Student handbook Incubator Academy Rotterdam

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Content Introduction

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Admission, Rights and Obligations

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Study Structure

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Six Course Lines

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Course Line Competencies

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Course Line Startup

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Course Line Startup: Organization of Education

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Course Line Startup: Course Description

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Course Line Summerschool Startup

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Course Line Summerschool Startup: Organization of Education

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Course Line Summerschool Startup: Course Description

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Learning Agreement

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Introduction We at Incubator Academy Rotterdam hope that all students will enjoy their time at the incubator. The successful progression of your study will contribute to the enjoyment you experience when enrolled. To further a good study climate we want to bring clarity about what you can expect from us. This Student Handbook will contribute to achieving this. Board and staff of Incubator Academy Rotterdam

Who are we

Who are you

Incubator Academy Rotterdam at Rotterdam

You are a student or alumni of one of the study

University of Applied Sciences is a collaborative

programs, or an exchange student from one of the

program of School of Commercial Management

partner universities, of Rotterdam University of

Studies and Rotterdam Business School, designed

Applied Sciences

to help young student entrepreneur succeed at both their bachelors and their startup.

You are entering (or have entered) the profiling phase of your Bachelor (the end level of your study

We help young entrepreneurs solve problems

program). That implies that you seek advanced

commonly associated with running a startup, and

knowledge, and strive to gain critical insights into

combine startup activities with studying for a

the theories and principles of modern

Bachelor Degree. The sole purpose of a regular

entrepreneurship. It indicates that you can

startup incubator is to help entrepreneurs grow

Independently work on complex, and unstructured

their business. At Incubator Academy Rotterdam

problems, and you are willing and able to improve

we cast a wider net, we help students grow.

methods and adapt standards to the situation.

What we offer

But most important: You feel familiar in a complex

We provide:

and unspecified context. And you embrace failure

Great 24-7 workspaces @ CIC Rotterdam

as the quintessence of learning.

Free coaching Startup battles and network opportunities

What we seek

Help with business basics

We are recruiting individuals with:

Help with business etiquette

Entrepreneurial potential

Help with presentation skills

A clear vision

Comprehensive business training programs

Tons of passion

Individual counseling

And the attitude to prove it

Management team counseling Connections to higher education resources Connections to strategic partners

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General provisions Applicant is enrolled as a student of one of the study programs of Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences. Applicant is an alumni of one of the study programs of Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences. Applicant is an exchange student from one of the partner universities of Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences.

Admission To be eligible for Incubator Academy Rotterdam, the applicant must have earned 116 credits. These credits are broken down as follows: First year study program completion (60 credits). Second year study program 56 credits.

Start date The course line of Incubator Academy Rotterdam starts on 1 September and/or 1 February according to the course line description.

Rights and obligations Partaking in the course line of Incubator Academy Rotterdam (IAR) shall result in the following rights at least: Participation in the eduction and study-coaching provided by IAR. Admission to assessments, resits and examinations. Free use of the incubator space, when participating as peer coach for IAR. The rights stated in the Student Handbook of the study program of enrollment.

A final check is performed in july or januari before the

Partaking in the course line of Incubator Academy

start of the program.

Rotterdam will be subject to the following obligations at

Entry requirements

the very least:

Applicant will be admitted into Incubator Academy

Mandatory participation in practical exercises.

Rotterdam upon:

Mandatory participation during school weeks in the

Meeting the requirements of the Selection Committee

Venture Cafe Rotterdam.

during a selection interview.

Good behavior, in accordance with the rules laid

Meeting the entry-level requirements.

down by the incubator and the university.

Signing the Learning Agreement Incubator Academy

The obligations as stated in the Student Handbook of

Rotterdam in consultation with the Exam Board

the study program of enrollment.

Chairperson op the study program.

