From Opportunities to Business (10 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Schedule

Contact lessons:
1st period: Tuesdays at 17:40-20.30
2nd period Wednesdays at 17:40-20:
Due to the pandemic, a more detailed time-schedule and implementation method will be updated in the beginning of the autumn semester.

Implementation methods, demonstration and Work&Study

Learning takes place in contact and virtual lessons and workshops, independent studies, teamwork and online-studies. The assessment of one’s own learning.

If students have acquired the required competence in previous work tasks, recreational activities or on another course, they can show their competence via a demonstration. The demonstration must be agreed with the course teacher. More information and instructions for recognising and validating prior learning (RPL) are available at https://www.haaga-helia.fi/en/recognition-learning Look at "Instructions to students (master)"

Materials

Materials mentioned in the course description and other material provided by the teachers. For example:
Canvanizer. Business canvases. Retrieved from https://canvanizer.com/choose/business-model-canvases
EYE. 2018. Business Plan Template. Entrepreneurship for Young Entrepreneurs. MOVE-YE Cosme project.
Haaga-Helia SUS. 2018. Pitching Guide. Haaga-Helia StartUp School. ppt.
Haaga-Helia SUS 2019. Design thinking workbook. Modified from Plattner, H. An introduction to Design Thinking workbook. d.School. Institute of Design at Stanford.
Lab8 2019. Tool factory. Service design tools. Retrieved from http://www.lab8.fi/tool-factory/

Teaching methods and instruction

Teachers provide students versatile teaching and learning methods, such as lecturing (online/offline), discussions and individual & group coaching.

Working life connections

The learning sessions may include guest lectures and real-life cases. Students can apply their learning within their current work environment.

Exam dates and re-exam possibilities

No exams.

Internationality

Students’ backgrounds and work environments will bring an international perspective to the course. Internationality is present through teamwork, books, articles and assignments.

Completion alternatives

If students have acquired the required competence in previous work tasks, recreational activities or on another course, they can show their competence via a demonstration and thus progress faster through their studies. More information and instructions for recognising and validating prior learning (RPL) are available at MyNet.

Learning assignments

There will be six (6) assignments: a pre-assignment and five (5) learning assignments. The first three (pre-, 1 & 2) belong to the Discovery stage and the last three (3, 4 and 5) belong to the Validation stage.
Students will receive written and/or oral feedback from coaches after having completed each learning assignment. The purpose of this is to support and guide you in the business idea design process.
Students will compile all the assignments into a portfolio. The portfolio will be graded.

Discovery stage (5 cr)

Learning assignment LA1: Trend analysis
Learning assignment LA2: Customer profile and value proposition (VPC)
Presentation: Pitching of a business idea with Business Model/Lean canvas (including also peer-to-peer feedback)

Validation stage (5 cr)

Learning assignment LA3: Validating Minimum Viable Product (MLP)
Learning assignment LA4: Roadmap for commercialization
Learning assignment LA5: Sales pitch

As a final act, the student evaluates his/her own learning with e-form and provides feedback of the course. These do not affect on the grade.