BEX3411 Building start-ups with impact
Faculty of Business and Economics
BEX3411 Building start-ups with impact is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Business and Economics, offered in 2023 in Semester 2 at Caulfield. It needs BEX3311 or BEX2411.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2023
- Semester 2
- Caulfield
- Assessment
- No exam
- 1 task
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2023 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before BEX3411
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After BEX3411
No unit lists BEX3411 as a prerequisite in the 2023 handbook.
Enrolment rules
You must have completed 72 credit points of study to undertake this unit.
Overview
Building start-ups with impact is a unit designed to take what you have developed and learned in BEX2411 Entrepreneurial Mindsets and Capabilities (prerequisite for BEX3411) and bring it to the real world as a venture, not just an idea. This unit is about taking a concept to market and building a business around it – in a start-up or in an existing firm as an internal venture. You will begin this unit with a concept that you will then build a prototype for, to test and validate in market. Further, you will learn how to develop a service model to make this concept feasible and meet the needs and desires of your target customers and end users. Importantly, you will become skilled at engaging with business modelling techniques to deliver a viable product or service to customers who are willing to pay for it – our challenge to you will be to actually get paying customers by the end of the semester! Once you’ve achieved this, you will be guided to connect and network with investors, companies, community supporters and others in the start-up ecosystem to help you launch and grow.
Offerings in 2023
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Caulfield | On campus |
Assessment
- Within semester assessment100%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
critically research and explore complex challenges to create and communicate innovative and informed ideas or solutions
- 2
be an empathetic and global citizen who considers and creates value that is holistic and ethical, by challenging, integrating and accommodating differing world views
- 3
demonstrate broad technical and soft skills aligned to innovation, to deliver value to people, businesses and society
- 4
understand and be able to apply frameworks and methodologies that enable, the analysis of complex issues and the development of solutions that are creative, novel and sustainable
- 5
communicate and rationalise a point of view that is evidence-based, persuasive and compelling.
Workload and teaching
- Workshops36 hours
- Teaching approachIndustry-based learning
This unit is a practice-based unit comprising the following learning activities.
4 x 3-week sprints carried out as follows:
- Week 1: Interactive workshops (3hrs) and online learning modules
- Week 2: Field research with supporting coaching sessions with Industry Teaching team
- Week 3: Deep-dive, interactive workshops to consolidate learning
Each session will build on previous week's work and on the activities expected of teams in between classes.
The unit places students in 'start-up' style teams, and teams are treated like small businesses. It is expected that teams work outside of these sessions to develop their ideas and work through activities prescribed in between sessions, totalling approximately 10-12 hours per week including sessions outlined above. Independent work requirements for teams may include associated readings, assessment, out of class activities and preparation for scheduled sessions.
This unit provides you with the opportunity to engage in industry-based learning to incorporate professional and industry experience into your studies.
Learning resources
Technology resources
We will be using Miro and Slack as our main workshop and team collaboration tools.
Where it fits
BEX3411 is part of 2 areas of study in the 2023 handbook.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Gene Shill
- Chief Examiners
- Professor David Gilbert
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for BEX3411?
You need BEX3311 or BEX2411 before you enrol. Enrolment rules also apply.
When is BEX3411 offered?
In 2023, BEX3411 runs in Semester 2 at Caulfield.
How much work is BEX3411?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does BEX3411 have an exam?
No. BEX3411 has 1 assessment task and no exam.
Which majors and minors include BEX3411?
BEX3411 is part of Engineering entrepreneurship and Software development.