In E&I Business Planning, students work on the concrete implementation of a business idea and write a business plan for a real start-up or a founder team. In that process, students learn how to manage and work puposefully on an entrepreneurial project, with an end result that is initially completey open.
The course starts with a kick-off event. During these 1.5 days, students form teams, select a project, get to know their project partner, learn about theory and tools useful for a business plan, and directly apply theory and tools to the project. The aim is to learn why business plans are created, which elements are part of a business plan, which methods and tools can be applied, and what constitutes a good business plan.
During the semester, teams have individual coaching sessions with the lecturers and external coaches. Coaching sessions are agreed upon individually with the lecturers and external coaches. Additionally, there are four topic-specific workshops. Final business plans (around 30-40 pages) will be presented in form of final presentations to the lecturers and the project partner at the of the semester.
Independent team work is required.