Demola & STREAM Business Challenge

Submitted by ville.kairamo on Thu, 17/12/2009 - 07:04

Demola & STREAM Tampere offers you the opportunity to tackle real and novel business challenges!

An opportunity to get:

course credits (see instructions below)
contacts and hands on experience
great CV material
Reward for the work well done!

Check the cases and further information below.

We challenge you to think out of the box and beyond academic boundaries!

Timetable & Process:

1. Gather up a project team and select one of the following cases

2. Sign up for the Demola & Stream Business Challenge

Sign up for cases starts on 12th of January.
Sign up by sending an e-mail about the team and selected case to businesschallenge@hermia.fi
Please note that the registration for cases and courses are separate

3. Kick-off on Tuesday 19th of January at 5 pm

Keynote speaker
Present your team's early approach how to tackle the challenge to the project partner and get valuable feedback and ideas

4. Checkpoint and discussions with Project partner

5. Final pitching on Tuesday 23rd of March at 5 pm

Business area
Proposed market opportunity (size, demographics, etc...)
Market dynamics (e.g. network effect in growth, marketing, community support, etc...)
Technology complexity and required adaptation rare
Time to market, Go-to-market (Who should do the business, a start-up, licensee, etc... ?)

Courses and how to get credit points:

YHALP032 Liiketoiminta ja strategia
YHALA131 Liiketoiminnan kehittämisen case-kurssi

Follow UTA instructions to sign up for the course. For further information contact:

UTA, Kari Lohivesi, kari.lohivesi (at) uta.fi
STREAM Tampere, ville.viita (at) uta.fi and mikko.hakkarainen (at) uta.fi

TETA‐7040 Technology Business Project Work
Follow TUT instructions to sign up for the course. For further information contact:

TUT, Marko Seppänen, marko.seppanen (at) tut.fi
Demola, Ville Kairamo, ville.kairamo (at) hermia.fi
STREAM Tampere, Joonas Olkkonen, joonas.olkkonen (at) tut.fi

For further information contact:

TAMK, Karoliina Nisula, karoliina.nisula (at) tamk.fi and Demola Staff
ProAcademy: Veijo Hämäläinen, veijo.hamalainen (at) tamk.fi and Demola Staff

About STREAM Tampere

STREAM Tampere is a new learning and innovation community for entrepreneurial and growth minded people. It is a student initiative aimed at connecting ideas and know-how across traditional academic boundaries.

The key concepts behind STREAM are innovative solutions, unexpected connections, getting things done and learning from each other. We also believe in openness to new ideas, light structures and a global mindset.

Check what has been done: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=132607161837