Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Blockchain for Business by Google, INSEAD

Blockchain courses for business. Learn the basics of blockchain technology with Don Tapscat, an international expert in leading innovation in business and technology.

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Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • In-depth understanding of blockchain technology
  • Ability to analyze business opportunities in the blockchain field
  • Identifying specific problems and needs that can be solved with blockchain
  • Investigating potential solutions to blockchain problems
  • Using various tools to organize findings and data
  • Practical experience with professionals in the field
  • Presenting analyses and recommendations to organizations and investors

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Technology project managers
  • Startup entrepreneurs
  • Financial analysts
  • Blockchain developers
  • Technology consultants
  • Crypto product managers
  • Researchers in the field of financial technology
  • Blockchain marketers
  • Information Systems Administrators
  • Blockchain information security experts

Internship – 4-part course series

Blockchain is revolutionizing the way online transactions are made, ideas are shared, and processes are managed. It’s the new technology that all business people need to understand.

This specialization will introduce you to the world of blockchain technology – explaining what it is, how it works and why it is revolutionary. You will learn about different categories of crypto assets and how they can be transacted. You will understand how blockchain is changing business models and financial services, offering new possibilities for how organizations can create and manage value.

Moderators

  • Don Tapscott
  • Olivia Tapscott
  • Market experts and developers from Ethereum Foundation, Grid Singularity, Keyless Technologies, and ResonanceX

Additionally, you will have access to the Blockchain Research Institute’s cutting-edge research and the Blockchain Case Commons — a collection of blockchain applications and cases for various industries. Upon completion of the internship, you will be able to present a blockchain opportunity analysis, having identified and evaluated a promising application of blockchain technology in your field.

Hands-on Learning Project

The goals of this project are divided into two:

  • Identify a specific need or problem in your chosen field that can be solved with the help of blockchain technology.
  • Explore potential solutions to this problem while considering how they will be applied to blockchain applications.

You’ll go through different stages of the project each week and learn about different tools that entrepreneurs use to organize their findings. Along the way, you’ll hear from real-world professionals with hands-on experience in the blockchain ecosystem. As a result, you’ll gain knowledge in a structured way, with a peer-reviewed analysis of blockchain opportunities that you can present to your organization or potential investors.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Introduction to Blockchain Technologies

Course 1

29 hours
4.9 (32 ratings)

  • How the Internet affects businesses and economic activities, and how trust is built in the pre- and post-blockchain world
  • Terms like “miner”, “hash”, “nonce”, “proof of work” and public cryptographic key, and how the data transfer process is carried out on a blockchain
  • Seven principles for developing blockchain technology
  • Ten challenges related to implementing blockchain technology

Course 2

16 hours
4.9 (21 ratings)

  • Describe seven types of crypto assets and explain what is meant by the “tokenization” of an asset
  • Explain what a smart contract is and how to use it in different areas
  • To explore the functions of a distributed and self-regulatory identity system
  • Describe eight major functions of services in the financial industry and explain how blockchain will change each of them

Course 3

27 hours

  • Explain how blockchain technology will transform business structures, roles, and organizational functions
  • Define terms such as distributed applications (DApps), independent agency, open network companies, and decentralized independent companies
  • Identify strategic approaches to intellectual property management using blockchain technologies
  • Influence different layers of blockchain technology and describe how each affects the governance of a blockchain system

Course 4

12 hours

  • Identify new ideas or opportunities for blockchain within your industry
  • Explain how you will position your idea, including how it will create new value for your customers
  • Identify business model decisions that need to be made to secure your idea
  • Describe what would need to change in your organization’s current way of operating to realize your idea