunity evaluation and the competitive advantages of new entry in the market.
- Diagnose the stages of new business, trends, innovation, and methods of generating ideas.
- Examine the features of different support programs of Government to promote entrepreneurship.
- Identify the different strategies personal and business growth as an entrepreneur.
- Discuss the concepts, pros and cons of Franchising, joint ventures, merger, and acquisition.
- Explain the process of developing vision statement of a company and the process to be followed.
- Explain the importance of collaboration and communication with clients, team members, and stakeholders.
- Embrace humanistic, ethical, and moral values in real-life situations.
- Exercise responsibility for the completion of assigned tasks for self and the group work
- Predict and cater to own learning needs relating to the assigned task/work.
Entrepreneurship Journey: From Idea to Impact
Learn to validate ideas, build business models, and launch ventures with real-world impact.
Introduction
What you'll learn ?
- Paraphrase the opportunities and implementing effective strategies in both local and global entrepreneurship for thoughtful consideration and adaptation in business.
- Compare the intricate relationship between International and Domestic Business, along with its trade aspects that adds complexity to the overall economic landscape.
- Report the application of environmentally and socially responsible practices and principles in business operations, emphasizing long-term viability and positive impact on both the entrepreneurial economy and society.
- Interpret the intricate interplay of leadership characteristics, corporate culture, and decision-making processes significantly shape the landscape of corporate entrepreneurship.
- Estimate the intricately evaluating potential prospects and distinctive strengths of assessing opportunities and competitive advantages for new market entry.
- Examine the stages of new business involve integrating emerging trends, fostering innovation, and utilizing diverse methods for generating creative ideas.
- Survey the Government support programs for promoting entrepreneurship encompassing various features aimed at fostering entrepreneurial growth and innovation.
- Interpret the diverse strategies for personal and business growth essential to foster success and advancement as an entrepreneur.
- Diagnose the distinct business strategies of Franchising, joint ventures, mergers, and acquisitions each with its own set of advantages and disadvantages.
- Build the systematic and comprehensive approach to articulate a clear and inspiring company's vision statement.
- Assess appropriate solutions for the challenges presented, while practicing humanistic, ethical, and moral values in real-life situations
- Develop project management skills to efficiently plan and execute projects.
- make judgement and take decision, based on the analysis and evaluation of information and work scenario.
- Predict and cater to own learning needs relating to the assigned task/work by accessing appropriate learning resources.
- pursue self-paced and self-directed learning.
Syllabus
- Types of service sectors in India
- Differentiators of the service sector in India
- Challenges faced by the service sector in India
- Service Sector in India
- Opportunities for the Service Sector in India
- Advantages of the Service Sector in India
- What’s New in Services
- Opportunity Recognition & The Opportunity Assessment Plan
- Nature of International Entrepreneurship
- Importance of International Business to the Firm
- Motivations to Go Global
- Available Distribution System
- Strategic Effects of Going Global
- Foreign Market Selection
- Entrepreneurial Entry Strategies
- Entrepreneurial Partnering
- Implications for the Global Entrepreneur
- Information Sources
- International Vs Domestic Business (PESTEL Analysis)
- Culture
- Aspects of International Trade
- The nature of entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneur background and characteristics
- Sustainable entrepreneurship
- Reliance Story
- Corporate entrepreneurship
- Managerial versus entrepreneurial decision making
- Establishing a culture for corporate entrepreneurship
- Leadership characteristics of corporate entrepreneurs
- Learning from failure
- From Opportunity to Business Plan
- How to Identify an Opportunity
- Business Opportunity Evaluation
- New Entry Generation
- Competitive Advantages in New Entry Opportunity
- Assessing Attractiveness of Opportunity
- First Mover Advantages
- Risk Reduction Strategies
- Stages of a New Business
- Concept Stage
- Product Development Stage
- Sources of New Ideas
- Methods of Generating Ideas
- Does R&D Spending Correlate to Being the Most innovative
- Trust in Business
- Trend
- Important Elements of Business Development
- Creative Problem Solving
- Innovation
- Defining a New Innovation (Product or Service)
- Classification of New Products or Services
- Evaluation Criteria
- E-Commerce
- What is Skill India initiative?
- Micro Enterprises
- MUDRA
- Roles and Responsibilities of MUDRA
- Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)
- Start Up India Initiative
- Startup India Seed Fund Scheme
- Aspire - Small Business Ideas for Rural Areas in India
- Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme (DEDS)
- Venture Capital Assistance Scheme
- The Software Technology Park (STP) scheme
- Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development
- Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development - Continue
- What Is Credit Guarantee?
- Showcasing
- Objectives of IREDA
- Information technology
- State Govt.mechanisms
- ESDM Under the scheme
- Introduction - Continue
- The 4 Types of Entrepreneurships
- Success Strategies for Entrepreneurs
- Strategies for Personal Growth as an Entrepreneur
- Strategies for Personal Growth as an Entrepreneur
- Six Entrepreneurial and business growth strategy examples
- Franchising
- Franchising
- Types of Franchisees
- Joint Ventures
- Economies of Scale
- Merger or Acquisition
- Pros of mergers
- Cons of mergers
- Reasons that Cause Failure of Mergers and Acquisitions
- What is a vision statement?
