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SUMMER ACADEMY – GERMANY

ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR ICT DRIVEN INNOVATION

Focus on Innovation driven by ICT in traditional industries

PROFILE

Would you like to start your innovative company to influence and change the traditional industries with new technological solutions and applications? Enroll in the Lake Constance Summer Academy to gain entrepreneurial skills and solid knowledge on how to build and launch the products or services of your high tech venture.
You will study theories and practices that you immediately apply to develop your business and products, based on the lean start up methodology. For this startup, you will study topics like business model generation, marketing and communication, access to finance and intellectual property management.

Expertise

technological driven ventures in the traditional industries.

Innovation themes

• Technology and meaning driven innovation
• Entrepreneurship for ICT driven Innovation

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Learning outcomes

By attending the Summer Academy on Lake Constance you will gain understanding of all the business basics necessary to start a company. You will get a good overview of product development, marketing strategy, financing and accountancy. You will be able to understand technology trends and promptly
identify their impact.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

• knowledge of entrepreneurial, marketing and financial strategies necessary to start a company.
• knowledge of creative and innovation processes.
• basic understanding of technology trends in various contexts.

COGNITIVE SKILLS

• Ability to apply entrepreneurial and design thinking in innovation and business
development processes.
• Ability to connect the use of ICT and creativity in the solving of (societal)
problems.
• Ability to apply the Lean Start Up approach and tools to a concrete business case.

PRACTICAL AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

In particular, you will apply the Lean Start Up approach and tools to a concrete business case. At the end of the two weeks you will be able to analyse a given market and run market research for a specific product/service. You will be able to identify the right customer segment and develop appropriate marketing strategy to target it. You will understand how to develop hypothesis for a business and test it by mean of minimum viable product. Finally, you will define an appropriate business model and recognize on time the need for business model innovation.
• Ability to perform the role of designer/entrepreneur in a business development process critically and inventively.
• Ability to identify and evaluate opportunities and risks and adapt to occurring needs and challenges.
• Ability to perform on a professional level within an interdisciplinary team.

KEY- AND TRANSFERABLE SKILLS

Moreover through the Summer Academy you should be able to develop an entrepreneurial attitude that will help you to successfully manage and motivate a team and sharpen your problem-solving skills. You will work on your communication skills in order to convince people of your idea. Finally you will have the chance to network with other students, entrepreneurs and experts of the ICT field.
• problem-solving skills and capability to turn ideas into action.
• capability to convincingly communicate concepts in a verbal and visual
way to different audiences.

Candidates Curriculum

REQUIREMENTS

• Practice-based approach
• Two-weeks course
• 60 hrs in total

ROLES OF STAFF

• Lecturers
• Experts / Professionals from the field
• Mentors / Coaches
• Entrepreneurs
• External professors

Location

Lake constance, Germany

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