Entrepreneurial education in universities: Russian practices in the context of international experience

All of this is offered for free.

· Open space (office) in incubator [Electronic source] - URL: https://www.venturelab.lu.se/office-space - you get a place in an open working landscape with 24/7 access to work on your project. A shared space, where entrepreneurial students running a project and share the same challenges, can meet and learn from each other. Focus lies on the community and creating a creative and helpful working environment, in order to expand your network. Free coffee and tea are of course included. All of this is free of charge, the only thing that is expected of you is participation in the VentureLab community.

Criteria for applying to the VentureLab incubator:

ь At least one of the applicants needs to be a student at Lund University, or a Lund University alumni who has graduated within the last year.

ь You need to have a company or a developed project or idea which would benefit from having an office space.

ь Willingness to be an active part in the VentureLab community.

o Business ideas, prototypes, business models in current development, early-stage projects (accelerator programs)

o Projects with developed ideas (open space)

· Department of business and innovation of the University.

· Halls/buildings/space for “open space”.

· Special facilities for organizing & running the accelerator programs.

· Website/digital platform for students' communication.

· Databases with the startups of the current students.

· Current startups & cases:

https://www.venturelab.lu.se/current-startups

· Previous startups:

https://www.venturelab.lu.se/alumni-en

7) Leapfrogs [Electronic source] - URL: https://www.leapfrogs.lu.se/en/about-leapfrogs

Financial support & consultancy.

LUIS provides students with financial support to develop their ideas during 3 months of full time work. The idea behind Leapfrogs is to give the opportunity to test ideas.

It is an initiative from LU Innovation available for students at Lund University, Malmц University, Kristianstad University, Blekinge Institute of Technology and SLU Alnarp.

Leapfrogs offers 30 000 SEK for full-time work on ideas from June-August. In addition to the financial support, business development, workshops in e.g. sales pitching are offered, and students get access to a valuable network.

Business ideas

· Department of business and innovation of Lund University.

· Facilities for events organization and Leapfrogs-assisted events.

· Business department students of Lund University.

· Databases with the startups of the current students & researchers.

· Website/digital platform for communication of University students & representatives of LU Innovation.

· Sources of financing for providing student's awards.

More than 100 project evaluations in total since 2012.

Students' projects (sorted by years):

https://www.leapfrogs.lu.se/alumni

8) FENA [Electronic source] - URL: http://fena.nu

Student entrepreneurial organization

FENA is a student organization in the field of entrepreneurship. FENA was founded in 2004 by three students from LU as a meeting place for motivated students. It has 150 interdisciplinary members. Membership comes at no costs and is open to all faculties of LU, although the majority of the current members represent business and engineering students.

FENA is funded by sponsorship from companies and corporations. One of its key values is its high-risk tolerant, non-judging culture to counter the fear of failure towards entrepreneurship, which can be frequently observed. FENA operates as an independent and flexible organization with its own projects. Although LU is a partner, FENA's activities are not directly related to EE offers at the university.

Business ideas & initiatives, prototype-stage projects, business models under current development, early-stage projects.

· Facilities for organization of students' events.

· Business (mainly) students of Lund University.

· Website/digital platform for communication of University students.

· “Innovation Bazaar”, a start-up exhibition for companies.

· “Business and Beer” - a mingle event for students, start-ups and employees. (takes place once a month and is visited by 70 students on average).

· A new project - “Learn to Talk”, where students are taught and supported in speaking publicly.

· “Connection Board” - a digital pin board for ideas and problems and for facilitating cooperation in addressing these problems.

· “FENA TV” - a short documentary series about companies and people that play a role in the innovation system.

University of Cambridge (UK)

1) ETECH

Program

Academic program in entrepreneurship

The ETECH Program accelerates entrepreneurship in emerging technologies and aims at diffusing innovations and high potential technologies from UC. The program is conducted within credit bearing courses at several University departments such as Natural Sciences, Technology and Biological Sciences. Since 2009, almost 100 ETECH projects resulted in the evaluation of over 50 novel technologies that have been worked on by approximately 500 students and about 30 inventors.

The goal of the program is to generate a theoretical understanding of commercialization in entrepreneurship of emergent technologies.

There is a current development at CfEL to revise the ETECH program as an offer for Research Master Students. The revised program will be provided for the first time at the end of 2014 shortly after the interviews for this case were conducted. It serves as a trial which, if successful, will be replicated in the years to come (see http://www.cfel.jbs.cam.ac.uk/programmes/etech/index.html).

Early-stage projects, business ideas, development of new ideas

· Department of business and innovation of Cambridge University.

· Special facilities & staff for program.

· Cooperating companies for students' employment/internship opportunities.

· Website/digital platform for feedback from the University and companies.

· Credits & data exchange for every student involved.

2) Master's Diploma in Entrepreneurship [Electronic source] - URL: https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/programmes/mst-entrepreneurship/

Academic program

The Master of Studies in Entrepreneurship is an academic program focused on developing impactful entrepreneurs, which teaches you the knowledge and skills you require through a combination of online courses and practical activities that include hands-on workshops and seminars by industry practitioners.?The program combines an academically rigorous curriculum with a learning-by-doing approach facilitated by mentors, peers and industry practitioners.

