Starters Academy was created to give NOVA students the tools to create a startup. Either you are an entrepreneur already or just aiming to be one, here you'll have the chance to learn the right steps.
This is a multidisciplinary class: you'll have students from all over the University so you can create the most awesome teams. And besides all of this, you will enjoy a new way of thinking, working and living.
Submissions are simple: you just need to submit your application by e-mail to novaimpact@unl.pt with your CV and motivation letter and the Value Creation Office will reply as soon as possible.
This course is designed to stimulate the entrepreneurial spirit of the best students of NOVA. Its aim is to provide participants with the tools so they can devise a business initiative and turn it into reality. Therefore, it covers the basics of entrepreneurship and business management within an applied perspective.
Students will be selected from the all NOVA schools, both Portuguese and foreigner, with the requirement that the composition of working teams comprises students with the greatest possible diversity of backgrounds. The starters academy is an optional discipline with 6 ECTS that must be validated with the Academic services. All students will receive a diploma of participation in this course.
Students will be organized into groups with at least two people from different NOVA schools.
The groups will work together on both the future decision making of the company created under a simulation game and must also develop a business plan that will presented in a final Pitch competition at the end of the program. The best ideas win exclusive prizes.
The course is taught exclusively in English, three hours a week.
Students' grades will be based upon the following:
EntrepSim entrepreneurship simulation is an advanced business simulation of fast-growing innovative ventures developed by academics and venture capitalists as a pedagogical tool to be used as a complement to entrepreneurship teaching and training.
Classes are held from 5 pm to 8 pm, from February 24 to May 19, 2021, in different locations in Lisbon. The final Pitch will take place on May 19.
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Date |
Subject |
Professor |
Local (TBD) |
1 |
24 February |
Introduction to the Entrepreneurial Process & Team building |
Pedro Neves (NOVA SBE) |
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2 |
02 March |
Design thinking |
Guilherme Vitorino (NOVA IMS) |
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3 |
10 March |
Marketing Principles |
António Marinho Torres (NOVA SBE) |
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4 |
18 March |
Business Planning |
Paulo Soares de Pinho (NOVA SBE) |
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21st March |
Entrepsim Begins |
Enrollment |
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23rd March |
Entrepsim Decision |
Round 0 |
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5 |
24 March |
Creating and Managing Entrepreneurial teams |
Susana Carvalho (NOVA FCSH) |
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6 |
7 April |
From idea to business: The technology, product or service |
Fernanda Llussá (FCT NOVA) |
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13 April |
Entrepsim Decision |
Round 1 |
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7 |
14 April |
Financing New Ventures |
Paulo Soares de Pinho (NOVA SBE) |
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20th April |
Entrepsim Decision |
Round 2 |
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8 |
21st April |
Product Design and Manufacturing |
Bruno Soares (FCT NOVA) |
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27th April |
Entrepsim Decision |
Round 3 |
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9 |
28th April |
Social Entrepreneurship |
Joana Castro e Costa (NOVA SBE) - tbc |
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4th May |
Entrepsim Decision |
Round 4 |
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10 |
6th May |
Protecting & Exploitation of Intellectual Property |
Vasco Stilwell de Andrade (Team Genesis) |
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11th May |
Entrepsim Decision |
Round 5 |
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11 |
12th May |
How to pitch your idea? |
Ana Sofia Esteves (FCT NOVA) |
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12 |
19th May |
Final Pitch presentation |
ALL TEAMS |
Auditorium B Rectorate |
How to apply?
NOVA impact
Rectorate of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa – Campus de Campolide
Office 6.15
novaimpact@unl.pt
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