ENTREPRENEURSHIP Fostering creative and diverse entrepreneurial mindsets
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WHAT IS ENTREPRENEURSHIP? Entrepreneurship is not just about setting up a new business as most people think, it is fast becoming an essential life skill at all ages. Fundamentally, entrepreneurs are problem seekers, problem solvers and innovators – people who can add value whether that is creating their own business, working for a company or volunteering, or having a positive impact on a team or sporting field – they are the drivers of ideas and actions.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
WHY STUDY ENTREPRENEURSHIP?
UNDERGRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS
Studying entrepreneurship is about developing an entrepreneurial mindset. This is about a certain way of thinking and how you approach challenges and mistakes. By understanding the building blocks of entrepreneurship – identifying and exploring a problem; creating value by finding a solution; and capturing the value – you will have the skills to evaluate and harness new ideas, create innovative start-ups, maximise market opportunities, and drive positive societal and organisational change.
No matter what your degree or career direction, we offer specialist entrepreneurship elective units that will help you develop important skills employers of today are looking for.
WHERE WILL ENTREPRENEURSHIP TAKE YOU?
Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley
As the world of complex technology expands, the need for dynamic innovators grows. By developing your talents in entrepreneurial thinking, together with a keen understanding of entrepreneurial practice, you will have key attributes to create a successful business of your own or carve out a career across an unlimited number of industry sectors.
WHY STUDY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT MONASH BUSINESS SCHOOL? Entrepreneurship at Monash Business School is all about getting you out of the classroom. You’ll work with leading industry experts on real-world projects and learn a new way of thinking, together with the knowledge and skills to be bold and action-driven as you experiment, create and innovate ideas that have a positive impact on people, organisations and the planet.
“Studying entrepreneurship at Monash teaches you the fundamental parts of problem-solving, creating your ideas and actually building a business that is structurally sound and financially feasible.” NICHOLAS GREGORS Bachelor of Commerce
Entrepreneurship This cutting-edge unit will introduce you to the world of innovation and start-ups and is delivered in blended block mode through an intensive series of workshops, bootcamps and a final pitch event.
This dynamic study tour unit takes students to the Berkeley Haas School of Business to undertake a two-week program including site visits to Silicon Valley, immersing students into one of the world’s most advanced start-up ecosystems.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Europe Run by the European Innovation Academy in conjunction with University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, Google and others, this fast-paced threeweek tour challenges students to work together to transform an innovative idea into a viable start-up.
GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS
Finance and Accounting for Start-ups This unit examines the financial life cycle of new ventures, delving into capital raising, operational and budgeting essentials for start-ups to succeed.
Taught by some of Australia’s leading innovators and entrepreneurs, our graduate entrepreneurship elective units can be completed as part of any degree, or combined can form the Master of Business (Entrepreneurship) specialisation.
Law for Entrepreneurs
Creativity and Entrepreneurship
Fastrack Part 1 and 2 (from 2021)
This is the foundation unit for graduate students looking to delve deeper into the world of innovative business ideas and go-to-market strategies, as well as the basic principles behind innovation and the commercial viability of new ideas.
Technology and Innovation This unit is focused on the interplay between innovation and utilising technology as a tool, to deliver nascent ideas to market. The unit adopts a design-driven innovation perspective and drives a human-centred approach to developing new products, services and technology.
This unit provides critical knowledge in legal requirements that are relevant to not only starting a business, but also structuring and operating one successfully.
This double unit is the final culmination of knowledge gained from the units listed above. Students will apply their learnings through a collaborative industrybased project or take a new venture to market with the assistance of subject matter experts from industry. Utilising their new skills and experience they will work closely with an industry partner to create an impactful and commercially viable solution to a real-world challenge.
Find out more To learn more about entrepreneurship units at Monash Business School visit: monash.edu/business/future-students/entrepreneurship
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