Entrepreneurship: Tech Startups

Director

Marco Lamas

Course Presentation

This postgraduate course focuses on helping students to better understand the environment and challenges of the entrepreneurial process through a series of workshops. In the second phase, after having identified the problem, they will set out to validate the idea and go through all the relevant phases, which include management and technology curricular units, so that they can complete their business model and be prepared to enter the market.

Learning is based on diversified active methodologies and is an asset for stimulating and involving students in the activities to be developed throughout the course. Through this syllabus, participants will develop skills and use instruments and tools that are essential for any entrepreneur or intrapreneur. Students will also have access to mentoring throughout the course, one-to-one talks with startup founders, various events related to the course theme, and access to private investors and venture capital.

Objectives

Participation in this course will enable students to:

• Develop their entrepreneurial mindset;
• Develop skills in entrepreneurship, management, planning and creativity and innovation;
• Build their project’s business model;
• Promote and implement creativity and innovation on an individual and/or group level;
• Increase your networking;
• Understand risk management;
• Know programming languages;
• Identify success metrics;
• Develop presentation skills for Pitch;
• Create and implement successful entrepreneurship projects.

Target audience

The main target audience for this postgraduate course are:

• Entrepreneurs, potential entrepreneurs, professionals who collaborate with private and public organizations related to the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
• Anyone with an interest in entrepreneurship and startups.

Professional Opportunities

• Creation of own business;
• Creativity and innovation management;
• Management of entrepreneurship promotion programs.

Syllabus

In addition to the workshops and classes, this postgraduate course also includes a mentoring program throughout the course with monthly sessions.

Mentors:

• Adriano Fidalgo (Astrolábio)
• Marco Poliafico (London & Partners Business Growth Programme)
• Sandro Sant’Anna (Angel Investor)
• João Freitas (Riscas Sucessivas)
• Miguel Coelho (TheStarter)
• Guilherme Campos (Copyloto)

The course also includes bi-monthly talks with company founders.

Founder Buddy – Booking 1:1 (founder to founder):

• Pedro Lourenço (Portal da Queixa)
• Pedro Diez Gaspar (Centre of Engineering and Product Development (CEiiA))
• Samuel Soares (Samsys)
• Rui Fonseca (ALTRONIX)

There will also be various networking events and initiatives organized by ISLA Gaia or its partners:

• GDG Aveiro
• GDG Braga
• Invicta Toastmasters
• Eligent Club
• Entrepreneurial Mindset Network

Schedule

Tuesdays and Thursdays, after work (7 p.m. to 11 p.m.)

Duration

188 hours of face-to-face training, with some distance learning sessions (e-learning)

Start date

November 2024 (subject to a minimum number of students)

Teaching model

Hybrid

Tuition e Fees (2024/2025)

• Nomination fee: 60€
• Registration: 200€
• Insurance: 45€
• Tuition: 3000€ (300€ x 10months)
• Postgraduation Certificate: 158€
• Discounts:

1. 1.       15% of the tuition fee for former ISLA GAIA
   2.       10% for students from other Lusófona Group institutions and entities with signed protocols
   3.       5% cash payment (accumulable with the above discounts)

Partners

This course works with a network of partnerships to guarantee the greatest number of benefits for students, namely with: