Handbook

Engineers are ideally placed to play a central role in the modern economy which relies more and more on the successes of high-tech startups. From software to hardware, for gaming to AI, the future contributions of engineers will profoundly impact and disrupt the way we live and work. Now is the time to learn about the entrepreneurial path to leverage the countless opportunities that your education as engineers enables.

Consequently, this course provides an introduction to startups creation and its associated entrepreneurial process.  Course content covers the entrepreneurial revolution; opportunities, teams, resources; focus on opportunities; the entrepreneur and the internet; team, resources and capital requirements; disruption; entrepreneurial finance; the deal: valuation, structure and negotiation; rapid growth and troubled times.

The course is intended mainly for 4th-year Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications students but is open to all engineering students. It assumes no specific business knowledge and focuses on the creation of high-tech ventures related to engineering.