124 students from the Electronics and Computer Technology Department, I.Franko National University of Lviv, have joined the "Entrepreneurship and Innovation in IT" course:
After taking the course, students will be able to:
Understand the role of entrepreneurship as well as skills set and mindset required for an entrepreneur's success;
Prioritize problems, see opportunities in problems, generate and present creative ideas to solve them;
Understand and plan innovation process using 'needs-approach-benefit-competition' model;
Understand where the idea for a startup come from;
Understand the market entry strategy;
Develop a business model for startup;
Deal with various business financing mechanisms; understand how financial institutions operate in the investment market;
Learn how a startup is funded at its early stage;
Understand the role of a team and define strategic partners for scale-up;
Prepare a demo pitch of a startup project.