Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- create and develop business models and plans
- utilizes the necessary networks in developing process
- test and validate the business model and logics with real customers
- present and argument the business model and logics to various target groups
- create contacts and customer base for the startup

Teaching methods

Testing Your Business Idea study units are mentored at face to face meetings both at Leppävaara and Otaniemi campuses

Program consist of personal F2F meetings, visitors and guest lecturers, visits and events outside Laurea campuses.

Working language is both English and Finnish. The student can choose either Finnish or English, when writing all the needed assignments. Material is mainly in English.

Content:
•40 % Business Plan report/ portfolio
•20% Pitching
•40% Testing your Business model with customer

Learning materials and recommended literature

See instructions in optima at the kickoff meeting

Co-operation with working life and/or RDI

Visits and events outside Laurea campuses

Important dates

The Autumn content will be informed in more detail at kick-off meeting on Wednesday 5.9.2018 at 16 – 17.45 o’clock, Otaniemi, room 324.

We meet mainly on weekly basis on Wednesdays at 16 o’clock until end of October.

Further information for students

This is for you who has already evaluated your idea a bit (this was done during R0436 study unit). Now you can continue to test the business idea.

Grading scale

H-5

Evaluation methods and criteria

More information at the kickoff meeting