The course also seeks to help participants to develop a greater awareness of their personal goals, motivations, strengths and limitations in the context of venture creation and growth, particularly in the context of forming new ventures or joining a new young venture. Paul Burns is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and former Dean of the University of Bedfordshire Business School. The course will be taught as ten two-hour sessions which require students to work in groups to create a coherent and viable business concept which will be presented to an external panel in the last class session.

Our participants tell us that taking this programme together with their colleagues helps to share common language and accelerate impact. Conduct an interview of with a successful entrepreneur, and communicate the interview results though a written report.

Students will also be given the opportunity to voluntarily participate in the Business School and University enterprise competitions, individually or in teams, to gain further experience (e.

The amount of work done per student may vary but should be directly reflected in the success of the piece. Be able to demonstrate the skills and aptitudes associated with entrepreneurship in a variety of contexts including social entrepreneurship, commercial entrepreneurship and the ethical issues attendant upon both these approaches, and the new venture creation process. Students will learn and practice new venture creation from idea generation and opportunity development through to planning the launch of a business. University of South Florida and Exeter have entered into a 5 year student exchange between the two Universities.com/companion/burns-new-venture-creation offers video interviews with the author, New Venture Creation framework exercises, chapter quizzes and much more. She is a Registered Technology Transfer Professional and is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Bristol, exploring metrics for impact of spinout companies. As with any new venture, there are critical success factors that include governance, autonomy, funding, talent and structure. Would you value having access to a robust and supportive network in the entrepreneurial ecosystem including a peer cohort of dedicated founders?

This book dispels the myth that entrepreneurship cannot be taught, by breaking down the business start-up process into a seven-stage New Venture Creation Framework.Each programme includes an estimated learner effort per week, so you can gauge what will be required before you enrol. You will develop your critical awareness of entrepreneurial enterprise, working in a small group to generate, evaluate and act upon your own entrepreneurial ideas. This module examines theoretical and practical elements of entrepreneurship, and establishing and running a new venture.

You will learn what you need to look for in an opportunity and what business models you could consider. The New Venture Creation programme has been designed to equip nascent entrepreneurs with the skills necessary to start a scalable business. Please note that this programme can be incorporated into the completion of the Cambridge General Management Certificate of Achievement (GMCA). In May 2019, Chris cofounded Carbon13, a Cambridge-based talent-first accelerator investing in startups focused on curtailing CO2e emissions.

You will learn the steps towards creating a company, what types of companies you could form, and the key factors you should plan to have in place. If you are new to the world of venture creation, then this is just the introduction you need to start the journey – whether you are in a Technology Transfer or Knowledge Exchange Office, or you’re in another support role such as in an incubator. In the majority of sessions, you will use case studies and/or exercises to illustrate how these concepts can be applied in specific strategic situations. To develop students' understanding of entrepreneurship through the lenses of opportunity examination, new venture creation, and small business management, including contextual issues therein. This guide will give you a better context to understand the language of startups, venture capitalists, angel investors, and incubators.