European Innovation Academy
The European Innovation Academy (EIA) is a summer school for entrepreneurship. It is a network of professionals from around the world who collaborate in teaching entrepreneurship.
Notable staff[edit]
The list of mentors and speakers includes the creator of Angry Birds, Alistair Fee,[1] and Michael Fishbein.[2]
Course[edit]
Pupils learn how to pitch to venture capitalists over the course of three weeks. Students that pass earn six ECTS credits and a certificate.
The methodology of EIA is developed in collaboration with UC Berkeley, Stanford University, and Google. In particular, EIA draws from entrepreneurial education at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology at UC Berkeley.
Week One[edit]
The main goals of Week One are team formation, ideation, and the first phase of prototyping. Participants sells his/her skills, experiences, and ideas to others. Within two days, teams of four to six members are established. Each team is required to have proficiency in design, software engineering, and business. Participants are introduced to the Lean Start-up methodology.
Week Two[edit]
The teams start to work. Software engineers and designers put together their product, business people engage customers in neighboring towns and cities. A key aim of Week Two is to find product/market fit that makes sense to both the team and to investors. Teams are expected to deliver their respective minimum viable products.
Week Three[edit]
Having practiced their pitches and finished their prototypes, teams make final preparations to compete. A panel of investors from various firms in Europe and Silicon Valley. Judging is based on team composition, business model, technical achievement, and pitch.
Partners[edit]
- Samsung
- University of California, Berkeley
- Amadeus IT
- CEEINCA
- Metropole Nice Côte d'Azur
Universities
- London Business School
- University of Cologne
- University of Sydney
- Stanford University
- Polytechnic of Turin
- Technical University of Catalonia
- Imperial College London
- Fudan University
- University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
- Queen Mary University of London
- Hong Kong City University
- Universidade NOBA de Lisboa
- WU Vienna University of Economics and Business
- University of Applied Sciences Krems
- Start Norge
- Riga Business School
- Data ScienceTech Institute
- University of Nice Sophia Antipolis
- University of Stuttgart
- Southern Denmark University
- Zagreb School of Economics and Management
- Oxford University
- UC Berkeley
- Aarhus University
- University Innsbruck
- Wharton, University of Pennsylvania
- Erasmus University (Rotterdam School of Management)
- Institute of Technology, Tralee
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Dublin Institute of Technology
- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Truman State University
- Santa Clara University
- San Jose State University
- University of Nottingham
- Cambridge University
- University of Tartu
- Tallinn University of Technology
- Tallinn University
- University of British Columbia
- HKFBS
- SKEMA
- Carnegie Mellon University, Qatar
- University of Tokyo
- Taipei Tech
Development[edit]
Kanako Morimoto created the A Friend Abroad application while attending the course.[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Craigavon Locali app first of its kind in NI". Portadown Times. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ↑ "5 Lessons Learned Mentoring 300+ Student Entrepreneurs at European Innovation Academy". Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ↑ "Greenwich High Grad Creates Brilliance Beyond Borders, Helps Int'l Students". Daily Voice. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
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