| Name of activity/title | DNA of a businessman |
| Domain/action | Domain 2: Strengthening partnerships Action: – Exchange of good practice Domain 4: Enhancing the quality of innovation and entrepreneurial education Action: – Innovation and entrepreneurial curricula |
| Goal of activity/short summary | Annual event in which students meet entrepreneurs from different sectors, get to know their experience in business and work together in creating new business ideas and/or innovations. |
| Type of stakeholders involved | Universities, enterprises, students |
| Description how conducted | Organized once in a year during a Spring semester. Event takes one day when students pre-apply for participation in the event. The event has three parts: 1) meeting and discussion with entrepreneurs about their experience in business, successfulness conditions and difficulties; 2) master classes in groups with entrepreneurs in creating a business, planning its development and solving problem-cases; 3) group presentations of the result from master classes. |
| Resources required (if relevant) | Several rooms for discussions, presentations and parallel master classes. Contact network with entrepreneurs from different sectors. |
| Lessons learned/success factors | Strong network with enterprises are needed for selecting both – lecturers and sponsors for the event. Successful implementation asks long-term communication with students and preparing their interaction and participation in the event |
| Time period (if relevant) | Annual |
| Link (if relevant) | – |
| Partner who submitted the practice | Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies |
| Key words | Experience exchange, problem-solving, master classes |
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