Programme aspires young people under 25 years looking to turn their innovative ideas into successful businesses. It includes series of 6 sessions that equip participants with the essential knowledge and skills needed to enter world of business.
It will encourage participants to enter the creative market, and provide them tools with which to reach the potential customers. Training programme’s aim is teaching participants green and circular business models and developing them a new way of thinking.
By the end of this training program, participants have gained a comprehensive skill set, from crafting compelling business ideas and understanding market dynamics to effective leadership and financial management. They are better prepared to understand competitive business landscape.
The course participants will:
– learn about sustainable, green product and service design
– learn strategies to create systemic change through design thinking and processes for a more sustainable entrepreneurship
– build knowledge that will enable trainees to make smarter material choices
– understand various business model strategies
– address the cultural and traditional approach to service and product diversity and marketing, through small manageable projects gain hands-on experience of the issues.
Training includes:
– 8 online courses with added homework
– mentorship
– developing your own project or product
– chance to sell your products in Tampere Christmas Fair
Wednesday evenings from 18:00 – 20.00.
Lecture part 90 minutes + 30 minutes joint discussion and worksheets filling.
Recordings with Zoom and sharing to the public in the end of the project.
Training modules are:
I Creative Company Business Models and Business Development
II Brand Strategy
III Customer-Centric Value Proposition
IV From talent to business, finding your way
V Integration of Service and Product in the Value Proposition
VI How to benefit from networks and cooperation in the circular economy and what the use of reused material enables in business
VII Finance and production planning
VIII Digital Marketing and Online Presence
We will start in the beginning of October with online meetings and in the beginning of December with final study trip and kick-off event in Finland where we take part of the Tampere Christmas fair.
The whole course is free for participants!
Total budget: 211816.12 €
Duration: 12 months, 01.06.2024 – 31.05.2025
Lead partner: Foundation Tartu Centre for Creative Industries (EST)
Partners: The Baltic Institute of Finland (FIN)
Contact: Ederi Ojasoo, ederi.ojasoo@gmail.com
Project is co financed by Central Baltic program
https://centralbaltic.eu/
