Bachelor of High-Tech Entrepreneurship Harbour.Space University

The Bachelor of High-tech Entrepreneurship is the first dedicated entrepreneurship programme in the world that blends academics, a start-up accelerator, venture builder, and real-world experience to prepare students to become the next generation of successful high-tech entrepreneurs. Our hands-on programme prepares students to do the analysis and actions required to launch and commercialise a high-tech company.

Check out our High-Tech Entrepreneurship program for more information.

Year 1

The first year of the High-tech Entrepreneurship Bachelor program can be seen as a basic starter pack for tomorrow’s entrepreneurs. Students enter the program with an idea that they want to make reality. We start with the skills of presenting an idea well – because a lot of genius goes unnoticed in the world simply because an idea is communicated inadequately. Students will work on the basis of Lean/Pitch Canvas frameworks for idea validation, identity and communication strategy and they learn how to make their idea pass the business model test. Students learn how to identify opportunities and obstacles in business entrepreneurship. Furthermore, students are immersed in all the business basics of running a start-up: lean business models, business validation, business plan preparation, USP/SVP identification, etc.

Modules

• From Zero to Hero
• Digital Product Development
• Design Thinking
• Needs Finding and Concept Creation
• Lean Start-up
• The Start-up Garage: Testing and Launch
• Start-up Company Legal Environment
• Start-up Ecosystems
• Writing a Business Plan
• Identity and Communications
• Sales Basics
• The Startup Stack
• Start-ups for Extreme Affordability
• Technical Project Management
• Negotiations
• Big Data & Emerging Technologies

Year 2

The second-year delves deeply dive into building a lean start-up organization while learning essential strategic and analytical skills. The objective of this academic year is to find the elusive product/market fit and build an MVP. Students are expected to talk to potential customers, learn essential sales techniques, become able to find and test various customer acquisition channels, and develop effective messaging and positioning. Teams will be expected to execute their sales and marketing plans, define and build and M.V.P. and test it with early customers. This is often the hardest part of the journey for start-ups and the programs' rigor will expand the abilities of any student and push them to reach their full potential. By the end of the year, students will have an MVP that’s not only validated using frameworks but also tested with early customers. Throughout the process, the teams are assisted by mentors and take advantage of opportunities to pitch their ideas to investors and start-up competitions.

Modules

• New Venture Marketing
• Digital Assets
• The Power of Storytelling in Business
• Customer Acquisition for Start-ups
• Business Models / Business Model Innovation
• Hiring & Leading Teams
• Data-Driven Marketing & Sales
• Social Media Marketing
• Mobile Marketing
• Growth Hacking
• Digital Strategy
• Building and Managing Email Campaigns
• Essentials of Strategic Communication
• Viral Marketing
• E - Research & Surveys
• CRM & Loyalty Programs
• E-Commerce
• Selling & Presenting
• Angel and Venture Capital
• Early Stage Company Valuation & Financial Modelling
• Taxes and Business Strategy
• Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation
• High-Performance Leadership
• Programmatic & RTB
• Capstone Project

Year 3

In the third year, student start-ups will transform into real companies. Student start-ups are expected to have found their product/market fit so they will start scaling and doubling down on strategies that worked at an early stage to turn them into real growth. The third year is essentially about transforming a lean start-up into a scalable venture-backed business. Students will learn how to automate and scale into a properly running organization, how to build high-performing sales teams, how to lead and hire for a fast growing organization and how to create and nurture company culture as the company grows. In this final year, students will be pushed to their limit as they turn their startups into businesses while planning, designing and executing on much more complex strategies as they prepare to raise venture funding, and subsequently become the next unicorn. The year will culminate in a Demo Day where student start-ups will compete in for investors, mentors and the student body.

Modules

• Master Classes with Leading Practitioners
• Designing Creative Organisations
• Managing High Growth Enterprises
• Building and Managing Professional Sales Organizations
• Interpersonal Dynamics and Conflict Resolution
• Global Value Chain Strategies
• Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation
• Leading Strategic Change
• Motivation in Start-ups
• Entrepreneurship from the Perspectives of Women
• New Business Models in the Emerging Markets
• Web Scraping for fun and Profit
• China's Internet Market
• Data Visualization
• Capstone Project

Harbour.Space Employability Report:

Students and alumni are the centerpieces of the Harbour.Space ecosystem. We have seen four generations of students leave prepared for the industry’s challenges.

Employment By The Numbers:

As long as we provide opportunities for our students to excel, they’ll do everything that it takes to accomplish their goals.

95% | Employment Rate

83% | Secured a Job Within Three Months After Graduation

53% | Secured a Job Before Graduation

80% | Feel Happy with Their Current Job

Global Impact:

Borders are not a limit when your talent speaks for you. In numbers, here is the distribution of our alumni across the world.

56% | Europe

26% | Asia

17% | North America

1% | South America

Industry Type:

Whether at a local startup or an international enterprise, our alumni find their way to the industry they belong in.

34% | Startups

31% | Large Corporations

27% | Midsize Enterprises

8% | Freelance