A personal contribution of â‚Ź 100 per calendar month

Selection interview The Selection Committee assesses the applicant during a selection interview on (a) entrepreneurial strength, (b) vision, and (c) feasibility of the business model. The applicant hands in following documents: Results of the entrepreneurial test at ondernemerstest.nl, explaining their entrepreneurial potential. The entrepreneurial vision driving the startup. A Business Model Canvas, explaining why the business model has good prospects to become repeatable, scalable and profitable. Motivational essay, explaining intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in max. 600 words. Applications have to be handed in by mail before 1 July prior to the start date 1 September, and 1 December prior to the start date 1 February.

on the usage of the incubator space, when not participating as peer coach for IAR.

Termination At the request of the student, as described in the Student Handbook of the study program of enrollment. At the request of the Executive Board, as described in the Student Handbook of the study program of enrollment. At the request of the alumni. At the request of the Selection Committee Incubator Academy Rotterdam, where (a) student/alumni has failed to absolve one or more courses in the course line with the minimum grade "sufficient" (5.5), (b) student/alumni has failed to fulfill the obligations described in the Student Handbook Incubator Academy Rotterdam.

Exchange students Admission, and selection will be handled through the International Office. Start date, rights and obligations, and termination will be tailored to specifications of the study program of your home university.

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Educational model

Coaching

Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences has opted

All students are assigned a coach, to aid them in

for a specific educational model, the ROM

their progress throughout the course line. The

(Rotterdams Onderwijs Model). The aim is for

coach organizes mandatory meetings at the

education to be provided in close interaction with

beginning and end of each school week, to discuss

professional practice. The ROM is expressed in terms

the progress of the startup. The coach will also hold,

of knowledge, practice and student-driven learning

on a weekly basis, counseling sessions in which

pathways.

he/she discusses topics that are of importance for the startup or the student entrepreneur.

As part of the student-driven learning track the

When necessary the student can make an

student is able to choose subjects him/herself on

appointment with the coach to discuss a topic of

basis of his/her own learning objectives and

his/her choosing.

competencies. Incubator Academy Rotterdam gives the student this choice on the subject of (startup)

In addition to coaching, student are obliged to take

entrepreneurship.

part in Venture Cafe Rotterdam (every thursday afternoon), where they will network with

Incubator Academy Rotterdam focusses mainly on

(inter)national startup entrepreneurs. These sessions

the practice-based learning track in which the

are mandatory during school weeks. Venture Cafe

professional practice itself is the mentor on how to

Rotterdam is a form of peer coaching, where

address problems. The student substitutes courses

students can call upon the support and guidance

from the practice-based learning track in his study

offered by the startup community Rotterdam.

program for courses of Incubator Academy Rotterdam. Upon meeting the conditions stated in the course description, the student will be awarded the corresponding credit points.

Assessment of course line Every course in the course line is assessed the same year. Resits take place during the academic year in

The incubator will provide concepts and skills

which the course is assessed.

belonging to the knowledge-driven track, to help students tackle practical problems. But these provisions will be extracurricular and no credit points will be awarded to these activities.

The course description explains the following with regard to the assessment to be taken: The form or manner and order in which the course is assessed.

Language

How the final assessment is arrived at

Education shall be delivered in Dutch. It shall be

(assessment criteria).

possible to derogate from this for the course line in

How much time is available.

the following instances:

Number of credits that can be earned.

Where a course relates is predominantly

All specific matters that students need to know

international in its orientation.

about doing the assessment.

Where a guest lecture is to be delivered by a lecturer that speaks a language other than Dutch.

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Five course lines

Thesis Startup

Incubator Academy Rotterdam offers 6 distinct

The Thesis Startup is open to all students of

course lines:

Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, who have

Startup. Minor Startup (available 1 September 2017). Minor Accelerator (available 1 September 2017). Thesis Startup (available 1 September 2017). Thesis Accelerator (available 1 September 2017).

permission of the Exam Board of their study program

Summerschool Startup.

Thesis Accelerator

Startup The Startup Incubator aims at students from the School of Commercial Management Studies in the third year of their Bachelor studies. The course line covers a full academic year and is specifically designed to fit in with the third year curricula of the study programs Small Business and Retail Management, and Commercial Economics.

to enter this course line. The course line covers the second semester of the fourth year of the Bachelor studies.

