| CODE | BEM3004 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Startup Bootcamp | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Business and Enterprise Management | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit is designed for students from all academic backgrounds and stages of their degree, who wish to cultivate their entrepreneurial flair, leadership skills and creativity. Delivered in the form of a week-long BootCamp, the StartUp Programme is all about finding your niche and developing a business concept which has the potential to make a big impact on the market and the lives of your customers. JA StartUp Teams learn how to recognise their strengths, build a team, research, and create an innovative product/service and put their concept to the test. Start-ups learn to pitch successfully to potential partners, collaborators and investors and prepare and deliver an elevator pitch to JA's independent judging panel as part of the Start Up Competition. The Programme culminates in Semi-finals and then the Finals & Awards Night where the teams will deliver a pitch to the StartUp Judges and an audience of Malta’s finest business leaders. This event acts a launch-pad for JA StartUps to facilitate their entry into the Maltese business network. The study-unit will be held over Easter Recess (March – April) Students in all academic years are eleigable. Programme requirements are that students are 18+ and in tertiary level educati Study-Unit Aims: - Provide a learning space for students with an entrepreneurial flair to learn more and test concepts; - Help students develop a business concept; - Widen students' perspective of the different elements involved in taking a business idea and developing it into an actual Start-Up; - Allow students to experience the values of mentors in such a process; - Provide students with the skills and knowledge needed to formulate a market appraisal and pitch this to investors. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Become adapt at pitching business projects to successfully secure funding and partnerships; - Create an innovative, promising and financially viable start-up enterprise and recognise how to run their own business; - Have access to a platform where their creativity and innovativeness can be exhibited; - Increase their networking opportunities with business professionals. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Establish themself as a skilled start-up entrepreneur with a diverse business network; - Become skilled in putting yourself out there' to meet people and take important risks to help you progress; - Become skilled in range of business disciplines from marketing to finance and from human resources toresearch and development; - Become an active team-player who is skilled in negotiation. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Performance, Project and Seminar | ||||||||||||||||
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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