Entrepreneurship training (10 cr)

Objective

You can establish a company or prepare for acquiring an existing company. You can lead yourself and your enterprise in its early stages. You know how to balance entrepreneurship and life.You can represent your company. You know how to find financing for your enterprise and negotiate necessary contracts and agreements. You can plan your business strategically and think about your own entrepreneurial career in the long-term. You know how to utilize business services, coaching and/or mentoring for the holistic development of the company.

Content

- Setting up a business or preparing for a company acquisition
- Entrepreneurs’ performance management and holistic wellbeing
- Representation and promotion of a company
- Sources of financing and ways of obtaining it
- Business negotiations
- Strategic develepment of an SME

Course material

Becoming an entrepreneur in Finland, Uusyrityskeskus
https://uusyrityskeskus.fi/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Perustamisopas_2021_EN.pdf

Study forms and methods

Student can choose to complete course either in English or in Finnish.

RDI and work-related cooperation

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Timing of exams and assignments

Student does personalized entrepreneurship training program and reports about the development process via development report.

International cooperation

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Student workload

1 cr = 27 h

Course part description

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Further information

This course is built around personal entrepreneurship training program. During this course you will create a personal entrepreneurship training program with course coach and start developing your entrepreneurial skills! This course offers you great opportunity to examine entrepreneurship, attend entrepreneurial activities and turn your practical work into credits.

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed

Assessment methods and criteria

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