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| BUS271 |
Business Start-Up |
| Course responsible |
Anders Lunnan |
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| Number of credits allocated |
5.0 |
| Language |
Norwegian |
| Semester/trimester |
| August block |
Autumn parallel |
January block |
Spring parallel |
June block |
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| Colour explanation: Red/yellow = teaching periods. The red period indicates when the teaching starts. |
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| Teachers |
Svein Kolstad Hansen. |
| Type of course |
Lectures: 24 hours. Introduction to commercialisation at UMB: 4 hours. Entrepreneur presentations: 6 hours. Guidance: 8 hours + individual guidance in groups (ca. 5 hours per group). |
| Compulsory educational activities |
Submission of project plan. |
| Reduction of credits for overlapping courses |
BUS171 - 5 credits. |
| Recommended prerequisites |
It would be an advantage, but no absolute requirement, if the students have some background in the subject area they are studying. This will help them finding an idea that they can work on to make a business plan. |
| Exam |
L |
| Assessment methods |
Business plan (50 %) and oral presentation (50 %). No re-take examination will be arranged. |
| Grading |
A-F |
| Nominal workload |
150 hours. |
| Course frequency |
Annually |
| Teaching methods |
1. Lectures and exercises on central topics in business establishment.
2. Entrepeneur and investor presentations.
3. Work with a business plan under supervision from teacher and assistant teachers. |
| Examiner |
The external examiner is present at the oral examination and will assess a selection of the business plans. |
| Entrance requirements |
Minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway (generell studiekompetanse)
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| Objective of course |
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After the course, students will be able to make a business plan. They will know the difference between an idea and an opportunity and the difference between a life style business and a growth business. Students will know what is required for the start-up of a new business, and will have some knowledge about business opportunities that can be found and commercialized at UMB. |
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| Course contents |
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| 1. Lectures about the different parts of a business plan. 2. Entrepreneur presentations/ investor presentations/ inspirational presentations are associated with the different lectures. Emphasis on presenting the entrepreneurs in the Ås area and organisations working with entrepreneurship in the Ås area (Start, Venture Cup, Research Department, Bio Park, different departments). 3. Supervision of the semester assignments, a practical business plan. |
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| Syllabus |
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| Fra ide til ny virksomhet - En håndbok for nye vekstselskaper. Universitetsforlaget. Additional literature will be distributed. Refer to the course web site. For students continuing on the Gründer (Entrepreneur) School, we recommend that they buy an American book dealing with entrepreneurship. Information about this will be given during the course. |
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| Last updated |
2009-04-21 |
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