Monday, May 17, 2010

Entrepreneurship - A major takeaway from the Vlerick MBA.

After having finished my Business Plan course, I thought of reflecting about the specific focus on Entrepreneurship that Vlerick has. It was the longest project we had, it ran for almost 7 months although in the background.

Just to give a background on this, as part of the course we have to develop a business plan of our choice in a group of 3-6 students and finally present it in front of a jury comprising of professors, industry-experts and VCs.Vlerick has intertwined Entrepreneurship in its course, from having speed-coaching sessions for the business plan to doing a Marketing Plan to providing sessions on Entrepreneurial Finance, we got an all-round perspective on developing a business plan.

One of the plans from our MBA group has been chosen to represent Vlerick at European Business Plan of the Year Competition. I hope they do well there.

Now I feel more confident in starting a venture of my own, which I intend to do soon. Apart from whatever I mentioned, I feel Vlerick could have added more flavor to the Entrepreneurship course by inviting few international entrepreneurs/coaches to cater to the international group.

4 comments:

  1. The major take-away for the Indian entrepreneurship market is that, in India, we have yet to reward failure in a business.

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  4. It was the longest project we had, it ran for almost 7 months although in the background.

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