Coursebooks

Entrepreneurship

HUM-348

Lecturer(s) :

Hertel Christina Julia
Wagenschwanz Anna Maria

Language:

English

Summary

This course provides an introduction to the topic of entrepreneurship, the process of new firm creation and the commercialization of technologies.

Content

We will go into the following topics according to the following plan:

• Importance of Entrepreneuship for Economic Development and National Competitiveness
• Entrepreneurial Opportunity Identification
• Challenges in Setting up and Growing a New Firm
• Financing an Innovative Firm
• Management of Technology Ventures

Keywords

New Firm, Entrepreneurial spirit, Business Plan, Technology Commercialization

POLY-perspective :

• interdisciplinary perspective
• creative perspective

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Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

• Analyze markets for innovative products/services
• Compare business activities of competing firms
• Decide strategies for new firms
• Develop business plan for new start-ups
• Explore business opportunities

Transversal skills

• Evaluate one's own performance in the team, receive and respond appropriately to feedback.
• Access and evaluate appropriate sources of information.
• Make an oral presentation.

Teaching methods

Teaching with active participation of students, entrepreneurial project with regular presentations.

 

Expected student activities

Active participation of students in class, business idea generation individually and in groups, development of a business project, discussions in class, presentations in class.

Assessment methods

50% Business plan project (group project incl. three presentations and final commented pitch deck)

30% Individual assignment

20% Peer-2-Peer Feedback Evaluation

 

Supervision

Office hours	Yes
Assistants	Yes
Others	Office hours upon request

Resources

Websites

• http://entc.epfl.ch