The Thesis Accelerator is open to all students of Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, who have absolved the course line Startup, Minor Startup, or Minor Accelerator and have permission of the Exam Board of their study program to enter this course line. The course line covers the second semester of the fourth year of the Bachelor studies. Summerschool Startup This course line aims at exchange students from

Students form other schools within Rotterdam

partner universities of Rotterdam University of

University of Applied Sciences are welcome to join,

Applied Science, who want to work on their startup.

but will need permission of the Exam Board of their study program. Individual provisions can be made, in

The course line is specifically designed as a

mutual agreement between Incubator Academy

pressure cooker, and off- and online courses are

Rotterdam and study program.

combined, to fit in with the thight schedule of an exchange student.

Alumni of Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences are also welcome to join this course line. Minor Startup The Minor Incubator aims at students from all schools of Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, who want to startup a business. The course line covers

The exhange students will work side by side with students and alumni, mainly form School of Commercial Studies and Rotterdam Business School, who work on their own startup. Summary

the first semester of the fourth year of the Bachelor studies. Minor Accelerator The Minor Accelerator is open to all students and alumni who have successfully absolved the course line Startup or Minor Startup, and who want to transform their startup in a full grown business. The course line covers the first semester of the fourth year

Course Line

Credits

Time Line

Startup

35-37

Year 3 Quarters 1-4

Minor Startup

30

Year 4 Quarters 1-2

Minor Accelerator

30

Year 4 Quarters 1-2

Thesis Startup

s.p.

Year 4 Quarters 3-4

Thesis Accelerator

s.p.

Year 4 Quarters 3-4

Summerschool

16

Year 3 Summer

Startup

of the Bachelor studies.

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Characteristic the competencies

For big companies these sequential processes make

A graduate distinguishes himself on the basis

sense. Established companies know their markets,

of competencies. These competencies have

they know their customers, and they know their

been derived from the professional practice.

competition. For them it all revolves around flawless

They express not so much what a graduate has

execution to gain a competitive advantage.

learned (in terms of education), but more what a graduate is capable of (in terms of actions

Starting up a company is a completely different

and assignments that are relevant for the

game. It is a messy business, all about searching for

profession.

the unknown, and working lean, with only one goal in mind: rapidly growing your business. This process is

These capabilities have changed drastically

iterative rather than sequential. It is about testing

over the last few years. In the last quarter of the

ideas as quickly as possible in order to learn, then

20th century, startups thought they knew the

create better designs, and test again. It is about

correct path for their startup journey. They

creating a design driven culture where failing is a

adopted a methodology for product

good thing... as long as you learn and grow.

development, launch, and life-cycle management almost identical to the processes

This iterative Build-Measure-Learn process and

used in large companies. These processes

culture, where startup founders work lean and grow

provided detailed business plans, checkpoints

(their business) are characteristic for the

and goals for every step toward getting a

competencies students learn at Incubator Academy

product to market.

Rotterdam.

Competences The student is able to adopt a professional approach and, as such, ensures that the processes of starting up a business, are developed, guided and implemented. Translated into competencies for School of Commercial Management (COM) and Rotterdam Business School (RBS) this looks like: Incubator Academy Rotterdam

COM: CE, SMM, SBRM, RBS: IBL

RBS: IBMS

1. Initiating and creating products and services.

Build-Measure-Learn

2. Performing, interpreting, assessing and evaluating market research. 3. Market analysis and competitive analysis.

1. International business competencies. 2. Generic management competencies.

4. Developing marketing policy. 5. Preparing, implementing and revising various plans.

Work Lean

7. Communicating in a foreign language. 8. Market communication. 9. Managing a company, business unit or project.

Grow

10. Interpersonal skills. 11. Intrapersonal skills.

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3. Functional core competencies. 4. Interpersonal development competencies. 5. Task oriented competencies.