The cohort consists of nascent entrepreneurs looking to jump-start their business, and more experienced entrepreneurs who have achieved some success but crave a deeper understanding of the drivers of success.

Business-ambitious students, business ideas support & development

· Department of business and innovation of Cambridge University.

· Special facilities & staff for program.

· Cooperating companies for students' employment/internship opportunities.

· Website/digital platform for feedback from the University and companies.

· Credits & data exchange for every student involved.

Successful students' cases & contacts: https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/programmes/mst-entrepreneurship/chat-to-our-students/

3) Enterprise Tuesday [Electronic source] - URL: https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/programmes/enterprise-tuesday/

Extracurricular lectures

Enterprise Tuesday is a series of free evening lectures and networking sessions managed and delivered by the Entrepreneurship Centre. The series introduces budding entrepreneurs to the world of business, with the aim inspiring people to pursue their entrepreneurial ambitions. The format is either a keynote lecture or a panel discussion both with a Q&A session followed by an hour of networking.

This series is for people who want to:

§ learn to transform an idea into enterprise

§ learn to begin developing their own ideas

§ build up their understanding & knowledge

§ explore their own entrepreneurial potential

§ find out more about business creation competitions and how to apply

§ meet like-minded individuals and find teams

§ establish a broad network of experienced entrepreneurs and support professionals.

Business-ambitious students, business ideas support & development

· Department of business and innovation of Cambridge University.

· Partnerships with organizations.

· Special rooms for holding lectures.

· Website/digital platform for communications & sharing information.

The cases (blog): https://entrepreneurship.blog.jbs.cam.ac.uk

4) Accelerate Cambridge [Electronic source] - URL: https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/programmes/accelerate-cambridge/

Accelerator

Accelerate Cambridge is a start-up "accelerator" established by Cambridge Judge Business School in May 2012. The School is situated in the University of Cambridge and the Cambridge Cluster, the city's academic and business networks, both of which have a long tradition of entrepreneurship.
Structured programs:

§ accelerate maturation and growth

§ prevent common mistakes, including becoming side-tracked

§ connect people and resources

Early-stage projects, business ideas, development of new ideas

· Department of business and innovation of Cambridge University.

· Access to students of the Business faculty of Cambridge.

· Special facilities & staff for running the accelerator.

· Website/digital platform for communications & keeping data.

· Awards of the program (2017): https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/programmes/accelerate-cambridge/certificate-awards/

· News (successful cases): https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/programmes/accelerate-cambridge/news/

5) Venture Creation Weekends (VCWs) [Electronic source] - URL: https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/programmes/venture-creation-weekends-vcw/

Special extracurricular events

The Venture Creation Weekends (VCWs), managed by the Entrepreneurship Centre, provide aspiring entrepreneurs with an exciting opportunity to develop, test and pitch business ideas in two-and-a-half days.

There are a number of VCWs across the year. Each focuses on a specific industry sector. (from the Internet of Things (IoT), wearable technology, emerging educational technology to financial technology and bio technology).

The VCWs offer an intense experience for focusing on the business idea, test its validity, and build a team. It is an opportunity to learn from experienced entrepreneurs, mentors, investors and business angels.

The Venture Creation Weekends may also be considered a route to our Accelerate Cambridge Incubator program for participating teams who meet the selection criteria.

Business ideas, early-stage projects

· Department of business and innovation of Cambridge University.

· Access to students of the Business faculty of Cambridge.

· Rooms/halls for organizing the VCWs.

· Special facilities & staff for running the events.

· Website/digital platform for communications & keeping data.

Past VCWs: https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/programmes/venture-creation-weekends-vcw/past-vcws/

6) Entrepreneurship Centre [Electronic source] - URL: https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/

Innovation Centre attached to Cambridge University

The Entrepreneurship Centre at Cambridge Judge Business School aims to inspire, enable and research entrepreneurship. The Centre encompasses the full entrepreneurial journey - starting with the empowerment of aspiring entrepreneurs through to the creation and development of early-stage ventures, all the way to small/medium size enterprise growth.

The EC mission is to support Cambridge's entrepreneurial talent & commercialization of new ideas; enhance the development of management capacity within the Cambridge entrepreneurial ecosystem & beyond; develop & share thought-leadership that establish the University of Cambridge as a global knowledge locus for entrepreneurship; provide key resources for entrepreneurs, mentors, investors.

Support for early-stage projects and students' initiatives

· Department of business and innovation of Cambridge University.

· Access to students' databases of the Business faculty of Cambridge.

· Rooms/halls for organizing events within Entrepreneurship Centre.

· Special facilities & staff for running the events.

· Website/digital platform for communications & keeping data.

· Access to companies & business angels for investment/commercialization opportunities for current promising projects.

Entrepreneurship news & insights: https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/news-insight/

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