E-TRIM (INDEX project)
A course, developed by the University of Lodz (Poland) within the INDEX project
For whom?
All who is interested on starting own business
The “Entrepreneurship, Technology and Restructuring Management” (E-TRIM) course covers information about entrepreneurship and company organisation, commercialization of innovative projects, innovation marketing, project and risk management and finally policy, legal aspects and funding. It also gives insight into best practices of innovative companies‘ operation.
Form:
Text-based course. Weekly lessons include lectures, thematic videos and performing test tasks. An important part of this course is performing final exam in the form of multiple choices quiz, which contains answers based on study material.
Timeload: aprrox. 20 hours of lessons and 20 hours of self-studying.
Open, registration needed
Relevant course sections:
Entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial behaviour – market opportunity identification and evaluation
Stages of innovative company foundation
Legal regulation of foundation
Recommendations on the company’s location (business incubators, science parks, technological clusters, etc.)
Search of project partners and interaction between them
Analysis and project novelty evaluation
Business model development – Business Model Canvas tool
Designing of a business plan
Marketing management process
Market analysis
Development of a new product
Project and risk management
Risk Management Process and Plan
Debt and equity financing
Principles and methods of interaction with investors