6. Intrapersonal development competencies.

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"The pursuit of traction is what defines a startup"

Content The course line Startup consists of 6 courses: Problem-Solution Fit (8 credits) Product-Market Fit (8 credits) Traction Channel Fit (8 credits) Business Model Fit (6 credits) Growth Hacking Traction (3-4 credits) Venture Cafe Rotterdam (2 credits)

The total amount of credits (37 credits) in this course line covers the practice-based and student-driven learning pathways in the curricula of the study program Commercial Economics, Sport Marketing and Management, and Small Business and Retail Management.

Full Academic Year: 4 Trimesters

Traction Channel Fit

Growth Hacking Traction

You have evidence that the traction

You have evidence for rapid

channel you focus on is the

traction.

most promising one.

Problem-Solution Fit

Product-Market Fit

Business Model Fit

You have evidence that customers

You have evidence that your

You have evidence that your

care about certain jobs, pains, and

products and services, pain

value proposition can be

gains.

relievers, and gain creators are

embedded in a profitable and

You have designed a value

actually creating customer value

scalable business model.

proposition that addresses those

and getting traction in the market.

This fit entails a laborious back and

jobs, pains, and gains.

You strive to validate or invalidate

forth between designing a

You don't yet have evidence that

the assumptions underlying your

value proposition that creates value

customers actually care about your

value proposition.

for your customers and a business

value proposition.

model that creates value for your organization.

Venture Cafe Rotterdam You have evidence that you actively participated in Venture Cafe Rotterdam for at least 35 meetings.

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Education At Incubator Academy Rotterdam we will help you train

Conversion table

in several different ways to become a successful

The course line Startup consists of 6 courses.

startup entrepreneur.

These courses can be converted into the courses in

Twice a week, you will get personal coaching. Once a week, you will meet with peer coaches. Every week you will be presented with a set of tasks. To secure maximum flexibility you will be able to perform these tasks at your own leisure, provided you finish all the tasks within the timeframe allotted to the individual courses in the course line. Every week you will attend lectures in the knowledge-drive pathway of your study program. The tasks and additional literature will be provided digitally in aNewSpring, and will be discussed during the coaching sessions. Timetable Monday: Kick-off at Vasteland. Together with your team and your coach you establish your weekly goals, and design a process (following the lean startup principles) to achieve

the student-driven and practice-base learning tracks of the curriculum of the study program the student.

Study program Small Business and Retail Management Stage (SMBSTG40R3 and SMBSTG41R3): Problem-Solution Fit Product-Market Fit Traction Channel Fit Project Strategie (SMBPRJ33R3) and Project Internationalisering (SMBPRJ34R3): Business Model Fit Project Final Case (SMBPRJ35R3): Growth Hacking Traction Loopbaanbegeleiding (SMBLBC31R3): Venture Cafe Rotterdam

Study program Commercial Economics Stage (CCESTG34R3)

these goals.

Problem-Solution Fit

You work at Vasteland in close proximity to the

Traction Channel Fit

coaches of the incubator.

Product-Market Fit

Marketing Today (CCEMTD02R3) and Marketing Game (CCESTG02R3)

Tuesday and Wednesday: You work by yourself at incubator CIC Rotterdam, or compatible office-space, realizing the goals you have set for this week.

Business Model Fit Growth Hacking Traction Loopbaanbegeleiding (CCELBC22R3) Venture Cafe Rotterdam

Don't forget to "get out of the building" and validate

Study program Sport Marketing and Management

the assumptions you make, directly with your

Stage (SMMSTG02R3)

customers.

Problem-Solution Fit Product-Market Fit Traction Channel Fit

Thursday: Together with your team and your coach you wrapup the week at CIC Rotterdam. Did you achieve your goals? What did you learn? What are the implications for the next week?

Sportpraktijkkeuzepunt (SMMSKP03R3) and Sportproject (SMMSPR08R3) Business Model Fit Growth Hacking Traction Talentontwikkeling (SMMTOW07R3) Venture Cafe Rotterdam

You participate in Venture Cafe Rotterdam at CIC Rotterdam. This is your peer group: Rotterdam entrepreneurs. Mingle, network and learn or teach. Friday: Today you will attend lectures at WTC for courses in the knowledge-driven pathway of the curriculum of your study program.

