Entrepreneurship
Expanding Entrepreneurship Skills
U:LEARN is a free introduction to entrepreneurship course.
In partnership with leading European universities, Google, Inco Group and others, U:LEARN provides teaching about key entrepreneurial terms, explores examples of entrepreneurship locally and globally, and recognise how much value it can bring both socially and economically to countries.
The goal of the 3-month program is to introduce the different entrepreneurial mindsets, creative problem solving and the multiple pathways of entrepreneurship. The program is conducted remotely in European (+2hrs) timezone via Google Meet with a time commitment of 5-10 hrs per week.
Participants learn what is entrepreneurship,foundational methodologies and mindsets, where entrepreneurship can take you and how to have greater chance of success.
U:LEARN
Expanding Entrepreneurship Skills
1. Innovation concepts and theories
2. Classical and contemporary forms of innovation
3.Product and service innovation
4. Business model innovation
5. Open innovation and crowdsourcing
6. Personal innovation and entrepreneurship
7. Social innovation and social entrepreneurship
8. Organizing and managing innovation
9. Innovation strategy, structure and processes
10. Innovation systems and networks
11. Pricing Innovation
12. Building Innovative teams
U:LEARN 3-Month Program Overview
Week 1: Innovation concepts and theories
Understand entrepreneurial theory
Week 2: Classical and contemporary forms of innovation
Understand the history and development of innovation
Week 3: Product and service innovation
Learn how product evolves and continuous improvement of services
Week 4: Business model innovation
Learn how to innovate on existing business models
Week 5: Open innovation and crowdsourcing
Learn about how open and crowdsourced innovation happens
Week 6: Personal innovation and entrepreneurship
Understand your current innovative potential and entrepreneurial tendencies
Week 7: Social innovation and social entrepreneurship
Learn about the benefits and potential of social endeavours
Week 8: Organizing and managing innovation
Understand how to implement innovation
Week 9: Innovation strategy, structure and processes
Learn to develop strategies and processes for innovation
Week 10: Innovation systems and networks
Systematic understanding of innovation and how to leverage networks
Week 11: Pricing Innovation
How to use pricing to create innovation
Week 12: Building Innovative teams
Learn how to embed innovation into teams
U:LEARN – Timetable
Every week
- 1x 3-5 hr learning session (Tuesdays starting at 5 pm)
- 1x 3 hr office hours (Thursdays from 4 pm)
- 1x 5 hr Meet the Community (Fridays from 3 pm)
Biweekly (Wednesdays from 4pm)
- Additional deep dive on that weeks content
- Guest speakers
