Starting Up

Recommended prerequisites: No required prior studies. Basics in business studies are recommended, covering accounting, finance, leadership, and marketing. E.g. TU-A1100 Industrial Engineering and Management 1, and TU-C1030 Managerial accounting and finance for decision-makers.

Starting Up is an introductory level course about the central features of founding and running a startup company. The course is targeted for all students who want to learn more about the topic, regardless of their background and experience.

The course will provide the student with an understanding of the basics of entrepreneurship. To facilitate the thinking of starting a business, the students will sketch their own Not-a-Business-Plan an outline of what their own business could look like by applying the tools presented in the course.

Objectives
After completing the course, the student

• can describe how startups differ from other types of companies
• can name the typical phases of building a startup
• can identify and state a problem that could serve a basis for a startup
• knows how to validate such a problem
• is familiar with the typical phases in identifying a product-market fit
• is familiar with the phases of the fundraising process and the differences between different funding instruments
• can create the outline of a business plan

Teaching Language: English

Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Autumn I - Summer
2025-2026 Autumn I - Summer

Registration:

Students of industrial engineering and management can include this course only in BSc electives.