- Vision statement
- Why does a company have to have a vision?
- Dual Components of the Company Vision
- Envisioned Future
- Vision statement sound mystical
- Developing a company vision Introduction
- Know your Goals
- Consider your company’s values
- Build upon your mission statement
- Keep it simple and straightforward
- Keep it Definitive
- Be forward thinking
- Establish timeframes
- Just write your vision statement!
- How To Use & Communicate Your Vision
- Measure Progress Toward Your Vision
- Vision statement templates and resources
- Visions Don't Need to Be Set in Stone
- Interview - Marker Movement Introduction
- Tell me something about yourself?
- Tell me little more about your Business?
- What’s your enterprise called?
- Can you elaborate entire cycle?
- How you decide pricing?
- What is your entire routine?
- Can you tell me how try to optimize the pricing and time that you have?
- How the ideation Process?
- What is your experience from multiple vendors?
- Can you take me through the pros and pain points of your business
- What is your Special experience in Party?
- Can you give some advice entrepreneur?
- Cases on New Service Development
- Cases on the Service Encounter Triad
- Cases on Supporting Facility & Process Flows
Certificate
- MKCL provides certificate (for 30/60/90/120 hours courses) to the KLiC learner after his/her successful course completion.
- KLiC courses of 120 hours are recognised by Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU). YCMOU provides ‘eStatement of Marks-cum-Certificate’ for successfully passed KLiC learners (who have selected 120 hours and YCMOU mode at the time of admission) (Jurisdiction: Maharashtra).
Academic Approach
The Academic Approach of the course focuses on the “work centric” education i.e. begin with work (and not from a book !), derive knowledge from work and apply that knowledge to make the work more wholesome, useful and delightful. The ultimate objective is to empower the Learner to engage in socially useful and productive work. It aims at leading the learner to his/her rewarding career as well as development of the society.
Learning methodology
- Learners are given an overview of the course and its connection to life and work.
- Learners are then exposed to the specific tool(s) used in the course through the various real-life applications of the tool(s).
- Learners are then acquainted with the careers and the hierarchy of roles they can perform at workplaces after attaining increasing levels of mastery over the tool(s).
- Learners are then acquainted with the architecture of the tool or Tool Map so as to appreciate various parts of the tool, their functions and their inter-relations.
- Learners are then exposed to simple application development methodology by using the tool at the beginner’s level
- Learners then perform the differential skills related to the use of the tool to improve the given ready-made outputs.
- Learners are then engaged in appreciation of real-life case studies developed by the experts.
- Learners are then encouraged to proceed from appreciation to imitation of the experts.
- After imitation experience, they are required to improve the expert’s outputs so that they proceed from mere imitation to emulation.
- Finally, they develop the integral skills involving optimal methods and best practices to produce useful outputs right from scratch, publish them in their ePortfolio and thereby proceed from emulation to self-expression.
Evaluation Pattern
Evaluation Pattern of KLiC Courses consists of 4 Sections as per below table:
| Section No. | Section Name | Total Marks | Minimum Passing Marks | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Learning Progression | 25 | 10 | 
| 2 | Internal Assessment | 25 | 10 | 
| 3 | Final Online Examination | 50 | 20 | 
| Total | 100 | 40 | |
| 4 | SUPWs (Socially Useful and Productive Work in form of Assignments) | 5 Assignments | 2 Assignments to be Completed & Uploaded | 
MKCL’s KLiC Certificate will be provided to the learner who will satisfy the below criteria:
- Learners who have successfully completed above mentioned 3 Sections i.e. Section 1, Section 2 and Section 3
- Additionally, learner should have completed Section 4 (i.e. Section 4 will comprise of SUPWs i.e. Socially Useful and Productive Work in form of Assignments)
- Learner has to complete and upload minimum 2 out of 5 Assignments
 
Courses Fee Structure from 01 July, 2025 Onwards
KLiC 30 hour course fee applicable from 01 July, 2025 all over Maharashtra| KLiC Course Duration | MFO: MKCL Share (Including 18% GST) | ALC Share (Service Charges to be collected by ALC) | 
|---|---|---|
| 30 hours | Rs. 300/- | Rs. 1,500/- | 
    Important Points:
* Above mentioned fee is applicable for all Modes of KLiC Courses offered at Authorised Learning Center (ALC) and at Satellite Center
* Total fee is including of Course fees, Examination fees and Certification fees
* MKCL reserves the right to modify the Fee anytime without any prior notice
                                    * Above mentioned fee is applicable for all Modes of KLiC Courses offered at Authorised Learning Center (ALC) and at Satellite Center
* Total fee is including of Course fees, Examination fees and Certification fees
* MKCL reserves the right to modify the Fee anytime without any prior notice
