Entrepreneurship Programme Course Content
Entrepreneurship Programme Learning Journey
Our hands-on programme blends expert speakers, real-world case studies, and interactive exercises to accelerate your entrepreneurial success. Each carefully designed module equips you with practical skills, strategic insights, and access to a supportive network, empowering you to grow and sustain your business. From intensive bootcamps to ongoing consultancy and peer networking, the programme guides you step-by-step through every stage of your journey. Explore the modules below to see how we fast-track your path to lasting success and meaningful impact.
Each week covers a critical theme:
Bootcamp 1: Introduction
Bootcamp 2: The entrepreneurial journey
Bootcamp 3: Understanding the numbers in your business
Bootcamp 4: Planning and thinking strategically
Bootcamp 5: Resources & Finance
Bootcamp 6: Operations
Bootcamp 7: AI Tools
Bootcamp 8: Marketing – customers drive business
Bootcamp 9: Opportunity Briefing with Our Funder
Bootcamp 10: Compliance
Developed with Notre Dame’s Urban Poverty & Business Initiative (UPBI), our roadmap guides you through three phases over three years:
- Planning (Steps 1–27): Feasibility studies, legal registration, brand building
- Launch (Steps 28–59): Market entry, customer acquisition, revenue generation
- Stabilisation (Steps 60–80): Operational efficiency, repeat sales, cash-flow management
Three-Month Consultancy: UWC Entrepreneurship & Innovation students provide tailored solutions to your pressing business challenges.
- Peer-to-Peer Accountability Forums: Regular check-ins, collective problem-solving and group mentoring
- Networking Sessions: Exclusive events with funders, corporates and social investors
 Certification
- Certificate of Completion upon fulfilling all bootcamps, consultancy and forums
 Ongoing Perks
- Members-Only Learning: Continued access to workshops, forums and pitch showcases after graduation
- Three-Year Progress Tracking: ongoing use of the 80-step roadmap dashboard
 Monitoring & Evaluation
- Check-in surveys
- 80-step progress tracking
- Bootcamps, student consultancy & peer-to-peer accountability forum feedback
- Consolidated funder reports with individual & programme-wide metrics