Entrepreneurship for Engineers

This entrepreneurship course provides a nice framework based on and extending the lean business model canvas. It is very well structured with good phasing for building up the business plan, the organization and the product with a focus on customer development.

Topics like identifying opportunities, customer validation, Minimal Viable Product, business modeling, finance, strategy, the ecosystem and partners for innovation are well covered, both from a conceptual point of view with short lecture videos and interview videos with entrepreneurs illustrating real-life examples.

The course transcends traditional classroom/tutorial kind of training by including good additional reading material, and exercises and assignments which culminate in creating a 2-page business plan for your startup, with optional video pitch and opportunity to enter an incubation program at one of the organizing universities.

The assessments' peer reviews can give you additional ideas, in my case, however, there were only a few comments beyond the usual grading.

I recommend this course to everybody involved in a startup, there are critical benefits to gain that will significantly reduce the risks inherently for startups. If you want to gradually answer the question "is my good idea good enough for launching a company?" then this course is for you. Do not hesitate to enroll!