Introduction to Startup and Innovation

Introduction to Startup and Innovation free download

Steps towards a successful startup

The word “innovation” has become a buzzword all over the world. Companies, Governments, Consultants, all promise innovative solutions and ideas that will reshape the world. This course will provide an understanding of underlying concepts, provide cases from the real world and go through the current theories on the topic.

To understand the complexities of the modern world innovation you need to understand the foundations. These foundation will later build up to a full understanding of the concepts, skills and competencies and tools that are available to move freely in this time of innovation.

Innovation is closely tied with entrepreneurship. Many young minds have ideas worth sharing and developing. This course can help formulate those ideas clearly on a piece of paper, understand the simple economics behind a startup, prepare a competitive pitch deck and create innovative business models. We shall be reviewing examples from famous startups, challenging conventional thinking and working on the delivery of our thoughts to third parties.

Staring from the general idea of innovation to practices that have worked and most importantly practices that have not. Learning about innovation starts here in this course. Whether it is to get a general understanding, write a research paper or increase your and your colleagues' understanding, this course will give you the foundation to get deeper and further on the topic.