Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The student
- recognizes the requirements of entrepreneurship and is able to evaluate their personal strengths and areas that require development
- develops their entrepreneurship skills, which include sales, teamwork, problem solution, communication, and public speaking, among others
- builds cooperation networks that can further their business operations
- recognizes and evaluates their operation within the company as part of a team
- is able to plan the business operation of the company
- is able to use tools related to the planning of business operations and to draw up the documents related to establishing a company
- can create a business model and plan to support their idea, as well as develop them during the operation
- understands the basic principles of business and develops the operation of the company

Teaching methods

The JA Company Program supports entrepreneurship and developing the students’ ideas. The program includes completing a process that consists of the life cycle of a real company. In the program, the students establish, alone or as part of a group, a JA company that operates using real money. The program consists of an innovation section (Let’s Innovate) and a business section (Let’s Do Business).
The program provides higher education teachers a turnkey solution for entrepreneurship education. The program includes competitions.
The program provides a practical, low-threshold approach that challenges the students in line with their personal goals.
Program and all of its material are available in Finnish, English and Swedish.

Location and time

Timetable of the course 22.1. - 15.4.2020 wednesday evenings 1700-2000 hours at Haaga-Helia Campus, Pasila.

22.1. klo 9 – 16 Let´s innovate- "Kick-off camp"
29.1.
5.2.
12.2.
26.2.
6.3. Demo-day + semifinals
11.3. Kick-off Let´s do business
18.3.
25.3.
1.4.
8.4.
15.4 Wrap up, Companies established

Grading scale

Approved/Failed