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Knowledgebased Entrepreneurship
DTU Ph.D course 2010
Course evaluation report: click here

Updated: 27-11-2012
Building 427, room 119. Map: click here
Wednesdays 13:00 to 16:30

Course Manual: Click here
Lecture Plan: Click here

DEADLINE: Submit business plan before Thursday 10 june, 11:00 pm.
EXAM: Tuesday 15 june. Exams plan, latest version: Click here
Exams manual: Click here
 

The course aims at developing the Ph.D. student's entrepreneurial mindset and skillset by providing portable and practical knowledge within opportunity driven creativity, business modelling, business planning and financing.

Course specs:

• Lectures from 13:00 to 16:00 on Wednesdays, 14 April, 21 April, 28 April, 5 May, 12 May, 19 May and  26 May.  Exams on Wednesday 9 June at DTU,

• Topics: opportunity-driven creativity, start-up  strategies, business planning, financing, IPR, management, budgeting etc.

• Exam: group presentation of business plan + individual presentation of specific themes.

• Credits: 5 ECTS =  app. 125 hours workload.

• Registration + info:  email to johe@iman.dtu.dk - or download the ID-form, fill it out and send it as an e-mail attachement to johe@man.dtu.dk.

Text book
     Knowledgebased Entrepreneurship, John Heebøll, Polyteknisk forlag 2008.
     ISBN 13: 978-87-502-0996-6     ISBN 10: 87-502-0995-5

Documents

1. A brief introduction to 42705

2. Course Manual

3. Lecture plan

4. Business Plan Template

5. List of participants

6. Exams plan

Spreadsheets

1. Calculation of an equity investment with two share classes

2. Complete simulation of a start up

Business plan examples

• Social entrepreneurship:                   Catering for the elderly:   <click here>

• Consultancy service:                         Engineering agency           <click here>

• IP holding R&D company:                 Safety needle                     <click here>

• IP holding R&D company:                 Dental tool                          <click here>

• IT- logistics management system:  Courier tracking                 <click here>

• IT- logistics management system:  GreenFleet                          <click here>

• Design, sales & production:             ByBasket                             <click here>

Course teaching materials:

1. Lecture
    Introduction & Experiences
    The Venture Cup competition
    The Startupbootcamp

2. Lecture
    Creativity
    Business Planning
    CONNECT Denmark

3. Lecture
    Financing
    DTU Symbion Innovation & SEED Capital
    Equity capital investment: speadsheet model

4. Lecture
    Budgetting
    Budget: Spreadsheet model
    Business Law

5. Lecture. 12 May 2010
    Intellectual Property Rights
    Market Analysis

    Link to Michel Porter's Five Forces
    Note on Michael Porter's five Forces

6. Lecture. 19 May 2010
    Sales & Marketing   
    Managing a high tec start-up venture

7. Lecture.    26 May 2010
        Course round-up
        On exams
 

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