Aalto Ventures Program Introduction to the Program Sep

Aalto Ventures Program Introduction to the Program Sep 2015

Aalto Ventures Program educates students in entrepreneurial capabilities necessary to build new scalable businesses in established organizations or as startups.

Our mission is to provide Aalto students with Inspiration, Capability and Network necessary to build new scalable businesses

Key figures 3 Academic years 1600 10000 For-credit students Not-for-credit students 70 37% 26% Nationalities Foreign Female

Offering Inspiration Talks, Events, Workshops Master classes Capability Courses AVP Minor Network Alumni & Mentor network Global projects, Study trips

INSPIRATION

Urban Challenge - Students learned to build extraordinary customer experiences in NYC with the US Ambassador to Finland, Mr. Bruce J. Oreck

Thought Leaders’ Talks Influential talks by global leaders organized every month

CAPABILITY

AVP Minor Introduction • Changemakers • Opportunity Prototyping • Introduction to IT Business and Venturing Project Courses • Venture Formation • Aalto Service Camp • Growth and Internationalization of Technology SMEs • Collaborative Innovation Management • Global Team-based Design Innovation • Product Development Project • Internship Innovation Project • Lean Launchpad Core Curriculum • • • Entrepreneurial Finance Entrepreneurial Leadership Entrepreneurial Marketing Design and Innovation in Context Managing Innovative Sales Strategies for Growth and Renewal Management of a Software Venture Technology Entrepreneurship Seminar on ICT-law , "Exploitation of IPR" Shaping Entrepreneurial Thinking Venture Ideation

Aalto Fellows – A 5 -month study & work program for selected top students including also summer internship and a study trip to a key entrepreneurial hub

Feedback from Students Henri Sipilä “This program is the best learning experience available in Aalto. Great group, excellent content and an attitude of doing. ” Tian Yu “I really liked the Urban Challenge! As a business student, getting hands-on experience in design thinking was truly valuable!” Heikki Koponen “Aalto Fellows was probably the most educational course of my University studies so far. ”

NETWORK

AVP AFFILIATES

Aalto Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Ranked among the best 5 rising university-led startup ecosystems in the world* * Graham, Ruth (2014) Creating university-based entrepreneurial ecosystems: Evidence from emerging world leaders. MIT-Skoltech Initiative, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.

International Collaboration Urban Challenge Aalto Fellows in Israel Joint program with Tongji

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