UWE, Bristol

UWE Bristol is an ambitious, progressive university based in one of the UK's most vibrant cities. The university is focused on solving future challenges through outstanding learning, world-leading research and a culture of enterprise. UWE Bristol encourages students to become original thinkers - set to break new boundaries and lead the way.

UWE, Bristol

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BA(Hons) Business (Team Entrepreneurship) at University of the West of England Bristol

On this ground-breaking BA(Hons) Business (Team Entrepreneurship) degree, you'll collaborate to identify opportunities, generate value and therefore become effective problems-solvers in real-world situations within a team. You'll graduate with rich business experience gained from the many opportunities provided by the course such as responding to challenges and working with business mentors.

Team entrepreneurship is an innovative degree course that allows you to develop practical skills by working in teams, creating value for organisations, forming ventures and ultimately learning how to manage yourselves to become effective problem-solvers. Inspired by the pioneering Finnish 'Team Academy' approach, UWE Bristol was among the first to introduce this course to the UK. By joining UWE Team Academy, you're also joining a university renowned for supporting student entrepreneurship. The University provides many opportunities to start and develop ideas for your own venture, including funding and access to space on campus to test out your ideas.

You'll also be studying in a city with a vibrant start-up scene, with organisations such as Engine Shed, Business West, NatWest Entrepreneur Accelerator, Launch Space and Future Space, which support businesses to start and grow. As a student (known as a 'Team Entrepreneur'), you'll work in a dedicated open plan space within the Bristol Business School building. You'll deliver and manage projects, build valuable contacts and networks, and set learning goals by working effectively as part of your team.

Ms Marion Gillet

Ms Marion Gillet is a Team Coach and Lecturer in BA(Hons) Business (Team Entrepreneurship). As a Team Coach, Marion helps teams to function beyond the sum of their parts. She believes the future is in teams and that as individuals we develop better by knowing how to operate in multiple teams. Marion uses systemic coaching, design thinking and mentoring to help entrepreneurs find their feet as they launch products, design their business and drive change. A qualified product designer, Marion spent more than 15 years helping designers and innovators to form project teams to turn big ideas into reality. She has led and delivered innovation programmes and training for Design Council, Craft Central, HiddenArt, Cockpit Art, Central Saint Martins College and supported 100 early stages ventures and start-ups. Marion lectures on the BA(Hons) Business (Team Entrepreneurship) course at UWE.

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1. What is entrepreneurship?

2. Challenges, impacts and competencies

3. Planning your business with a Business Model Canvas

4. Activity: Planning a business's future with the BMC

5. Quiz

Bonus: Bridging the gap

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1. What is entrepreneurship?

In episode 1, Marion gets you thinking about what entrepreneurship is. She asks you to reflect on your own dreams and provides a case study example to illustrate why Learning Contracts and Team Learning are so important in successful entrepreneurship.

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1. What is entrepreneurship?

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All episodes

1. What is entrepreneurship?

2. Challenges, impacts and competencies

3. Planning your business with a Business Model Canvas

4. Activity: Planning a business's future with the BMC

5. Quiz

Bonus: Bridging the gap

Entrepreneur - a person who sets up a business, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit.

Personal brand - the process of creating an identity for yourself as an individual or business.

Learning contract - ( an agreement negotiated between a learner and a staff supervisor to ensure that certain activities will be undertaken in order to achieve a learning goal and that specific evidence will be produced to demonstrate that goal has been reached.)

SMART objectives - an acronym for Specific, Measurable, Relevant and Time-bound. These are criteria that can be used to guide goal setting for better success.

Sector - a distinct part of a nation's economy or society.

Industry - a branch of economic activity, such as technology, service or manufacturing.

Articulate -to be able to speak or communicate clearly and coherently.

Accountable - to be held responsible.

Startup - a company in the first stages of operations, founded by one or more entrepreneurs who want to develop a product or service for which they believe there is demand.

Team Entrepreneur - a group of two or more entrepreneurs working and learning together with an interest and commitment to a business venture's future success.

(Co-)Founder - a person who establishes a business.

Marketing - activities a company undertakes to promote the buying or selling of a product or service.

Client project - a project done on behalf of a client.

Ecosystem - a complex network or interconnected system.

Seed funding - when an investor invests money in a startup in exchange for a stake in the company.

Venture - a business idea that has both the expectation of gain and the risk of loss or failure.

Unicorns - startups that grow rapidly and define their markets.

Learning organisations - an organisation skilled at creating, getting, and transferring knowledge, and at adapting its behaviour to reflect new knowledge.

Team learning - learning done in groups where people teach each other and work together to acquire knowledge.

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