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Problem-Solution Fit

Course Name

Problem-Solution Fit

Author

S. Vavier, J. v.d. Hoek, N. Ploegman

Year

Year 3, trimester 1 and 2

Credits

8

Level

End level

Goal

The student finds evidence that customers care about certain jobs, pains, and gains.The student has designed a value proposition that addresses those jobs, pains, and gains. Student not yet have evidence that customers actually care about their value proposition.

Practical Exercise

Yes

Assessment

Report combined with oral assessment

Minimum Score

5.5

Resit

Report combined with oral assessment

Literature

Value Proposition Design by Alex Osterwalder (ISBN 978-1-118-96805-5)

Product-Market Fit

Course Name

Product-Markt Fit

Author

S. Vavier, J. v.d. Hoek, N. Ploegman

Year

Year 3, trimester 1 and 2

Credits

8

Level

End level

Goal

The student finds evidence that his/her products and services, pain relievers, and gain creators are actually creating customer value and getting traction in the market. Students strive to validate or invalidate the assumptions underlying their value proposition.

Practical Exercise

Yes

Assessment

Report combined with oral assessment

Minimum Score

5.5

Resit

Report combined with oral assessment

Literature

Value Proposition Design by Alex Osterwalder (ISBN 978-1-118-96805-5)

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Traction Channel Fit Course Name

Traction Channel Fit

Author

S. Vavier, J. v.d. Hoek, N. Ploegman

Year

Year 3, trimester 1 and 2

Credits

8

Level

End level

Goal

The student select a traction channel and finds evidence that the traction channel he/she focuses on is the most promising one.

Practical Exercise

Yes

Assessment

Report combined with oral assessment

Minimum Score

5.5

Resit

Report combined with oral assessment

Literature

Traction "How any startup can achieve explosive customer growth", by Gabriel Weinberg (ISBN 978-0-241-24255-1)

Business Model Fit

Course Name

Business Model Fit

Author

S. Vavier, J. v.d. Hoek, N. Ploegman

Year

Year 3, trimester 3 and 4

Credits

5

Level

End level

Goal

The student finds evidence that his/her value proposition can be embedded in a profitable and scalable business model.

Practical Exercise

Yes

Assessment

Report combined with oral assessment

Minimum Score

5.5

Resit

Report combined with oral assessment

Literature

Value Proposition Design by Alex Osterwalder (ISBN 978-1-118-96805-5) Business Model Generation by Alex Osterwalder (ISBN 978-0470-87641-1)

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Growth Hacking Traction Course Name

Growth Hacking Traction

Author

S. Vavier, J. v.d. Hoek, N. Ploegman

Year

Year 3, trimester 3 and 4

Credits

5

Level

End level

Goal

The student builds a self-perpetuating marketing machine that reaches millions by itself, and has evidence for rapid traction.

Practical Exercise

Yes

Assessment

Report combined with oral assessment

Minimum Score

5.5

Resit

Report combined with oral assessment

Literature

Fifty Shades of Growth by Sid Bharath (free download by LemonStand) Growth Hacker Marketing by Ryan Holiday (ISBN 978-0-698-17691-1)

Venture Cafe Rotterdam Course Name

Venture Cafe Rotterdam

Author

S. Vavier, J. v.d. Hoek, N. Ploegman

Year

Year 3, trimester 1, 2 3, and 4

Credits

3

Level

End level

Goal

The student finds evidence that he/she actively participated in Venture Cafe Rotterdam for at least 35 meetings.

Practical Exercise

Yes

Assessment

Report combined with oral assessment

Minimum Score

5.5

Resit

Report combined with oral assessment

Literature

None

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"The pursuit of traction is what defines a startup"

Content The course line Startup consists of 6 courses: Problem-Solution Fit (2 credits) Product-Market Fit (2 credits) Business Model Fit (2 credits) Traction Channels (2 credits) Growth Hacker Marketing (2 credits) Startup Incubator (6 credits)

The total amount of credits (16 credits) in this course line covers the knowledge-driven and practice-based learning pathways for (startup) entrepreneurship in the curriculum of a study program at a Business School.

