Business plan of the creation of a company
[CPME2003]
[30h] 5 credits
Teacher(s): Frank Janssen, Olivier Jaspers
Language: French
Level: Second
Aims
- help the students to understand the key aspects of a new venture creation process through courses and conferences
- learn the business plan methodology
- apply these concepts to the students' final thesis in entrepreneurship.
Main themes
Content and teaching methods
Content
The first part of the course will focus on :
- Market study
- Marketing plan
- Operations plan
- HR planning
- Legal planning
- Loans and firm creation
- Business angels
- Venture capital
- Financial plan
The second part of the course will be devoted to the analysis of the students' projects. Each group will present its project and its stage of completion. These presentations will be the object of class discussions. Students will have to turn in periodical written report centered on the encountered problems and on the way these have been solved.
Methods
In-class activities
1 Lectures
1 Interactive seminar
1 Project based learning
At home activities
1 Students presentation
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
All CPME or entrepreneurship courses
Evaluation : Class participation, written reports and oral examination
Support : Provided through icampus
References : Provided during the class
Corporate features
1 conference
1 corporate guest
Skills
1 presentation skills
1 writing skills
1 team work
1 problem solving
1 decision making
1 time management
1 project management
1 critical thinking
1 assertiveness
Techniques and tools for teaching and learning
1 IT tools
1 simulation
1 quantitative methods
1 qualitative methods