MOØ226 Entrepreneurship in practice - Internship in Start-ups

Contents and structure

The main learning activity in this course is a ten weeks full time internship period in a start-up business or an innovation project in a more established company. The course is given in close collaboration with regional incubators and the start-up companies located in the incubator. The students will gain first-hand start-up and innovation experience. The students will be exposed to different environments and different levels of stress to give a realistic understanding of the work involved in start-ups and innovation processes. The students have to go through an intensive recruiting process with company presentations and job interviews where they have to negotiate with the internship companies.

Learning Outcome

After finishing the course the student:

• has advanced knowledge about business incubation
• has insight into the process of commercialization of technology
• understands the challenges in the start-up phase of new businesses

After finishing the course the student:

• is able to support the development of new businesses
• is able to handle differentiated challenges and subjects related to the start-up phase
• to priorities between different needs and objectives within a limited scope of time and resources

After finishing the course the student:

• is able to be analytical and reflect critically about the strategy, business model and business plan in start-up companies
• to collaborate in a team to develop a start-up business
• to transfer theoretical knowledge into practical action

Teaching methods

The course will be carried out through a 10 week full-time internship period. A business incubator provides the context of the learning process. The start-up businesses located in the incubator or the selected company will be the unit in which the internship takes place.

Compulsory learning activities

Compulsory attendance of at least 80 % of the internship period

Mandatory assignments are valid the examination semester and 3 following semesters.

Assessment

One individual reflexive report from the internship period.

Grading scale is pass or fail.

The report can be written in Norwegian or English.