Principals of Entrepreneurship (PoE)- PoE
is a super foundational level course aimed at delivering the basics & first principles in Entrepreneurship to the entire GITAM academia. The topics in POE are self-paced, with about 3.5 hours of highly engaging content with real-world examples & use-cases. The topics include,
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Entrepreneur's Journey Assessment
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The fundamentals of Accounting
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Accounting Assessment
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The fundamentals of Marketing
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Marketing Assessment
Venture Discovery (VDC111)- VDC111
is a mandatory 2-credit foundational & a completely hands-on activity-based course in Entrepreneurship & Innovation for all the first-year year students at GITAM across three campuses, agnostic of the institute of their study. This course is designed by the Northeastern University’s Centre for Entrepreneurship Education (NUCEE), Boston. It is driven by highly-qualified and seasoned teaching faculty from various institutes of GITAM with real-world teaching and consulting experience. The topics covered,
NU-IDEA
is our flagship program consisting of three stages as part of the venture-building process. This program helps foster the development of entrepreneurs through a holistic approach to experiential learning. It helps develop an entrepreneur’s business from concept to launch. Throughout the entrepreneurs’ journey, we also provide various support functions for our ventures like Makerspace, Venture Mentor Network, Prototyping Grant, Design Studio, Seed-fund, Exposure to the local and global startup communities, Open-house pitching sessions, Societal Outreach Programs, Meeting successful entrepreneurs through various events, opportunities to engage in experiential learning, among others. The three stages of the NU-IDEA program are as follows,
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Ready Stage- Focuses on, Application of Design Thinking, Venture Ideation, Market & Competitive Intelligence, Customer Discovery, Customer Validation, Customer Segmentation, and Solution Design.
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Set Stage- Focuses on, Building the full-scale solution (products/ services), Business Model Design, Revenue Model Design, Exposure to Repeatable Revenue Models, Operating Model Design, Identifying Resource Requirements for Organizational Planning, and Financial Projections.
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Go Stage- Focuses on Business Planning & Pitching, Launching of the Venture, and Venture Financing/Funding.