How to Become a Start-up in the Creative Industries
Creatives and entrepreneurs unite!
In this intensive course, you will join forces to form international student start-up teams and work on your own or a team member’s innovative idea. You study theories and practices from Creativity, Technology and Entrepreneurship, demonstrating the value of design thinking, business modeling, innovation, customer validation and creative process. With mentoring and inspirational talks from entrepreneurs, creatives and start-ups, you turn your idea into a working business model and plan, and pitch in front of a jury.
Creatives and entrepreneurs unite, this is your summer course!
Do you want to combine business thinking, concepts for the application of (new) technology, social responsability and creativity in creating your own start-up?
In this intensive interdisciplinary two-week course in September 2019, you will join forces and form international start-up teams with inspiring students from all over the world. Together you work on your own or a team member’s innovative idea, or on an idea that you design together during the first week of the Summer Academy. In two intensive, fun and very dynamic pressure-cooker weeks, you gain skills and knowledge from the fields of Creativity and Entrepreneurship, demonstrating the value of design thinking, team building, business modeling, innovation, customer validation and creative processes. With mentoring and inspirational talks from entrepreneurs, professors, creatives and tech start-ups, you build on your team to turn your idea into a working business model and plan, and pitch it in front of a jury of experts from the creative industries.
Since 2014 this Summer Academy is organized by the School of Art and Economics at Utrecht University of the Arts.
The summerschool program takes place at the start of the Dutch academic year. It is not only a summerschool, but also the introduction on entrepreneurship for our third-year students (who have chosen entrepreneurship as a specialization). So please note that the participants will consist of ca. 25 third-year students from the Utrecht university of Arts, some 5 students from other Dutch universities, 5 last-year graduates who are going to start a company and 5 international participants (so roughly 40 students in total, of which 5 are international). Thus our offer is a bit different from other summer schools – but nevertheless an interesting and intensive program, with a diverse group of students! Since we only have a few international places available, we give priority to applicants who are still studying or have only just graduated.
Course director
Gabrielle Kuiper
Target audience
The CREA Summer Academy is open to students with different backgrounds. We are looking for Bachelor or Master students who are open to learn from others, like to think outside the box and are eager to work with an interdisciplinary team of international students during the course.
Course aim
To give you the best Entrepreneurship Experience you can have! Our practice based approach will give you a very good insight in being an entrepreneur, learn about theories and practices of design thinking, business modeling, team building, innovation, customer validation and creative processes. Moreover, you will meet and work with like-minded people and learn how to work well together.
Study load
This is an intensive two-week course, in which you will work a lot with your team. Expect to have 4 to 6 hours a day of workshops, talks and lectures by faculty and entrepreneurs, and to have coaching by your personal team mentor included. Next to that, you will probably work with your team outside of the classes as well, although of course we make time for social activities and fun!
Costs
Course fee
€ 600.00
Please note that you will have to arrange your own housing.
Application
For this course you are required to upload the following documents when applying:
Motivation Letter
C.V.
For more information click "LINK TO ORIGINAL" below.
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https://www.utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/art-music/how-to-become-a-start-up-in-the-creative-tech-industries