Free entrepreneurship lessons

Hatchable's course was designed with researchers at the University of Toronto (OISE) and MITACS. Every lesson in modules 1 to 8 is free to read here — the videos and the worked examples from Aisha, Jacob and Jenny — with no account needed. Create a free account to take the quizzes, submit assignments for teacher feedback and track your progress.

• Module 1 · 13 free lessons

  Thinking on Solving Problems

  Explore what entrepreneurship means, develop your first soft skills, and reflect on yourself as a future entrepreneur.

• Module 2 · 18 free lessons

  Uncovering Hidden Problems

  Learn to identify entrepreneurial opportunities using Design Thinking, empathy, and problem validation techniques.

• Module 3 · 23 free lessons

  Thinking about solutions

  Apply the 5W1H method to your problem, explore products vs. services, brainstorm solutions, and create testable hypotheses for your entrepreneurial project.

• Module 4 · 17 free lessons

  Developing a plan

  Conduct market research, discover your Unique Value Proposition, map your UVP Canvas, and launch your Lean Canvas to commit to one entrepreneurial project for the rest of the course.

• Module 5 · 19 free lessons

  Making partnerships and delivering solutions

  Master the Channels element of the Lean Canvas, explore partnerships and support networks, learn to build customer engagement, and understand the fundamentals of entrepreneurial finance.

• Module 6 · 19 free lessons

  Putting Things to Work

  Understand cost structure and the MVP, explore revenue generation and budgeting, discover fundraising strategies, and learn about income, interest rates, and financial instruments — all applied through the Lean Canvas framework.

• Module 7 · 26 free lessons

  Thinking About the Future

  Explore goal setting, SMART goals, SWOT analysis, KPIs, financial metrics, banking relationships, and how to finalize the Key Metrics element of your Lean Canvas.

• Module 8 · 27 free lessons

  Presenting the project to the world

  Measure your project's community impact, apply ethical financial decision-making, understand risk, learn payback time and financial leverage, present your Lean Canvas, and complete your final entrepreneurial project.

• Module 9 · free with an account

  Bonus — Personal Finance

  A bonus module on managing your own money: banking, income, expenses and budgeting; credit cards, loans and interest; investments, risk and diversification; and planning for a home and retirement.