This 24-credit module forms an integral part of the structured learning in entrepreneurship at KTH. The program provides an opportunity for undergraduate students to immerse in Stockholm’s entrepreneurial environment by undergoing a 1-year internship at a technology-based company.
Throughout the program period, students will keep a logbook to document their internship work experience, lessons learned and any new ideas and insights generated. This will help provide students with the relevant inputs to put together the quarterly Internship Program Reports.
Students are exposed to the realities of the challenges and problems faced by a technology-based start-up/company seeking to survive and grow amidst funds shortage, keen competition and an increasingly globalised environment. Rather than being confined to classrooms and laboratories on campus, students will have the opportunity to be exposed to real world business practices, and to apply what they have learned in classroom-based courses to their work, thereby preparing themselves for working life as an entrepreneur or as a professional working in an entrepreneurial organization.
After completing the course, the student should be able to :
Knowledge and understanding
- Identify and explain organization and management practices appropriate for a technology-based start-up/ enterprise.
- Identify and explain key business functions including product development, marketing, selling, fund raising, intellectual property protection, customer care, investor relations, partnership development, media relations, financial and strategic planning.
- Identify and explain key entrepreneurial leadership and management skills, including vision articulation, public communications, team building, strategic planning, interpersonal/human relation- ship, motivational and negotiation skills.
- Identify and explain industry structure, customer needs, technology commercialization processes, professional practices and standards, and market and competitive trends related to the business/industry that they intern in.
Skill and ability
- Prepare Internship Program Reports on a quarterly basis summarizing their 1-year experience in Stockholm, including lessons learned and specific skills and knowledge acquired.
Judgment and approach
- Reflect on the importance and value of any new ideas and insights generated from an ethical point of view.
- Reflect on the importance and value of any new ideas and insights generated from the perspective of sustainable development.
