Discover Program - Your Entrepreneurial Journey Starts Here

Thinking about diving into the entrepreneurial world? The Entrepreneurship Training Program (ETP)-Discover Fall 2024 (October 1-November 30, 2024) is your perfect starting point. Whether you are a business student or NOT, this program will offer you, MUN Graduate Students, the fundamentals of entrepreneurship and help you develop the necessary skills. This ETP program is free, and certificates are provided.

The Discover program provides aspiring students a comprehensive introduction to starting and running a business. This certificate-provided ETP program has two main components: workshop modules (Theoretical lessons, self-study, online through Brightspace and asynchronous) and special topic sessions (Practical lessons, hybrid mode and synchronous).

Workshop modules: There are eight workshop modules which will be delivered every Tuesday (Starting on October 1, 2024), and you have one week (ideally) to self-study on your own time through the Bright Space, or you are required to complete workshop tasks at the end of the program (November 26, 2024)

You'll be exploring the following areas:

1. Ideation & Lean Canvas
2. Research & Customer Interviews
3. Skills Identification & Team Building
4. Mentors & Advisors
5. Business for New Starters
6. Business Plans
7. Financing
8. Resources & Supports in Newfoundland and Labrador

Special topic session: Nine interactive sessions are scheduled almost at 2-3 pm every Thursday starting from October 3, 2024, in-person mode on St. John’s campus and online mode for Grenfell and Labrador Campus and Marine Institute students. These sessions will focus on breaking down the online materials learnt and doing hands-on exercises. We will also welcome guest speakers to enlighten us on the folowing particular topics throughout the semester. 

1. Session 1: Ideation
Speaker: Dr. Carlos Bazan, Technology Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Business Administration, MUN
2. Session 2: Innovating for Success: Leveraging Technology and Strategy in Modern Entrepreneurship
Speaker: Michael Babalola, Web Advisor, Special Projects, MUN, CEO / Co-founder, Kiderra
Speaker: Ayopo Onafowakan, COO / Co-founder, Kiderra
3. Session 3: A Systematic Approach to Entrepreneurship
Speaker: Dr. Blair Winsor, Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, MUN
4. Session 4: In a Nutshell: Setting up a Tech Business in NL
Speaker: Aidan Moores, Success Manager, Pre-Incubation, Genesis
Speaker: Mathew Cadigan, Startup Development Coordinator, Genesis
5. Session 5: Setting up a Non-tech Business in NL in a Nutshell
Speaker: Kyle Hickey, Startup Coach, PropelICT
6. Session 6: The Lean Canvas and You
Speaker: Ogaga Johnson, PMP®, Founder & CEO, Verisult Company
7. Session 7: A Guide to Business Incorporation
Speaker: Dean Doyle, Director, Commercial Registrations Division,Digital Government and Service NL.
8. Session 8: Share from and Talk with Entrepreneur Johan Arcos-Mendez
Speaker: Johan Arcos-Mendez, Founder & CEO, InVerte – Intelligent Portioning
9. Panel session: Resource Support for the Entrepreneurship in NL
Panelists: CBDC, Genesis, MCE, PropelICT, RIO, WhiteRock NL & Work Global Canada Inc, and YMCA

Special policy: Students who cannot synchronously attend the Special Topic Sessions as required due to their recurrent study schedule conflict or taking care of their little child(ren) can apply for this policy by contacting the program coordinator at dtmaihanh@mun.ca. By obtaining this policy, eligible students are allowed to review the sessions’ recordings weekly on their own time.

One-on-one or group advice sessions and support: Those sessions are available for ETP participants and alums who need help to develop their business ideas. Additionally, they are provided and connected with relevant resources and support from the entrepreneurial ecosystem and entrepreneurs in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Please note that besides the knowledge and invaluable experiences in entrepreneurship and business, you can add this program's certificate (the program outline is indicated there) to your resume to become a more robust job applicant for your career development.

For graduate students in Marine, Grenfell, and Labrador campuses, we offer you a hundred percent of the Online Discovery Program this Fall. So, please don’t hesitate to grab this special learning opportunity. 

A Certificate of Completion awaits you! Gear up for an enriching Fall 2023 semester that marries the flexibility of online learning with the depth of in-person/virtual interactions. Your entrepreneurial odyssey beckons!

You can review the Program Handbook and schedule of the ETP Discover - Fall 2024 here: ETP Discover Fall 24 Handbook