New full-time entrepreneurship-based elective for 2nd-year master students

Technology Venture Development

The Delft Centre for Entrepreneurship will launch a new 15 EC free elective open to all second-year master students in Q1 of the 2023-2024 academic year. Following in the footsteps of the hugely popular Joint Interdisciplinary Programme (JIP), Technology Venture Development is a new leadership programme that provides ambitious students with the academic space to work full-time with students from different academic backgrounds on learning and practising the essential skills required for a career in technology entrepreneurship. Its innovative learning method resembles developing a business in a startup incubator with added flavours of business theory and history, case studies, and the practicalities around starting a business (e.g. IP rights, startup financing, etc.).  

Fast-paced and interactive, students form interdisciplinary teams around a common interest in developing a new venture idea. Much of the class involves talking to market experts and potential customers by developing and executing step-by-step interview protocols. Students will be helped and inspired by guest lecturers, the entrepreneurial journeys of famous and not-so-famous founders from the Delft startup ecosystem, and their crucial startup moments (finding a co-founder and team/market entry/prototyping strategy/funding strategy). This practical course helps students communicate business ideas and sharpen their presentational skills. It enables students to speak the language of a tech-based entrepreneur confidently.

As it is a 15 ECTS elective course, students should plan to work full-time on this programme during Q1. It is open to master-level students from any faculty. Please check here for further course details, including how to enrol and the class schedule.

For any questions about this course or entrepreneurship at TU Delft, please email dce@tudelft.nl