Entrepreneurial Project 2 15 credits

The aim of this course is to give students with an interest in entrepreneurship the opportunity to develop their skills as reflective practitioners by combining work in entrepreneurial practice with academic reflections under the supervision of an experienced entrepreneurship teacher. Students enrolled in this course work with implementing or further developing their own venture or, alternatively, with predefined, programme-relevant practical tasks in an entrepreneurial organization. Throughout the course they engage in and report on reflective tasks related to their work, in continuous dialogue with their supervising teacher. Reflection-in-action practices the “thinking what they are doing while they are doing it” (D.A Schön, 1987: xi), which is important especially for dealing with situations of uncertainty, uniqueness, and conflict. Such situations often occur during an entrepreneurial process. The course provides a deeper understanding of entrepreneurial practice through the continuous reflection on the processes occurring at the venture/organization during the internship and the own role in them. **Connection to research and practice** This course is fundamentally practical. Student-entrepreneurs will remain on their entrepreneurial journey that they started in Entrepreneurial Project 1 by continuing to engage in real-life new venture creation activities outside of the classroom setting. Support will be provided throughout this process with guidance from qualified teaching staff and experts from Jönköping Science Park. Student-entrepreneurs will also be expected to interact and collaborate with key external stakeholders relevant to their new ventures. Furthermore, the practice of new venture development will also be theoretically guided following reflexive, evidence-based, and iterative best practices outlined in the academic literature.