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Entrepreneurship and Innovation

    Course

    Description

    https://at-ceu.studyguide.timeedit.net/modules/ECBS5349?type=CORE

    Aim & Background

    NOTE: It is not possible to drop this course after the first session when teams are created. If you sign up for this course and are assigned to a team, you have to complete the course. In today's technology driven economy the pace of change accelerates at an unprecedented rate. In highly uncertain environment new skills need to be developed to succeed. Entrepreneurial mindset is a set of skills that helps students to identify opportunities, to take actions and innovate. In this practice focused, interactive course we will learn and practice entrepreneurial mindset. During the course students will work in teams, generate ideas and build a project using proven entrepreneurial frameworks. The course will provide an introduction to innovation and startup ecosystem stakeholders and fundraising options for early stage ventures. The course will focus on the entrepreneurial process and skill development and will use the course projects as „cases in points". Successfull projects will have an accelerated path to the university startup incubator, the CEU InnovationsLab.This course is recommended for (i) aspiring entrepreneurs, who would like to acquire skills to build a successful venture, (ii) aspiring professionals who anticipate high uncertainty problems that require different solutions, (iii) aspiring professionals interested in venture financing, (iv) aspiring researchers who intend to increase their capacity to identify problems worth solving, (v) aspiring professionals in governmental institutions and (vi) NGOs.
    Course period5/01/265/04/26