Entrepreneurship

A pact with oneself

The Executive Master in Entrepreneurship aims to train and inspire a new generation of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs. Developed with a course designed specifically for the participants, the Master is focused on the entrepreneurial project of the individual entrepreneur, developing a personalized study plan. The course’s teachings have a direct use and evident impacts on the business.

From the knowledge of the markets, to the construction of a network of solid relationships, every aspect of the course is aimed at creating a modern entrepreneur, equipped with frontier skills of which an international reality such as Bologna Business School can provide it. By attending classes, it will also be possible to share with other entrepreneurs and businesswomen the challenges, doubts and satisfactions of a life choice that perhaps not everyone can understand.

The Executive Master in Entrepreneurship combines the formation of a business school with the impact of an accelerator of ideas. The whole path is focused on the business project presented by each participant. A business plan will then be developed, which will have to pass the scrutiny of a commission, and tools will be provided to verify the scalability of the idea and the contacts with partner companies and investors. Therefore, during the Master, the business project will grow together with the competences of the participant.

The Master will take students, over the months, to address six fundamental lessons: Business Strategy, Perfomance Management, Business Model Innovation, Operations, Sales & Marketing, People Management. These are accompanied by a path of  Business Plan and Business Coaching & Mentoring.

Two optional courses complete the program, with a choice that allows you to customize the training plan and that is shared with the Directorate of the Master, to ensure each participant the best answer to their needs. The path will end with the presentation of the business plan to a panel of investors, managers and entrepreneurs.

A business thrives or fails based on the tenacity of those managing it: this course doesn’t teach tenacity, but it provides all tools to harvest the best results. Book an interview with the course’s Director so you can start too.

THE MASTER IS AN INVESTMENT.
THE LOAN IS THE WAY TO FUND IT.

 

Accreditation

EQUIS

Bologna Business School is EQUIS – EFMD Quality Improvement System accredited, one of the most important international quality assessment and continuous improvement systems for Schools of Management and Business Administration.

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Alessandro Bonfiglioli

Alessandro Bonfiglioli

Scientific Director
alessandro.bonfiglioli@caab.it

" The Master in Entrepreneurship allows you to combine professional commitments with higher education; a mix of theory and entrepreneurial practice designed around your project. "

Riccardo Fini

Riccardo Fini

Scientific Director
riccardo.fini@unibo.it

" The Master in Entrepreneurship trains entrepreneurs who know how to create and grow successful businesses. There are three elements that best characterize the initial path of the entrepreneur: a motivation to create an enterprise, possession of novel and distinctive skills and access to the networks. This Master allows you to strengthen all three of these aspects. If you desire to create a business and make it grow, this is your chance. "

Key facts

  • Part-time

    Format

  • Italian

    Language

  • 12 months

    Duration

  • 30

    Average age

  • 8-12

    Participants

Calendar

  • Enrollment Deadline:

    January 2024

  • Start Date:

    January 2024

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Structure

The master in Entrepreneurship has a duration of 12 months, with a formula that can be modulated according to the needs of the participant.
The program includes 6 general management courses, 2 Entrepreneurship courses; 2 elective courses that the participant can choose from within the School’s educational offer based on the interests of their business.
At the end of the Master the participants will discuss in front of the Management Committee the business plan and the feasibility of their business idea or the proposal of an innovative business model for their company.

COURSES

The goal is to develop participants’ awareness of their own leadership style and boost some of their key skills to manage processes of change in risk situations with authority. The program is based on experiential learning: Participants alternate meetings which are aimed at doing tasks at different moments to observe their behavior, participants will benefit from the assistance of professionals and managers who have significant experience in leading groups and organizations to excellent results

Ghini Massimiliano

The course addresses issues related to measuring and managing the performance of innovation projects.
Specifically, the course will deal with techniques aimed at: predetermining the economic and financial appropriateness of the project (Net Present Value, Internal Rate of Return, Payback Period, etc.); cross-functional management of project costs and margins from the creation phase (Target Costing, Life Cycle Costing); assessing the adequacy of the costs incurred concerning the value generated (Data Envelopment Analysis and Value Analysis); supporting the preparation of incentive measures for the different company areas.

Boccali Filippo

Operations module will give to students the necessary skillset to understand which will be the principal evolutions of the field in the next years, so to be able to anticipate, face and benefit from those transformational changes. The course will also include a strong contamination from real world, in terms of advanced technologies (provided both from corporates and startups), new business models and real cases of innovation in the field.

