Students will be challenged to develop their entrepreneurial mindset & skills and actively apply them by executing several assignments based on Design Thinking & Doing, Business Model Canvas and Frugal Innovation. Newly gained insights will lead to bootstrapped business models which can be the foundation of start-up companies abroad. This is not mandatory.   

During this minor foreign students will be paired up with Dutch students to co-create a financial and sustainable viable business model in the foreign students’ country of origin. 

This minor adopts mostly an action oriented approach (learning by doing) where students in a explorative way gain business oriented insights to transform a currently existing business model into a business model which fits local (international) circumstances. Additionally an analytical approach is being added to support students in developing a strategic vision on their business models’ sustainability based on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  

 

Students are able, by means of experimentation, reflection and research, to create their impactful business model. 

Proactive mindset  

International & business driven oriented  

Passionate about / eager to learn more about different cultures  

Willing to embrace uncertainty (which comes natural to entrepreneurs) 

Osterwalder, A., & Pigneur, Y. (2009), Business Model Generation. John Wiley & Sons.  

Brown, T. (2009), Change by Design – how design thinking transforms organizations and inspires innovation, HarperCollins Publishers.   

Leadbeater, C. (2014), The Frugal Innovator – Creating change on a shoestring budget, Palgrave MacMillan.   

Read, S., Sarasvathy, S., Dew, N., Wiltbank, R., & Ohlosson, A.-V. (2010), Effectual Entrepreneurship, Londen/New York, Taylor & Francis LTD.   

Ries, E. (2013), The Lean Startup, New York, Crown Business. 

Workshops  

(Guest) lectures  

Peer-to-peer feedforward  

Canvassing & experimenting  

Service & product prototyping  

Company visits and network activities / events 

 

Workload is 420 hours  

3 x 5 hours per week   

• Group Portfolio of business growth path (digital)  
• Visual of summarized portfolio (for example infographic and/or cut-out style video)  
• Assessment on individual entrepreneurial growth path (verbal) (=containing a pitch & dialogue)  
  

The weighing for a passing grade is:  

30% (group portfolio) – 40% (group visual) – 30%(individual assessment)   

Students receive a passing grade if all interim products have been submitted and the total grade is higher than 5.5. Each interim product must be graded above 4.5 minimally.  

Validating usually takes place during the 10th week of the block, while the resit is offered three weeks later. 

This minor beautifully combines all the strategic WIN-themes of the The Hague University of Applied Sciences: Global Citizenship, Internationalization & Network University.