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  • PROGRAM '20-'21
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  • PROGRAM '20-'21
  • OUR PEOPLE
  • CAREER
  • STUDENT SERVICES
  • CONTACT
  • BECOME A GUEST SPEAKER
  • APPLY
    • Start your entrepreneurial career

       

      On this page you'll find more information about how to get started with your entrepreneurial career.

       

      We will train you for a career in which you will assess and bring to life innovative, viable, high-quality business ideas in a number of contexts.

       

      Our alumni have started careers either as entrepreneur, or as employee at a startup, scale-up, or existing organisation, and in a diversity of industries.

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    • Don't wait!

      Your career starts in the class room! And we will facilitate that. How?

      Solve real-life

      challenges

      .

      During the course 'Entrepreneurial Challenge' you will solve real-life challenges for a startup or scale-up. This is an excellent opportunity to show what you've got and to get hired. 

      Interesting guest

      speakers

      .

      In most courses interesting guest speakers talk about their challenges in setting up or running a business. It's not uncommon that they are looking for talent. So connect with them!

      Explore business

      ideas

      .

      Some courses allow you to explore your own business ideas. The program actually kicks off with such a course in which you will not only come up with a business idea but also thoroughly validate it.

      Choose an

      internship

      .

      We encourage you to do an internship. It allows you to further put your knowledge into practice and you gain some relevant experience in a company.

    • Now check out the career trajectories the Master Entrepreneurship offers

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    • Career trajectories

      Work at a startup or scale-up

      As Amsterdam hosts one of the largest startup hubs in Europe, there will be plenty of opportunities to work for a startup or scale-up. Already during the program you will meet some of them through guest talks and real-life challenges.

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      Work at an established organisation

      More and more organisations are applying new venturing initiatives such as incubation programs. Many organisations are looking for entrepreneurial graduates to help them bring to life innovative business ideas.

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      Become an entrepreneur

      During the program we provide you many opportunities to start exploring business ideas. Also after the program there is plenty of assistance available to increase the chance of setting up a successful business.

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    • Work at a startup or scale-up

      JOB SITES

      • Startup and Running
      • Dutch Startup Jobs
      • AIESEC
      • EU-Startups Job Board
      • Knappe Koppen
      • Jobs at TQ residents
      • StudiStartupJob
      • And an overview of job sites (mainly jobs at tech startups and tech jobs)

      OTHER ORGANISATIONS

      • People House: Young entrepreneurial minds kickstarting innovation at companies

       

    • Work at an established organisation

      JOB SITES

      • UvA job board

      UNIVERSITY CAREER CENTERS

      • Career Center Faculty of Economics and Business (UvA)
      • Career Center School of Business and Economics (VU)
      • UvA career site

       

      OTHER ORGANISATIONS

      • People House
      • Frisse Blikken
      • Starters4Communities

       

    • Become an entrepreneur

      STUDENT STARTUP PLATFORMS

      • Startup and Running: Upload your startup profile and get exposure, find co-founders and startup mentors.

      USEFUL STARTUP TOOLS

      • Startup Stash Amsterdam, A curated directory of tools  and resources to build your startup
      • Growth Hacking tools

      ACCELERATORS / INCUBATORS/VENTURE BUILDERS

      • Rockstart
      • Startup bootcamp
      • Founder Institute
      • ScaleUp Nation
      • Holland Startup

      UNIVERSITY INCUBATOR

      • ACE: The incubator of the UvA

       

      FUNDING YOUR BUSINESS

      • ASIF: A venture capital fund, run by students.
      • Dutch funding landscape infographic

      CO-WORKING SPACES

      • The Nursery (affordable office space for UvA students)
      • Venture Studios
      • Overview of co-working spaces in Amsterdam

      PITCH EVENTS AND COMPETITIONS

      • ASIF PITCH!
      • Phillips Innovation Award
      • Accenture Innovation Awards
      • Get in the ring

      OTHER USEFUL ORGANISATIONS

      • Startup Amsterdam
      • Startup Delta
      • UvA Ventures
      • The Talent Institute
      • Traineeship ondernemen
      • Growth Tribe, growth hacking school
      • BSSA Tech School
      • Starters4Communities
      • Aim for the Moon
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    Master Entrepreneurship

    Become more entrepreneurial.

    Program Directors

    Dr. Bram Kuijken

    b.kuijken@uva.nl

    0205254352

     

    Prof. dr. Enno Masurel

    e.masurel@vu.nl

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