What is This Resource?

Brilliant Online is a series of online modules designed to give aspiring entrepreneurs the knowledge and resources they need to get started. Brilliant Online focuses mainly on the ideation and validation stages of the entrepreneurial journey.

Brilliant Online was created by the Brilliant Catalyst at Ontario Tech University. Located in Oshawa, Ontario, Brilliant Catalyst is the university-based incubator and experiential learning hub on campus. Working under the leadership of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation, the Brilliant Catalyst strives to be a leader in entrepreneurial thinking in Ontario, in Canada, and around the world.

How to Use This Resource

This resource is broken up into three stages: 1) Entrepreneurship & Laying the Groundwork, 2) How to Validate and Execute Your Idea, and 3) Prototyping and Testing. Within each stage there are a series of focused modules with specific learning objectives. Within each module are more focused sections. Each module has a required reading list along with optional readings suggested in each section. The modules include pause questions, plan questions, and other activities. At the end of each module you will complete a five-question multiple choice quiz.

While you may not actively complete all the steps outlined in each module or section, consider completing the pause questions throughout to give you a better sense of your entrepreneurial vision.