OBUS 3260 - Initiation to Entrepreneurship (campus région)

OBUS 3260 · Spring semester 2025-2026

Language of tuition
English
Number of hours
24
Credits
3

Information

Description

This lecture is the course to take at Sciences Po if one is interested in the entrepreneurial universe. It is not only designed for future start-uppers, but to all of those who wish to obtain a first entrepreneurial culture, said culture which is not only useful to launch a start-up, but also to work in any innovating structure. Each session tackles a dimension of the entrepreneurial adventure and deals with the deconstruction of pre-conceived notions, amongst which: (1) The idea: the myth of the amazing idea (or entrepreneurship reserved only to creative people); (2) The money : do we really need money to get started ? If yes, how to get funded?; (3) The partners : is it good to partner up? If yes, how to choose with whom to partner up? The shareholders; (4) The product : knowing the customer's need; how to know it's a relevant product ? Etc. Harvard Business School method.

Prerequisites

Students on campuses only.

Teaching format

12 classes of 2 hours.

Classes take place on-site in Paris, students in regions can join the course via Zoom.

Assessment

Graded out of 20.

Workload

Work on the teaser or monography.

Readings

Main readings 1

  1. The Lean Start-Up, Eric Ries

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Further readings 8

  1. L'Entreprise du Bonheur, Tony Hsieh

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  2. Le Gène de l'innovateur, Clayton Christensen

    Borrow

  3. Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson

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  4. The Entrepreneurial Venture, William Salhman et al

    Borrow

  5. The Founders' Dilemmas, Noam Wasserman

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  6. The Innovator's Dilemma, Clayton Christensen

    Read online

  7. The Monk and the Riddle, Randy Komisar

    Borrow

  8. What I wish I knew when I was 20, Tina Seelig

    Borrow

Teaching units

Unit no. Teaching unitsTeachers Number of hoursCredits
58493 Initiation to Entrepreneurship (campus région) Jacques-henri EYRAUD243

Teachers

  • Jacques-henri EYRAUD

In the curricula

Contacts and resources

Contact
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