Group Size
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1.) Small group (teams of 4-6)
2.) Individual Task
3.) Large Group
4.) Any
Any
Learning Environment
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1.) Lecture Theatre
2.) Presentation Space
3.) Carousel Tables (small working group)
4.) Any
5.) Outside
6.) Special
Special
QAA Enterprise Theme(s)
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1.) Creativity and Innovation
2.) Opportunity recognition, creation and evaluation
3.) Decision making supported by critical analysis and judgement
4.) Implementation of ideas through leadership and management
5.) Reflection and Action
6.) Interpersonal Skills
7.) Communication and Strategy
2Opportunity recognition‚ creation and evaluation
3Decision making supported by critical analysis and judgement
5Reflection and Action
6Interpersonal Skills
7Communication and Strategy
QIncubator is an 8-week programme, which provides a testing ground for projects at idea-stage and early-stage. Our entrepreneur-led programme combines enterprise training, expert coaching, and peer learning to accelerate success. This programme was delivered fully online due to the pandemic. The first session we teach is the lean business model canvas.
Time required 1h
Pre-work:
The session was divided in five parts:
[1] https://medium.com/@steve_mullen/an-introduction-to-lean-canvas-5c17c469d3e0
The facilitator then split randomly the students in breakout rooms of 4-5 students to discuss in their opinions what would be Oddbox’s top three features and how do they acquire and keep their customers. It is an opportunity for each student to introduce themselves to the group and then to share their thought regarding the case study.
When the whole group is back in the room, the facilitator will give the opportunity to the breakout rooms to feedback on their findings.
4. The facilitator then explained section 6 and 7 – Revenue streams and cost structure and used Mentimeter to get student entrepreneurs’ involvement and analysis.
5. Finally, the facilitator explained sections 8 and 9: Key metrics and Unfair advantage. And repeated step 3.
6. As this session is part of an 8-week programme, participants are then asked to complete the first three sections of their own lean canvas is their post-session assignment.
The impact was significant as:
What we learnt from the session was that we could have used the pre-reading content even more to allow more group time for our students and graduates entrepreneurs to evaluate information, analyse and discuss as a group.
Learner’s feedback:
Which content and/or what aspects of the overall session did you find particularly useful?
“Going over the case study with different sections of the lean canvas”
“Introduction to business planning - it really helped me to put my idea in a framework and start thinking about it in a pragmatic and organised fashion.”
