Бакалавриат
2025/2026
Предпринимательство
Статус:
Курс обязательный (Международная программа по бизнесу и экономике)
Кто читает:
Департамент менеджмента
Где читается:
Санкт-Петербургская школа экономики и менеджмента
Когда читается:
2-й курс, 1 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для всех кампусов НИУ ВШЭ
Преподаватели:
Карпинская Эмилия Олеговна
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
34
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course explores the fundamental principles, concepts, methods, and tools of entrepreneurship. Its primary goal is to provide students with both theoretical understanding and hands-on experience necessary to identify opportunities, solve problems, and drive projects forward. The course includes theoretical blocks that cover fundamental entrepreneurship concepts and methods. The practical block is structured to deepen the knowledge, cultivate entrepreneurial mindset, and develop practical skills that are associated with entrepreneurial activity.
Learning Objectives
- To understand the basic concepts of entrepreneurship, core principles of the entrepreneurial mindset
- To learn how to generate and validate solutions to complex problems
- To know the basics of customer development and product development
- To learn to identify and leverage personal and external resources
- To cultivate the ability to articulate value persuasively through storytelling and pitching
- To practice necessary skills and instruments
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Apply entrepreneurial method to professional and personal development
- Conduct effective empathy and customer discovery interviews to deeply understand a problem space
- Formulate testable hypotheses regarding career or project/business opportunities and design appropriate minimum viable experiments to validate them
- Synthesize qualitative research findings using tools like empathy maps and customer journey maps
- Make strategic decisions to pivot or persevere with an idea based on evidence gathered from experiments and fieldwork
- Create a simple prototype of a solution and gather meaningful feedback on it
- Construct and deliver a compelling pitch for personal and professional purposes
- Analyze feasibility of the project and plan resources
- Employ creativity techniques to generate possible solutions to complex problems
Course Contents
- Intro to innovation and entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurial mindsetHow to develop an entrepreneurial mind, Creativity and creative methods; ideation process
- Design thinking and prototyping
- Pivoting and persevering
- Intellectual property
- Pitching and storytelling
- Demo day
Assessment Elements
- In-class activities
- Intermediate presentation
- Final presentation
- Individual portfolio
Interim Assessment
- 2025/2026 1st module0.3 * In-class activities + 0.2 * Intermediate presentation + 0.2 * Final presentation + 0.3 * Individual portfolio
