Private: Entrepreneurship in the Research Context (part of the Research Skills Programme)

Published on: Oct 2013 8.5 Hours of Core activities 20 Hours of Additional activities

Courses featured in this programme:

  • Academic entrepreneurship: An introduction
    Overview

    Date published: Oct 2013 
    Core activities: 2.5 hours 
    Additional activities: 6 hours   

    Researchers taking this course will learn about entrepreneurial motivation, appetite for risk, skills and capabilities, and what makes entrepreneurs successful. They will also get a good overview of how an entrepreneurial journey fits together, and how their own journey might take shape.

     

    Syllabus
    • Module 1: Entrepreneurship in the academic context
    • Module 2: An introduction to entrepreneurial motivation
    • Module 3: Characteristics of a successful entrepreneur
    • Module 4: Entrepreneurship and you

    Author, revised and first editions: Dr Adam J Bock 
    Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at the University of Edinburgh and a serial entrepreneur in the medical field

    Author, first edition: Dr Shailendra Vyakarnam
    Cambridge University, Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge

    Reviewer, first edition: Professor Gerard George  
    Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and also Deputy Dean at the Imperial College Business School

  • Entrepreneurial opportunities: Recognition and evaluation
    Overview

    Date published: Oct 2013 
    Core activities: 3 hours 
    Additional activities: 8 hours   

    This course will help researchers to understand why and how opportunities arise and to spot opportunities which could add value in their current environment. Participants will also learn to evaluate ideas and assess whether they are worth pursuing, as well as receiving guidance on how best to argue a business case for their ideas.

     

    Syllabus
    • Module 1: Origins of opportunity
    • Module 2: Opportunity recognition
    • Module 3: Opportunity evaluation: Introduction
    • Module 4: Opportunity evaluation: Industry attractiveness
    • Module 5: Opportunity evaluation: Intellectual property
    • Module 6: Opportunity evaluation: Detailed evaluation
    • Module 7: Business Planning

    Author, revised and first editions: Dr Adam J Bock 
    Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at the University of Edinburgh and a serial entrepreneur in the medical field

    Author, first edition: Simon Stockley
    Senior Teaching Faculty in Entrepreneurship at Cambridge Judge Business School and Deputy Director of Accelerate Cambridge

    Reviewer, first edition: Professor Gerard George  
    Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and also Deputy Dean at the Imperial College Business School

  • Entrepreneurial resources: People, teams and finance
    Overview

    Date published: Oct 2013 
    Core activities: 3 hours 
    Additional activities: 8 hours

    This course aims to help researchers think in a logical and systematic way about the resources required to start a successful venture. Participants will gain an understanding of the importance of social capital and the best ways to recruit and select founding team members. They will also learn how best to raise appropriate financial capital and will become aware of sources of help and advice available to nascent entrepreneurs.

     

    Syllabus
    • Module 1: Resource acquisition
    • Module 2: Social capital
    • Module 3: Human capital
    • Module 4: Raising financial capital: Introduction
    • Module 5: Raising financial capital: Valuation and investment

    Author, revised and first editions: Dr Adam J Bock 
    Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at the University of Edinburgh and a serial entrepreneur in the medical field

    Author, first edition: Simon Stockley
    Senior Teaching Faculty in Entrepreneurship at Cambridge Judge Business School and Deputy Director of Accelerate Cambridge

    Reviewer, first edition: Professor Gerard George  
    Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and also Deputy Dean at the Imperial College Business School