Regattieri Alberto

This course addresses the challenges facing executives of modern business who need to deal with increasing community expectations for economic, societal and environmental sustainability of their organizations. Contemporary, economics-based models of firms and markets are used to analyze a wide range of strategic real-world scenarios. Students will learn how to identify and choose a superior competitive position, gain and sustain competitive advantage, and how to create an organizational context to make the chosen strategy work. They will also be exposed to analytic tools that help them in making strategic decisions. The single biggest concern of senior executives in global surveys year after year is that their business models are not innovative and therefore, noncompetitive. A related concern is that, absent an innovative model, their company can easily be disrupted. Academic studies have conclusively demonstrated that the highest return on innovation
investment is in the creation of innovative business models.

Esposito Mark

In this module, participants will be exposed to the principles and tools of design thinking applied to business models, will use these tools in a guided journey, with the following objectives:

  • Understanding the meaning of “Customer Centricity” and the approach to the design of digital services and business models
  • Analyzing consumers’ needs and defining new services to satisfy them better
  • Knowing and implementing tools for the design of all the business model elements
  • Assessing the business potential of an innovative idea
  • Creating a “pitch deck” of the new business idea
  • Understanding the difficulties linked to the establishment of innovative business models (“The Innovator’s dilemma”) in the framework of a ‘traditional’ company, and strategies that proved helpful in overcoming them
Gatti Luca

This course provides a full overview of the strategic and operational planning tools of the business, through a guided illustration of the business plan, its contents, and the multiple purposes for which it may be usefully employed in both creating and developing a business.

Fini Riccardo
Marco Giacomello
Toschi Laura

The transition from the planning stage to the implementation stage is characterized by a high level of criticality. Business coaching from scholars, entrepreneurs and managers are therefore essential, both in helping aspiring entrepreneurs to identify opportunities and threats and in implementing a successful strategy.

Laura De Benedetto
Meoli Azzurra

Optional courses that the participant can choose within the School’s educational offer based on the interest of their business.

Mixed faculty, identified on the basis of the specific needs of the participant.

Optional courses that the participant can choose within the School’s educational offer based on the interest of their business.

Mixed faculty, identified on the basis of the specific needs of the participant.

Learning approach

The Master in Entrepreneurship provides different teaching methods: classroom lectures, studies on the online platform, and for part-time courses; targeted tutoring by commenting on ongoing activities, responses to requested clarifications and in-depth analysis on relevant topics.
Master Lectures complement the academic path, which are held by professionals from the world of business, academia and politics, as well as numerous opportunities for discussion and interaction with the business world through the study of case histories.

Alumni

Monica Zambelli

Sales Director - Zambelli
Master in Entrepreneurship/ New Business Creation (ed. 2014/2015)

"With this Master, I found the most comprehensive solution I had been looking for in a long time, in order to offer my professional life a turning point. I have definitely acquired new tools to work with that gave me the chance to discover in myself new and great potentials for today's and tomorrow's challenges, which I wasn't aware of possessing. Besides the great professionalism and acumen of the faculty, the enthusiasm and passion they conveyed then made the difference, so to complete the baggage of resources that are necessary to create these new mental mechanisms that allow for the success of new entities and the achievement of personal and group success."

Francesca Lovato

Founder - Oltrecafé
Master in Entrepreneurship/ New Business Creation (ed. 2014/2015)

"Taking the decision of establishing a business is no small thing. The idea, without experience or means, isn't enough: this is the reason why I decided to attend the Entrepreneurship Master's course at Bologna Business School. I did it to exchange experiences and views with those that on a daily basis work in order to improve the performances of several, excellent Italian and foreign businesses. The saying goes that one learns from those you mix with and I wanted to surround myself with the best, to grow and learn. Here there are success stories, professionalism, exchange: the personal commitment is the last ingredient of this recipe to recognise and use at best the opportunities that come up during the journey. Occasions do come up, our task is to prepare ourselves in the best possible way to grasp them."

Riccardo Toschi

Marketing Manager - Sound Corporation
Master in Entrepreneurship (ed. 2013/2014)

"The School was very open and the structure of the Master's was such that these elements contributed greatly to spur my entrepreneurial project. In addition to this, my colleagues at the Food&Wine course gave a tangible help in setting up Gusto Parmigiano, an Emilia-based risto-shop that has the ambition of bringing Emilia food and wine excellences to the most important cities in the world."

Networking

Networking is developed between students of the same class, between participants and lecturers, as well as with students from other courses or previous editions of the very same master.
The master will furthermore make you meet other young entrepreneurs at an international level.

