European Innovation Academy will be held this year in Tallinn, Estonia 8 — 26 July 2013

Summer Programme

The main aim of the program is to help you build up your own business model — you have an idea? Feel free to take it with you to Innovation Academy. We help you on every step in building up your own future start up! Explore how to identify and develop great ideas into great companies. Learn how to identify opportunities based on real customer needs. Develop successful business models. Create your own future!

In three weeks you will go through different stages of founding a company:

I — Innovation and Entrepreneurship

II — Business Model Innovation

III — Entrepreneur Prototyping and Finance

It is entirely your choice if you want to participate in all the courses, but if you want to admit the whole process — from idea to company — we strongly recommend to take part in all three.

Three weeks innovative time includes unique sessions:

· Innovators Speed Dating and Team Marriage

· Entrepreneurs Failure Pitching

· James Bond Innovation Challenge

· Star Trek Technology Lab

· Hands on Innovation Lab

· Lego Lab Prototyping

· Pitching to Venture Capitalists

Week 1: Innovation and Entrepreneurship 15-19 July

Key topics in the course:

· Innovation Management and Process

· Corporate and Technology Strategy

· New Product Development (incl. service development)

· Creativity and Innovation Culture

· Entrepreneurship Spirit and Skills

· High Tech Products Marketing

· Management of IPR

Step 1. Discover your idea: Scalable creativity, vision, idea of product, service

Step 2.Customer problem and needs discovery and validation with customers

The key speaker of the first week isProf. Mark Harris, the former head of INTEL. Prof. Mark Harris has been listed as the top 1 speaker in European Innovation Academy.

Sessions:Innovators Speed Dating and Team Marriage, Entrepreneurs Failure Pitching

This week will combine classroom work, one-on-one mentoring by experts from worldclass companies Samsung and Microsoft, and high-level innovative sessions. First week is structured and designed to provide practical guidance for taking first steps in a start-up`s creation, from conception through early growth.Throughout the lectures applicants will get a deeper understanding on what innovation is all about and why one should invest in developing into becoming a change maker. Trend analysis and technological foresights will provide crucial insights in finding the disruptive innovation the projects are looking for. With a series of workshops The Academy tries to deepen the applicants knowledge of the future trends altering our current environment.

Through interactive lectures, short case studies, visits from guest entrepreneurs, and structured activities, students explore the elements of the new venture planning process.Students work through a series of structured assignments that correspond with each phase of new venture planning. Students assess the industry and market appropriate for their venture ideas, form competitive strategies, develop new products and services

Week 2: Business Model Innovation 15-19 July

Step 3.Business Model Design

Step 4.Solution Discovery

Step 5.Customer solution validation

The Key Speaker of the second week is Prof. Thomas J. Howardfrom Technical University of Denmark. Thomas. J. Howard has been rated as the top 1 speaker in European Innovation Academy!

Sessions: Lego Lab Prototyping, Star Trek Technology Lab

After a successful brainstorming session, during which the insights of the participants get condensed to the main findings, the academy enters the next phase. Students go through a design thinking process, which allows them to turn their ideas into business models, based on their own experience and expertise from the group. The design of your business model determines how you create and deliver value to your customers. By applying the tools of business model innovation and design, you can offer a unique and valuable experience for customers. You will learn a systematic process for business model design and innovation. Industry examples and case studies will help you understand what makes a successful business model. You will also learn a variety of techniques to help you design an innovative business model that aligns with your corporate vision, but also differentiates you from the competition.

The week will combine classroom work, one-on-one mentoring by professors and company leaders. Students taking part of the “Business Model Innovation” week have an opportunity to take part of the unique session Lego Lab Prototyping!

Week 3: Entrepreneur Prototyping and Finance” 22-26 July 2013

The major models that we study in the course are:

· Creation and design of mobile applications

· 3D Printing advantages

· Rapid Prototyping

The course is illustrated by examples and exercises of designing social applications, such as the apps for societal parking, healthcare, and grocery shopping.

Step 6.Foundation

Step 7.Funding

Step 8.Scaling

The Key Speaker of the week is Prof. Ravi Belani (Silicon Valley). Prof. Ravi Belani has a huge experience in different aspects of the Entrepreneurial Process.

Sessions:Hands on Innovation Lab, James Bond Innovation Challenge, Pitching to Venture Capitalists

The media landscape has thoroughly changed. In the current world, anyone can produce content and immediately send it to their peers by means of ?smart? mobile devices, such as iPhones, Androids, and iPads. The question is how can we take advantage of this change for designing new types of software-intensive products?

One of the essential steps in the start-up process is creating a prototype. Creating a prototype can also be one of the most fun and rewarding steps you’ll take. Creation of prototype gives you the opportunity to implement your creativity using your already well designed business model. In this phase, your idea will be transformed into something really tangible.

The week will combine classroom work, one-on-one mentoring by professors and famous app company leaders. The highlight of the week is the final pitching to venture capitalists where the best ideas get funding by internationally recognized venture capitalists.

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