Overview
Key facts
- The creation of new ventures is one of the most important economic issues of this time, all over the world. It is not limited to start-ups only, but also applies to the development of new activities by existing firms (among them corporates) and spin-offs by universities, company expansions, take-overs, and scale-ups, and much more.
- Amsterdam offers a broad and interesting palette of entrepreneurs, firms and entrepreneurial organizations, this is called the Amsterdam entrepreneurial ecosystem. The Center for Entrepreneurship of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (CfE@VU) plays an important role in the Amsterdam entrepreneurial ecosystem.
- This New Venture Creation in the Amsterdam Entrepreneurial Ecosystem summer school from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam follows a double approach. The first approach is the sustainable entrepreneurship approach, dealing with the economic, social and ecological aspects of new ventures. The second approach is the life cycle of the firm approach, dealing with the changes of the firm and the entrepreneur during the life cycle of the firm.
- Next to above mentioned approaches, an important part of the content of this course is determined by the students themselves, who are expected to come up with their own business ideas and contributions, guided by the course lecturers.
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By the end of this course, students will:
- 1) Be familiar with an innovation outlook on entrepreneurship.
- 2) Be aware that value-adding opportunities not only contain financial aspects but also social and environmental aspects (sustainable entrepreneurship).
- 3) Have developed insight into, and actual developed, their own enterprising competencies.
- 4) Have learned about the processes involved in the recognition and exploitation of opportunities, about creating societal value, and about the nature and role of networks.
- 5) Have gained the ability to write a feasibility plan on how to bring an innovation to the market.
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Duration
- Full-time
- 14 days
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
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General requirements
This course is open to Advanced Bachelor's, Master's and PhD students from any discipline, from all over the world. The level of assessment in on Advanced Bachelor level (third year).
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1140 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1140 EUR for the full programme during 14 days. -
EU/EEA
1140 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1140 EUR for the full programme during 14 days.
- Students, PhD students and employees of VU Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC or an Aurora Network Partner: €765
- Students at Partner Universities of VU Amsterdam: €1035
- Students and PhD candidates at non-partner universities of VU Amsterdam: €1140
- Professionals: €1360
Living costs for Amsterdam
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