Technology-Based Entrepreneurship

The minor Technology-Based Entrepreneurship provides a basis for students who would like to supplement their technical knowledge and skills with entrepreneurship knowledge and skills in order to create and seize new opportunities in the market. The minor is offered by the Delft Centre for Entrepreneurship (DCE) and lecturers from TPM. By means of an integral case study, the knowledge and skills are applied in project in which an idea, a market and a technology are brought together into a viable startup.

After following the minor, you will be able to analyse markets and assess technological developments, make analyses of start-up organisations and, on this basis, recognise opportunities in the market that can be addressed via tech-based products. This knowledge, combined with your knowledge from your technical discipline, make you an interesting candidate to attract radical innovation projects at existing organizations or to start your own business. This minor prepares you for entrepreneurship in the broadest sense of the word.

Throughout the minor, you will work intensively in a multidisciplinary team, bringing together engineering, business, and design perspectives to develop a technology-based startup. The learning experience is highly experiential: rather than working mainly behind a laptop, you will spend a significant amount of time outside the classroom engaging with potential users, customers, and other relevant stakeholders to conduct rigorous customer discovery and market learning. By testing assumptions in real-world contexts and iterating based on feedback, you will learn how technology-based ventures are actually built in practice, preparing you to operate effectively in uncertain, innovation-driven environments.

Attendance during the first week (kick-off week) is mandatory. During this week, teams will be formed and students will start working on a startup idea from Week 2 onwards.

The minor is offered in English, and all lectures, assignments, and assessments are conducted in English.

At the end of the minor, the student is able to:

• Design a business value proposition based on an unmet customer need.
• Identify relevant market segments and a beachhead market, by testing the value proposition based on primary and secondary market research.
• Design an activity scheme and competitive positioning of the value proposition.
• Design a way-to-market (and communication) strategy and cash flow statement based on a stakeholder map.
• Develop and present a fully validated business model based on the value proposition.
• Adjust this business model based on interpretation of new (market) developments or (product) information in a timely manner.
• Reflect (in detail) on your own suitability as an entrepreneur and on that of teammates.
• Act as a discussion partner based on knowledge of entrepreneurial and functional areas.

Inschrijving voor deze thematische minor vindt plaats op basis van wie het eerst komt, het eerst maalt en het aantal beschikbare plaatsen. (Geen loting).

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De student moet daarom in staat zijn om het iteratieve proces van ondernemerschap succesvol te herkennen en zijn/haar voortgang te sturen en te waarborgen via verschillende feedbackloops. Het is belangrijk dat de student niet éénmalig tot een oplossing komt, maar experimenteert, valideert en evalueert, en in staat is om waardevolle lessen te trekken uit de markt, het product en de klanten.

Daarnaast ontvangt de student feedback via peer reviews en dient hij/zij actief feedback te verzamelen bij klanten, de markt, experts, docenten en medestudenten. Centraal hierin staat de casestudy, waarin de student de verworven kennis toepast. De overige vakken ondersteunen deze casestudy en bieden relevante kennis die bijdraagt aan de voortgang van de casusprojecten. Ter ondersteuning worden colleges en werkgroepen aangeboden, waarbij van studenten een proactieve houding wordt verwacht tijdens de zelfstudietijd.

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