Startup Master and Advanced Reflective Tools by Universities & Partners Erasmus Project

Project Title

Startup Master and Advanced Reflective Tools by Universities & Partners

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Knowledge Alliances for higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

SMARTUP is the result of a smart cooperation effort between higher education institutes, companies, the EU Crowdfunding Network and business foundations from nine EU countries and Stanford University. The aim is to develop an innovative Startup Master & Advanced Reflective Tools through cooperation between Universities and companies belonging to innovative sectors, based on the idea that students need entrepreneurial competences to succeed: both hard about management and innovation, and soft and transversal skills, including those for self-awareness and resilience. SMARTUP offers wide-ranging support to face the challenges inherent in the entrepreneurial process, by providing a smart way to become a startupper in work and life. The project will build offline and online tools to support students in the early stages of enterprise development, from crafting their idea to accessing finance. A smart open space will be provided where would-be entrepreneurs can share knowledge and know how – but also tricks and tips – to face the challenge of creating a successful start-up; the community will be animated by students, startuppers, teachers, mentors, entrepreneurs, and investors. A key component of this supporting path will be a Master programme – developed and tested by participating universities in close cooperation with the other partners – linked to online instruments and contents, including serious games, coaching apps, and mentoring and mindfulness tools. SMARTUP will therefore integrate the different contributions of participating academic institutions and business organizations by means of new methodological approaches, in order to produce two main outputs: an innovative Master on entrepreneurship and an inclusive web portal for students and startuppers willing to improve their entrepreneurial knowledge and mindset.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 690485 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO-BICOCCA & Country: IT

Project Partners

• FH JOANNEUM GESELLSCHAFT MBH
• STAGA SOFT
• TOTEM LEARNING LTD
• TERACOMM RO SRL
• IRRADIARE INVESTIGACAO E DESENVOLVIMENTO EM ENGENHARIA E AMBIENTE LDA
• EUROPEAN CROWDFUNDING NETWORK
• HAAGA-HELIA AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU OY