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Technology Entrepreneurship
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Abstract
This course aims to equip future leaders with strategies, frameworks and tools for understanding, analyzing and building technology ventures. In so doing, this course lays particular emphasis on providing an overview of various technology-related dimensions of the entrepreneurial journey, including founding, financing and growing a venture.
Objective
- Understand both the tension and link between entrepreneurship and technology - Evaluate cases of success and failure in technology ventures - Discuss a variety of approaches and frameworks for building and growing technology ventures - Interact with entrepreneurial leaders and gain insight into their entrepreneurial journey - Experiment with building blocks and tools for analyzing, structuring and prototyping technology ventures
Content
Many industries are approaching, or find themselves in the midst of, dramatic structural changes. In many cases, such transformations are rooted in underlying technological shifts, such as digitization, nanoscale engineering, or 3D printing. Well known cases in point of affected sectors are in consumer electronics, media or manufacturing industries who are currently undergoing significant technology-driven disruptions. But also emerging shifts in the automotive sector or financial services give rise to severe questions of where and how the future value will be created and captured. In a world characterized by disruption and change, technology ventures have taken a paramount role in significantly altering the global economic picture. As a consequence, there is a rising demand for complementing technological skills by entrepreneurial understanding. Against this background, this course aims to equip future leaders with strategies, frameworks and tools for understanding, analyzing and building technology ventures. In so doing, this course lays particular emphasis on providing an overview of various technology-related dimensions of the entrepreneurial journey, including founding, financing and growing a venture. See course website: Link
Resources
Lecture Notes
- Lecture slides, cases and additional learning material provided during the course
Learning Materials (Links)
- Main link
- Course webpage
General Information
- Language
- English
- Levels
- BSC , DR , MSC , NDS
- Frequency
- Yearly recurring
Examination
- Type
- graded semester performance
Course Components
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Technology Entrepreneurship
The lecture takes place ONLINE via Zoom (recorded).
The lecturers will communicate the exact lesson times of ONLINE courses.
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2 h weekly |
Offered In
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Management, Technology and Economics (Focus Coordinators: Prof. Stefano Brusoni D-MTEC and Dr. Bastian Bergmann D-MTEC)
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Management, Technology and Economics Master (Welcome and Introduction to MSc ETH MTEC Montag, 14.09.2020, 14.00 h, HG E1.1 (tbc))
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MAS in Management, Technology, and Economics (MAS MTEC Introductory Event for 1st Semester Students. Monday, 14.09.2020, 16.00 h, HG E1.2 (tbc))
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Electives (***more courses coming soon*** This is only a short selection. Other courses from the ETH course catalogue may be chosen in agreement with your tutor. As an alternative to the elective courses, students may do a second semester project or an internship in industry. Please consult your tutor.)
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Major Courses (A total of 42 CP must be achieved during the Master Programme. The individual study plan is subject to the tutor's approval.)
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Subjects of General Interest (These courses are suitable for several special fields. Please consult your tutor.)
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Doctoral Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (More Information at: )
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