Short Course Description
This is an introductioanry course designed to introduce the fundamental components of the world of entrepreneurship in all its facets, particularly new ventures, organizational intrapreneurship, start-ups, social entrepreneurship and the research in the area. Among the subjects to be discussed in the course are: the entrepreneurial process and the founding of a new venture, the business plan ? its purpose and structure, entrepreneurship and the sources of financing, social networks and entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship ? its advantages and limitations, the characteristics of an environment that fosters entrepreneurship and how such an environment can be constructed. This course will further provide a hands-on experience in the entrepreneurial process framework, aiming at understanding of the entrepreneurial mindset as well as investors? perspective towards hi-growth ventures. Through a mixture of lectures and hands-on workshops, students will gain a theoretical view coupled with first-hand experience in practical entrepreneurship in a startup ecosystem.
To participate in the course students need to be equipped with a laptop, and/or a tablet, and/or a smartphone.
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