Business Creation
Module 3 Social Entrepreneurship
Create your impact start-up
Start date
17. September 2020
Deadline 16. September 2020
Course dates
September
17 | 18 | 24
October
01 | 08
Here you will find all the details of the Business Creation course in Lausanne.
After the course, you will have:
- Hands-on knowledge to develop a profitable and impactful business model
- Professional and personal competences to design, develop and realise your business idea with a special focus on the social impact of your start-up
- A prioritised set of actions to take you to the next step
- A fantastic network of coaches, consultants and participants
To participate, you must meet the following requirements:
- You have founded a startup or are planning to do so in the next 6 to 12 months
- You have developed your business idea or maybe a first draft of your business plan
- Your business idea is a technological, scientific or business model driven innovation that will have a positive impact on society or environment
- You are ready to challenge yourself as an entrepreneur and are willing to invest a significant part of your time (at least 30%) into the project
This course will be held in cooperation with our partner EPFL Innovation Park.
Course program
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17.09.2020
08:30Day 1: Understanding your Business OpportunityPSE C
1015 Lausanne
Welcome & Introduction
Business modeling
Creating stakeholder value18.09.2020
08:30Day 2: Creating an impactful product or servicePSE C
1015 Lausanne
Product development
Impact assessment & management24.09.2020
08:30Day 3: Designing for scale and entering the marketPSE C
1015 Lausanne
Market structure & business strategy
Go to market strategy01.10.2020
08:30Day 4: Financing and pitching your businessPSE C
1015 Lausanne
Financial forecasting
Raising Funding
Pitching skills08.10.2020
08:30Day 5: Founding and resourcing your business + pitchingPSE C
1015 Lausanne
Start date17. September 2020Deadline 16. September 2020Course datesSeptember17 | 18 | 24October01 | 08Information material
Flyer with course scheduleLanguage
EnglishCosts
300 CHFPlace
PSE C, 1015 Lausanne, SwitzerlandContact
c/o FONDATION EPFL INNOVATION PARK
Bâtiment C
CH - 1015 Lausannehttp://www.startup-campus.ch
ignell@epfl-innovationpark.ch
+41 21 353 80 00Comments
«Thanks to the Business Creation course, I gained confidence in my idea. I’ve learned to focus on it and to develop an initial strategy. »«If you launch a startup, you get a lot of applause. The Innosuisse coaches confronted me with critical questions for the first time.»
Olivier Stamm
xifu«We were given great support by the STARTUP CAMPUS team during the Business Creation course at developing our business model and successfully bringing it on track. »
Philippe Geiger
EntoLog«In the course, you learn to see your plans with the eyes of others. This is highly interesting!»
Michael Waldner
Pexapark AG
Michael Döring
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