Course: Entrepreneurs without borders

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Select section Week 1 - Entrepreneurship and innovation

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Week 1 - Entrepreneurship and innovation
In Week 1, Boris Mrkajic will explain what entrepreneurship is. He will illustrate the resources and processes necessary to develop a new business, and will highlight the connections between entrepreneurship, innovation and development.
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Week 2 - Personal entrepreneurial skills
In Week 2 Fiorina Mugione and Alejandro Rubias will explain how to behave as an entrepreneur: you will understand why and how living in a country with limited resources, or being a young person or a woman is not at odds with new business development.
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Select section Week 3 - International entrepreneurship

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Week 3 - International entrepreneurship
In Week 3, you will meet Lucia Piscitello, Fulvia Farinelli and Lorenzo Tosini, and will learn how new enterprises can grow by entering international markets and joining global value chains.
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Week 4 - Social business and entrepreneurship
In Week 4, with Mario Calderini and Fulvia Farinelli, is devoted to new business models that deal with emerging societal challenges.
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- Select activity The experience of Beatrice Ayuro
  
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Select section Week 5 - Entrepreneurship and sustainability: the way forward

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Week 5 - Entrepreneurship and sustainability: the way forward
In Week 5, with Fiorina Mugione, Fulvia Farinelli and Lorenzo Tosini you will tackle three emerging types of startups, i.e. creative, women or green entrepreneurship. You will also meet experts from business incubators or advanced entrepreneurship and social business programs to understand the next steps to make entrepreneurship a profession.
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- Select activity Women in business: the WBA award
  
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- Select activity Next steps
  
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- Select activity Entrepreneurship education and training
  
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- Select activity Politecnico di Milano, an Entrepreneurial University
  
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Section outline

Setting the scene

Key drivers of entrepreneurial success

Entrepreneurship and innovation

Make it yours and move ahead

Week 1 - Suggested materials

Week 1 - Quiz

Setting the scene

Behave as an entrepreneur

Make it yours and move ahead

Week 2 - Suggested materials

Week 2 - Quiz

Setting the scene

How to grow internationally

Business linkages

Inclusive value chains

Make it yours and move ahead

Week 3 - Suggested materials

Week 3 - Quiz

Setting the scene

Change Business

Change Society

Make it yours and move ahead

Week 4 - Suggested materials

Week 4 - Quiz

Setting the scene

Creative entrepreneurship

Women entrepreneurship

Green entrepreneurship

Next steps

Entrepreneurship education and training

Business incubators

Entrepreneurship training for sustainable development at Polimi

Week 5 - Suggested materials

Week 5 - Quiz