COMPANIES

This program was born thanks to the collaboration between Bologna Business School and the Confindustria Emilia-Romagna system. This allowed to deal with different themes of various entrepreneurial contexts, focusing on needs and expectations towards this educational program.
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Maurizio Marchesini

Confindustria Emilia-Romagna’s President
“We are facing a structural change that requires a strong capacity of adaptation; it’s fundamental to develop and innovate our own managerial skills.”

 

 

Over the years, our partners have been continuously involved in various activities that make up the structure of our programs. Companies belonging to our network participate in project work and master classes; they contribute actively in introducing guest speakers and organizing company visits. Our partners are our first supporters: sponsoring various scholarships, hosting internships for students, and providing career opportunities for graduates.

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Programme Advisory Committee

 

  • Leda Bologni – Piattaforme e Progetti Tecnologici, Aster
  • Isabella Conti – Sindaco, San Lazzaro di Savena (Bologna)
  • Laura De Benedetto – Co-founder, MakeTank – Associazione ToscanaIN
  • Tiziana Ferrari – Direttore Generale, Unindustria Bologna e componente CdA AlmaCube
  • Federico Ferrini – Managing Director, Techfem – “E se funzionasse?”
  • Giuseppe Iacobelli – Co-Fondatore Angels Lab Academy
  • Matteo Lepore – Assessore Economia e promozione della Città, Turismo, Relazioni Internazionali, Agenda Digitale, Comune di Bologna
  • Alberto Onetti – Presidente, Mind the Bridge Foundation
  • Nicola Redi – Investment Director, Vertis SGR
  • Sara Roversi – Co-Founder at You Can Group + Future Food Institute
  • Cristiano Seganfreddo – Direttore Generale, Associazione Progetto Marzotto
  • Giovanna Trombetti – Direttore del Settore Sviluppo Economico, Provincia di Bologna
  • Eugenio Bonomi, di Bonomi and Network

The master is also overseen by the Scientific Council:

Giuseppe Cappiello, Università di Bologna
Riccardo Fini, Università di Bologna – Imperial College London
Simone Ferriani, Università di Bologna – Cass Business School London
Antonio Paco Giuliani, University of Illinois Chicago
Rosa Grimaldi, Università di Bologna
Andrea Lipparini, Università di Bologna
Maurizio Sobrero, Università di Bologna
Laura Toschi, Università di Bologna


Community

COMMUNITY AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT

During the Master, a series of seminars with head-hunters and HR managers are offered, to provide tools and resources to contribute to your career development and how to enter the job market in leadership positions.

Once the Master is ended, it is possible to join the activities dedicated to the Community, to further increase your own network. Furthermore, meetings open to the entire BBS Community are periodically scheduled with managers, entrepreneurs and guests, focusing on the different scenarios of a constantly evolving society and market.

FEES

The registration fee for the Master’s course on a company basis is 17.900 Euros + VAT.

The registration fee for the Master’s course on an individual basis is 14.900 Euros + VAT.

Reduced fee available for very early-bird enrollment.

 

Funding

Long-term and low-interest loan:

– Repayable in 10 years
– Reduced interest rate
– Possibility to postpone the 1st payment fee to 36 months

For more information please mail to entrepreneurship@bbs.unibo.it

 

 

 

REQUIREMENTS

Candidates must possess a University degree or a secondary school diploma together with work experience. Candidates must have an entrepreneurial idea.

APPLICATION PROCESS

The selection process will be carried out by a commission by means of analysis of the Curriculum Vitae and an individual interview, performed in order to outline the professional profile of the candidate and its coherency with participation in the master.

e-mail: entrepreneurship@bbs.unibo.it
fax: +39 051 2090104

Candidates will be contacted in order to schedule the selection interview with the Director of the Master.

FAQs

The participant may choose to take some courses full time and some others part time, in agreement with the Program Manager of the master.

The participant may choose a part of the academic platform the educational offer of the School

The selection interview is necessary but not binding. If necessary, a second meeting can be held to provide further clarification.

The majority of participants have degrees. A quota of applicants who do not hold a three year degree and with a minimum 5 years of professional experience can be admitted

It is possible to meet one or more current or past students by contacting the Program Manager who will provide their contact details.

The program manager can provide attendance certificates at the end of each lesson to those who require it.

Yes, since it is a first level Master, a Bachelor’s degree is a requirement for participation. In order to verify admission requirements we ask you to please consult the Call for applications. However, a quota not exceeding 20% of the places are open to participants lacking a degree. In such a case, after an agreement is made with the Program Manager, it is possible to perform a selection interview with the Director of Studies.

Calendar

  • Enrollment Deadline:

    January 2024

  • Start Date:

    January 2024

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Mattia Musarò Executive Education Specialist

Telefono: +39 051 2090104

Email: entrepreneurship@bbs.unibo.it

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