Summercourse: 4 weeks

Traction Channels

Growth Hacker Marketing

You learn what traction channel are

You learn how to build a self-

and how you choose one for your

perpetuating marketing machine.

startup.

Problem-Solution Fit

Product-Market Fit

Business Model Fit

You learn what jobs, pains, and

You learn how to test if your

You learn to imbed your

gains are, and how to design

products and services, pain

value proposition in a profitable and

a value proposition

relievers, and gain creators are

scalable business model.

that addresses those jobs, pains,

actually creating customer value

and gains.

and getting traction in the market.

Startup Incubator You have evidence for a problem-solution fit, a productmarket fit, business model fit, and rapid traction for your startup.

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Education At Incubator Academy Rotterdam we will help you train in several different ways to become a successful startup entrepreneur. Twice a week, you will get personal coaching. Once a week, you will meet with peer coaches. Every week you will be presented with a set of tasks. To secure maximum flexibility you will be able to perform these tasks at your own leisure, provided you finish all the tasks within the timeframe allotted to the individual courses in the course line. Every week you will be lectured on a number of theoretical startup topics, in small study groups. The tasks and additional literature will be provided digitally in aNewSpring, and will be discussed during the coaching sessions.

Timetable Monday: Kick-off at Vasteland. Today you will attend lectures at Vasteland for courses in the knowledge-driven pathway of the curriculum of your study program. Tuesday and Wednesday: Together with your team and your coach you establish your weekly goals, and design a process (following the lean startup principles) to achieve these goals. You work at Vasteland in close proximity to the coaches of the incubator. Don't forget to "get out of the building" and validate the assumptions you make, directly with your customers. Thursday: Together with your team and your coach you wrapup the week at CIC Rotterdam. Did you achieve your goals? What did you learn? What are the implications for the next week? You participate in Venture Cafe Rotterdam at CIC Rotterdam. This is your peer group: Rotterdam entrepreneurs. Mingle, network and learn or teach. Friday: Today you will attend lectures at Vasteland for courses in the knowledge-driven pathway of the curriculum of your study program.

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Problem-Solution Fit

Course Name

Problem-Solution Fit

Author

S. Vavier, J. v.d. Hoek, N. Ploegman

Year

Year 3, July

Credits

2

Level

End level

Goal

The student learns what jobs, pains, and gains are, and how he/she can design a value proposition that addresses those jobs, pains, and gains.

Practical Exercise

Seminar, and online supported selfstudy

Assessment

Written assessment

Minimum Score

5.5

Resit

Oral assessment

Literature

Value Proposition Design by Alex Osterwalder (ISBN 978-1-118-96805-5)

Product-Market Fit Course Name

Product-Markt Fit

Author

S. Vavier, J. v.d. Hoek, N. Ploegman

Year

Year 3, July

Credits

2

Level

End level

Goal

The student learns to test if his/her products and services, pain relievers, and gain creators are actually creating customer value and getting traction in the market.

Practical Exercise

Seminar, and online supported selfstudy

Assessment

Written assessment

Minimum Score

5.5

Resit

Oral assessment

Literature

Value Proposition Design by Alex Osterwalder (ISBN 978-1-118-96805-5)

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Traction Channel Fit Course Name

Traction Channel FitO

Author

S. Vavier, J. v.d. Hoek, N. Ploegman

Year

Year 3, July

Credits

2

Level

End level

Goal

The student learns what traction channels are and how to choose the appropriate traction channel for his/her startup.

Practical Exercise

Seminar, and online supported selfstudy

Assessment

Written assessment

Minimum Score

5.5

Resit

Oral assessment

Literature

Traction "How any startup can achieve explosive customer growth", by Gabriel Weinberg (ISBN 978-0-241-24255-1)

Business Model Fit

Course Name

Business Model Fit

Author

S. Vavier, J. v.d. Hoek, N. Ploegman

Year

Year 3, July

Credits

2

Level

End level

Goal

The student learns to imbed a value proposition in a profitable and scalable business model.

