New Venture Creation: Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century

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Recognise and understand the role of innovation and creativity in a fast paced global competitive environment, where businesses need to innovate to survive. 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. Case insights – over 70 cases from around the globe illustrate how a range of organizations have tackled issues in the real world. Develop skills in financial analysis and decision making, identify possible entrepreneurial opportunities, focusing on the ability to think creatively and innovatively.

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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. Prior to that, she enjoyed 11 years working for Biotica, a biotechnology spin-out from the University of Cambridge as Department Director and Project Leader.Highly experiential in nature, the programme is normally offered as part of an Executive MBA course at Bayes, which is now open for external applicants to attend. A venture capitalist (VC) works with entrepreneurs to foster their growth and success in the marketplace. Students currently enrolled at a college or institute which is part of the University of London consortium, are entitled to a 15% reduction in the programme fee. Have a critical understanding of the concepts, theories and models that underpin entrepreneurship and new business start-up in different contexts.

Access to the learning platform is restricted to registered participants per the terms of agreement. The popular and effective Workbook, which enables you to work through your thoughts and ideas on business development and construct a profile of your new venture, is now presented in a digital format.The module examines the identification of new business opportunities, starting, managing and marketing a new venture, writing a business plan, and raising finance. New Venture Creation: a framework for entrepreneurial start-ups, Paul Burns, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN: 978-113733289-9, 2014.

If you have at least 3 years of experience working in a corporate or startup environment, or a technical background (although not required), and you have serious ambition to start your own business, then this programme is for you. This module guides students through the stages of new venture creation - including the creative process at the 'ideas' stage, and the entrepreneurially distinct requirements in terms of marketing, finance, human resources, operation management etc.Note that you will not be able to remove any examination scripts from the UG Office as they may be required by the Board of Examiners. This is referenced at the top of the programme landing page under the Duration section, as well as in the programme brochure, which you can obtain by submitting the short form at the top of this web page.