| Name of activity/title | Create-prepare-test the business idea |
| Domain/action | Domain 3: contribution to developing innovations and businesses Action: – Testbeds and platforms Domain 4: Enhancing the quality of innovation and entrepreneurial education Action: – Innovation and entrepreneurial curricula |
| Goal of activity/short summary | The aim of the activity is to develop students’ competences in just not only creating a business idea, but also preparing its prototype and testing it, for getting know the process of making innovation in a practical way. |
| Type of stakeholders involved | Universities, lecturers, students. |
| Description how conducted | Each semester as a part of study course “Innovations in a business” students work in groups and prepare a business idea, by developing the idea of a new product, making its prototype and also providing its testing process in a part of the target audience. |
| Resources | Communication and interaction between students, lecturers and study program directors. |
| Lessons learned/success factors | The create-prepare-test process of a new product is included as a part of requirements in the study course, that way ensuring the participation of all students. |
| Time period | Ongoing |
| Link (if relevant) | – |
| Partner who submitted the practice | Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies |
| Key words | Innovative product, idea testing |