Practical Exercise

Seminar, and online supported selfstudy

Assessment Written assessment Minimum Score 5.5 Resit Oral assessment Literature Value Proposition Design by Alex Osterwalder (ISBN 978-1-118-96805-5) Business Model Generation by Alex Osterwalder (ISBN 978-0470-87641-1)

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Growth Hacker Marketing Course Name

Growth Hacker Marketing

Author

S. Vavier, J. v.d. Hoek, N. Ploegman

Year

Year 3, July

Credits

2

Level

End level

Goal

The student learns how to build a self-perpetuating marketing machine that reaches millions by itself.

Practical Exercise

Seminar, and online supported selfstudy

Assessment

Written assessment

Minimum Score

5.5

Resit

Oral assessment

Literature

Fifty Shades of Growth by Sid Bharath (free download by LemonStand) Growth Hacker Marketing by Ryan Holiday (ISBN 978-0-698-17691-1)

Startup Incubator Course Name

Startup Incubator

Author

S. Vavier, J. v.d. Hoek, N. Ploegman

Year

Year 3, July

Credits

6

Level

End level

Goal

The student finds for his startup evidence for a problem-solution fit, a product-market fit, business model fit, and rapid traction.

Practical Exercise

Yes

Assessment

Report combined with oral assessment

Minimum Score

5.5

Resit

Report combined with oral assessment

Literature

None

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Contracting parties Student Name: ________________________________ Student number: ________________________ Study Program: _________________________

and Incubator Academy Rotterdam

Paragraph 1: Startup

Paragraph 4: Obligations

The student runs a startup: a temporary organization

Partaking in the course line of Incubator Academy

looking for a repeatable, scalable and profitable

Rotterdam will be subject to the following obligations at

business model.

the very least:

During school weeks, the student works a minimum

Mandatory participation in practical exercises.

of 40 hours in his startup.

Mandatory participation during school weeks in the

The Incubator Academy Rotterdam is not liable for

Venture Cafe Rotterdam.

damages, for debts or for failure to meet the

Good behavior, in accordance with the rules laid

responsibilities or obligations connected with the

down by the incubator and Rotterdam University of

startup activities of the student.

Applied Sciences.

The student will take out a liability insurance for

The obligations as stated in the Student Handbook

his/her startup.

2016-2017 of the study program of enrollment.

Paragraph 2: Course line The student takes part in the course line: Startup Minor Startup Minor Accelerator Thesis Startup Thesis Accelerator Summerschool Startup Start date: __________________________

Paragraph 3: Rights Partaking in the course line of Incubator Academy Rotterdam shall result in the following rights at least: Participation in the education and study-coaching provided by Incubator Academy Rotterdam. Admission to the assessments, resits and examinations. Free use of the incubator space, when participating as peer coach for Incubator Academy Rotterdam. The rights stated in the Student Handbook 2016-2017 of the study program of enrollment.

Participation as peer coach on behalf of the Incubator Academy during 80 hours, when making free use of the incubator space as mentioned in paragraph 3. The peer coach activities will be planned in dialogue with Incubator Academy Rotterdam and student. A personal contribution of â‚Ź 100 per calendar month for the usage of the incubator space, when not participating as peer coach for Incubator Academy Rotterdam.

Paragraph 5: Termination of the contract At the request of the student, as described in the Student Handbook 2016-2017 of the study program of enrollment. At the request of the Executive Board, as described in the Student Handbook 2016-2017 of the study program of enrollment. At the request of the Selection Committee Incubator Academy Rotterdam, where (a) student has failed to absolve one or more courses in the course line with the minimum grade "sufficient" (5.5), (b) student has failed to fulfill the obligations described in the Student Handbook 2016-2017 Incubator Academy Rotterdam.

Rotterdam: _______________ Student: ______________ Incubator Academy Rotterdam: ______________

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