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Thanks and summary by Rainer Harms.

Thank you for taking this journey with us through the entrepreneurial process.

In the three weeks, you’ve got introduced to the key steps of the entrepreneurial process, from opportunity recognition, opportunity development to opportunity exploitation. You have seen which set of activities you would have to perform to create a venture that solves customers and user needs while at the same time generating a profit for you.

Kasia Zalewska-Kurek took a deep-dive into opportunity recognition and valuation. Raymond Loohuis introduced the market-driven entrepreneurship. Ariane van Raesfeld and Tamara Oukes explored the functions and nature of networks that surround your emerging venture. Jeroen Sempel showed different perspectives on entrepreneurial finance. Also entrepreneurs from the University Twente shared their entrepreneurial secrets on various topics.

Good luck with all new knowledge, reflection and new insights on your own situation and on your journey to become a successful [University Twente] entrepreneur too.

Explore your opportunities at the University of Twente, the most entrepreneurial university of The Netherlands. Its rich ecosystem for (student) entrepreneurship makes it the place to be for ambitious young technology entrepreneurs. In the links below, you can get more information about entrepreneurship at the University of Twente.

Startup support at the University Twente: https://www.utwente.nl/en/business/support-for-start-ups

NovelT: https://novelt.com/en

NIKOS: https://www.utwente.nl/en/bms/nikos

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