FDSC40160 New Idea to New Venture in the Food Sector: Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Academic Year 2018/2019

This module will explore and discuss the issues involved in Innovation in the food sector and the process of going from having a new product idea to developing a financial model, business plan, marketing for a new business with a focus on marketing in the food sector. It will include presentations from experienced entrepreneurs with experiences and case studies. Workshops will focus on the process of finding seed or venture capital and will consist of a series of talks and worked exercises.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

Indicative learning outcomes On completion of this module students should be able to: 1. Thoroughly understand the process of the USP, Intellectual Property and competitive advantage, the hidden competitors. 2. Be in a position to build their own plan for finance and marketing and selling their new products or services. 3. To give a preliminary account of how they propose to build their business plan, , identifying the gaps in their plan and what they need to do to develop the plan further.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

28

Specified Learning Activities

35

Autonomous Student Learning

37

Total

100

 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

This module is only open to participants in the Food Graduate Development Programme (FGDP).

Learning Exclusions:

Only FIRM funded post grad and post docs will be able to attend this module. If there are places available, non FIRM post grad researchers will be able to attend. Further details on www.foodpostgrad.ie

Learning Recommendations:

Priority will be given to researchers with a new product idea that they would like to develop and market.



 
Description % of Final Grade Timing
Group Project: Facilitators will work with teams to develop individual business road maps. These will be presented by the students on the final day.Full attendance at module is mandatory.

100

Unspecified

Compensation

This module is not passable by compensation

Resit Opportunities

No Resit

Remediation

There is no resit provided for this module. If you fail this module, you will have to repeat it the next time it is offered.