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Vrije University - Summer graduate programs Summer Course in New Venture Creation in the Amsterdam Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Vrije University - Summer graduate programs

Summer Course in New Venture Creation in the Amsterdam Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Online Netherlands

2 Weeks

English

Full time

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Jul 2025

EUR 1,360 / per course *

On-Campus

* Students, PhD candidates and employees of VU Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC or an Aurora Network Partner €765 Students and PhD candidates at partner universities of VU Amsterdam €1035 Students and PhD candidates at non-partner universities of VU Amsterdam

Key Summary

    About: The Summer Course in New Venture Creation provides an in-depth exploration of the Amsterdam entrepreneurial ecosystem. This short course offers a hands-on approach to developing startup ideas and understanding the dynamics of new ventures in one of Europe's most vibrant startup hubs.
    Career Outcomes: Completing this course may lead to opportunities in entrepreneurship, startup management, and innovation consultancy. You could also pursue roles in business development, venture capital, and product management within startups or larger organizations focused on innovation.

Introduction

This international summer school is the right opportunity to study new venture creation and entrepreneurship.

The creation of new ventures is one of the most important economic issues of this time, all over the world. It is not limited to start-ups only but also applies to the development of new activities by existing firms (among them corporates) and spin-offs by universities, company expansions, takeovers, scale-ups, and much more.

Amsterdam offers a broad and interesting palette of entrepreneurs, firms, and entrepreneurial organizations, this is called the Amsterdam entrepreneurial ecosystem.

This course follows a double approach. The first approach is the sustainable entrepreneurship approach, dealing with the economic, social, and ecological aspects of new ventures. The second approach is the life cycle of the firm approach, dealing with the changes of the firm and the entrepreneur during the life cycle of the firm.

Next to the above-mentioned approaches, an important part of the content of this course is determined by the students themselves, who are expected to come up with their own business ideas and contributions, guided by the course lecturers.

After morning lectures which discuss topics as the Business Model Canvas for Start-ups and Scale-ups and the Amsterdam entrepreneurial ecosystem, in the afternoons the students work on practical assignments, with additional support from outside experts.

Course Overview

  • Course level: Advanced Bachelor's
  • Lecturers: Prof. Dr. Enno Masurel, and several guests.
  • Forms of tuition: Lectures, tutorials, excursions, practical assignments and pitches
  • Contact hours: 38
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