Further education in entrepreneurship // University of Oldenburg

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From the idea to a successful product

Discover the exciting world of starting a business! This module teaches you how to develop and implement innovations. You will learn which legal requirements and decision-making aids are relevant when founding a company and how financing with venture capital works. With your new expertise, you will be able to create a business model and a business plan step by step. On this basis, you will build up your own company or generate new business opportunities in existing companies.

Lecturer

Prof Dr Jörg Freiling

University of Bremen, Head of the LEMEX Chair for SMEs, Start-ups and Entrepreneurship
Editor of the Journal of Competences, Strategy and Management

Mentor

Dr Thomas Baron

Research associate at LEMEX
Research associate in the European research project

Your gain in expertise

After completing the module you can ...

define the tasks involved in setting up a company in conceptual and factual terms.

utilise the agile methods relevant to the development of innovative business foundations in a targeted manner.

adapt their business concepts through market validation and bring them to a higher level of maturity.

Transforming business ideas into business models or business plans. Validate building blocks of business models in the market.

Steer a business concept towards a product/market fit.

Develop and evaluate business ideas.

Further education at a glance

University certificate

Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS)

Dates

Coming soon

Time required and scope

5-8 hours per week, 10 credit points

Teaching format

Online plus two compact workshops at the weekend

Prerequisites

None

Costs

1,080 euros for students (1,320 euros for guest students) plus university fee

Who is the programme aimed at?

The module is aimed at self-employed persons and employees in Business Administration who wish to further their education in entrepreneurship and work in the field of entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship.