Business success always depends on becoming active, which implies that the entrepreneur has to show personal initiative composing of three important elements: being self-starting, showing future thinking, and overcoming barriers. This course provides action principles entrepreneurs can follow to increase their personal initiative which will in turn lead to an increase in business success. These principles are rules of thumb which are easy to follow, without studying lots of theory. The course treats every step in the entrepreneurial process – from identifying opportunities to looking for feedback – in the light of personal initiative. The course design aims at giving the chance to become active and practice the action principles for every step with the help of case studies.