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<p><em>"If you're anything like me, you've come into this course with some sort of vision. There's this big idea you've been playing around with in your head; you believe something could be done differently, better. Maybe you have already been working on it for a while and want to get serious about it, maybe you're still trying to figure out how to go about it. Either way, this course will help you give structure and clarity to your thoughts. You know how at first we have all these fuzzy ideas flying around? They feel like they make sense in some way, like they're all connected but you can't quite tell how? That's good, that means you have something; now you buckle down, do the research, plan ahead, and be prepared to challenge your assumptions. Writing things down crystallizes your ideas, stripping them to the bare essentials makes you understand what is really important, looking at what other entrepreneurs are doing behind the scenes gives you a sense of what it takes." - </em>Sergio, previous Learner from Mexico</p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><em>“Dear New Learner. I am an experienced serial entrepreneur. I enrolled in this course hoping to understand a lot more about building a social enterprise. Through this course, the instructors and resource persons, I have come to know that there are still so many things I need to learn. I am delighted that you, too, will learn as much as I did, and have fun as much as I did. One advice to you before you begin is that you have to have a stance of unlearning [...] and be ready to learn new things. Focus and open your mind. Be industrious in all aspects of the course. For sure, you will be happy and fulfilled.” – </em>Homer, previous Learner from the Philippines</p>
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<p dir="ltr"><em>“My experience in this online course has been joyful, and I have felt very engaged with the content, activities and forum discussions of each week. I consider that the learning experiences have been well designed, but this only represents 50% and the other 50% is building through the collective and individual participation of students exchanging opinions, ideas or resources about our respective projects. We can't forget that our diversity of backgrounds and locations enriches this interaction and the complete learning experience. It has been essential to take time to read several comments in the forums with the purpose to know and learn from my peers, and frequently go back to read them because through the weeks more students participate in the first discussions of the course.” – </em>Roxana, previous Learner from Mexico</p>
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