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Week 1 - NHL Stenden

The assignments to be completed as part of the course can be found in the teaching material slides found in the material bank. Please submit your assignments to: innoboost@hamk.fi.

Introduction to Entrepreneurial Mindset

Lecture: Who am I as an entrepreneur? A deep dive under your personal entrepreneurial skin, aimed on the key competences from the entrepreneur..

How to Stimulate Entrepreneurship: Inspiration Session One by John Hornby (PHD).

Session One: Inspiration Session by John Hornby (PHD). Diverse insights in Entrepreneurship Education. Key note presentation (tending).

How to Stimulate Entrepreneurship: Inspiration Session Two by Dr Florian Maurer.

Session Two: A lecture on “Who let the Entrepreneurs out” by Dr Florian Maurer, Voralberg University of Applied Sciences. Diverse insights in Entrepreneurship Education. Key note presentation (tending).

Center for Entrepreneurial Mindset NHLS: The Entrepreneurial Mindset

Center for Entrepreneurship NHLS: The Entrepreneurial Mindset; a combination from the DISC Methodology and Entrecomp competences.

Evaluation Criteria

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Week 2 - HAMK

The assignments to be completed as part of the course can be found in the teaching material slides found in the material bank. Please submit your assignments to: innoboost@hamk.fi.

Design Thinking & Innovation Session One

Welcome from Häme University of Applied Sciences – HAMK.

Design Thinking & Innovation Session Two

“Design Thinking”. Interview with senior lecturer Mr Ricardo Galiot.

Design Thinking & Innovation Session Three

Design Sprint with Vesa Tuomela.

Design Thinking & Innovation Session Four

How To Innovate? Lecturer: Laura-Maija Hero.

Design Thinking & Innovation Session Five

Design Thinking: Milla Mäkinen

Design Thinking & Innovation Session Six

Design Sprint: Jukka Raitanen. 

Evaluation Criteria

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Week 3 - TUS

The assignments to be completed as part of the course can be found in the teaching material slides found in the material bank. Please submit your assignments to: innoboost@hamk.fi.

Lean Startup and Value Proposition

We begin with the Lean Startup method and the Value Proposition Canvas. You will explore how to frame your idea, generate assumptions, and uncover what might really matters to customers. This session is about shifting from solution-first thinking to problem-first discovery and building a clear value proposition that resonates.

Market Validation and Customer Discovery

Tuesday, we turn to customer discovery. The focus is on meaningful conversations, avoiding bias, and learning to listen beyond assumptions. You will see why more than half of early assumptions are wrong, and why success depends on finding the truth about problems, not pushing your solution.

Market Environment and Competition

On Wednesday, we zoom out. Even the best business model can fail if it ignores the wider market environment. You will learn to scan external forces, from customer trends to regulation, competitors, and translate them into risks, opportunities, and choices.

Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and Early Stage Go To Market Strategies

Thursday combines MVP with go-to-market strategy. You will practice MVP testing, then connect that to how startups win their first customers. The emphasis is on early traction: finding trial partners, refining your message, and proving value fast.

Start-up grants and funding, Intellectual Property, and Financial Planning for Startups

Tuesday, we turn to customer discovery. The focus is on meaningful conversations, avoiding bias, and learning to listen beyond assumptions. You will see why more than half of early assumptions are wrong, and why success depends on finding the truth about problems, not pushing your solution.

Evaluation Criteria

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Now you have completed the Boot Camp Series, are you ready to take the next step?  Check out our Mentor Sprint..