Success in a start-up business is significantly enhanced with an understanding of key entrepreneurial characteristics and competencies. This weekly, term-long course provides potential science/engineering entrepreneurs with the knowledge to help succeed in an entrepreneurial opportunity.

Venue: Online lecture

Topics covered include: how creativity, opportunity and feasibility are best evaluated; business strategies for new businesses; achieving success in a new business; financial aspects.

At the end of the course students will have skills and confidence to evaluate starting a science-based business, in addition to becoming more enterprising in how they approach their roles should they decide to work in start-up organisations. The course will consist of lectures accompanied by practical casework and readings.

Lectures are on Thursdays 14:00 – 16:30 on the following dates:

14th October(1st Week)

21st October

28th October

4th November

11th November

18th November

25th November

2nd December

Take a look at this interview with Alan Roth, creator and teacher of the Scientific Entrepreneurship here at The University of Oxford.