From Idea to Startup
Creating a business model | Developing an idea | Multidisciplinary team skills | Pre-incubator | Prototyping and Testing
This 8 week long pre-incubator will open up the myths and possibilities of the world of startups!
Have you ever wondered what it means to be an entrepreneur in a startup?
Is it clear to you what is meant by the concept of a startup or what is a startup-like business?
Would you like to better understand the world and ecosystem of startups?
Have you maybe considered startup entrepreneurship as a path you would like to take or try at some point in your working life?
Our pre-incubator, From Idea to Startup, is a great first safe step towards entrepreneurship and an inspiring environment for startup-like experiments!
While waiting for this course to start, you can already get to know startup terms with the help of Tribe’s Startup Dictionary.
From Idea to Startup is a pre-incubator for teams. It combines team coaching and individual development with the development of sustainable ideas and business activities.
The course will support teams on their first steps towards entrepreneurship. You will receive coaching for building a successful team and for developing and refining your business idea. The pre-incubator will help teams take a giant leap in developing their business idea. In addition, the teams will expand their knowledge and gain experience of building and working effectively with a world-class team.
Important!
As this course is primarily meant for existing teams, the recommendation is an existing business idea and/ or team.
The students and the coach tailor the exact content based on team specific / individual needs. Course includes mandatory lessons on lean methodology and startup development. In addition, teams are instructed to read articles, literature and study other online materials on relevant entrepreneurial themes (for example MOOC-courses). The gained knowledge is then applied to practice via various validations, evaluations and business plans.
Each team has training sessions, where acute startup development topics are handled in a dialogue as well as teams get to share their progress, ask for advice and receive coaching. Coaches, team colleagues and working life mentor support the process from idea to startup along the way. Student will draw a study plan and reports the results in separately agreed manner (goals, outcomes and working hours documented).
After the course, you:
- can apply lean development tools in enhancing a business idea
- can apply value creation logic for developing your business idea
- understand the principles of sustainable business and can apply these
- have the ability to work constructively and responsibly in a multidisciplinary team
- have the ability to lead a team and yourself and develop solutions
- be able to independently develop your own and your team’s competencies
- be able to work systematically and consistently under pressure
- have developed your presentation and sales skills and your ability to pitch your business ideas.
During the course we’ll have sessions together with all teams and coaches on Wednesdays at 12:30-15:30.
If the corona situation allows, we’ll meet at TAU City centre (and room will be informed later on), otherwise the sessions will be held online.
Approved when student has demonstrated independent and self-conducted work towards her/ his own goals. They have set the goals, worked persistently towards them and evaluated the outcome bot in quality and quantity.
Failed if student has not succeeded in planning and producing the self-development process. They have not mastered the learning targets in a way that could describe the meaning and progress in self-development.
Feedback from students
The course was very well balanced and full of essential knowledge that is required to start your path to entrepreneurship.
Student, participated From Idea to Startup in period 2/2021
Other students gave very good tips and tricks as well – it is amazing that we can learn from each other!
The coach was a great teacher as she maintained interest and enthusiasm while teaching practical matters and theory. The course prepared in many ways for life as an entrepreneur, taking into account many things related to setting up and maintaining a business. Ideation was rich and fun and we had a feeling of togetherness with the whole group.
Student, participated From Idea to Startup in period 2/2021
Course information
Credits: 5 ects
Course code: NN00FP50-3003
Study method: Team work
Experience level: Test your idea
Location: City Centre
Date: 9.2.–6.4.2022
Period: 3 / 2021-2022
Enrollment: 1.4.2021–2.2.2022
Organizer: HUBS
Enrollment
1) Enroll officially
TAMK student
Pakki + course code NN00FP50-3003
TAU students
Cross-institutional service + course code NN00FP503003
Open UAS
This course is also available via Open University of Applied Sciences.
2) Registrate also as a team via Lyyti
Registration for the 3rd period implementation: https://www.lyyti.in/FITS2022
Please note that you will enroll as a team and fill the form only once for the whole team.
Contact person
Contact person
Kaisa Kokko
Coach
Experienced specialist in customer-oriented business and personnel development. Inspiring coach who believes in co-creation, culture of experimentation and design thinking.
Definitely the trip – not always the destination.