iCSEP
March 23, 2023 2023-07-10 14:30iCSEP
Global School of Entrepreneurship
About the Program
The iCSEP Program is a unique ACTIVEclassTM compliant practical, experience-based In-College-Students Entrepreneurship NPQTM Program based on the principle of impacting entrepreneurial SEEKTM (skills, expertise, experience, and know-how) through active engagement and practice.
An In-College-Entrepreneur is someone who sets up their Business or Startup while still in College/School or soon after completing or dropping out of College/School. They are more likely to conceive their Viable Business Idea while in College/School, with some of them going ahead and setting up their Business while still in College/School, with others commencing their entrepreneurial journey by Founding their Startup business soon after completing College/School. Many In-College-Entrepreneurs are known to have dropped out of College or School to start their Businesses and become successful Entrepreneurs.
This NPQTM Program is designed to provide intensive entrepreneurial immersion training in Entrepreneurship SEEKTM development for the next generation of In-College Entrepreneurs aspiring to set up and build their Business Enterprises in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) Economy (FIRETM) while still in College or soon after leaving College.
As an NPQTM program, the iCSEP is not a paper qualification (certificate/diploma) based program where participants work towards getting a paper qualification at the end of the Program through taking and passing required course assignments, tests, or exams and getting grades for them. Your qualification on the iCSEP is Your Startup Business.
The expectation is that the In-College-Entrepreneurs would have conceived the idea for their Startup Business before enrolling on the iCSEP Program and may have either set up the Business before joining the Program or have the intention to set up the Business during the Program or soon after completing the Program.
This is an NPQTM (No Paper Qualification) Program
No Paper Qualification on Completion of the Program
iCSEPTM — Your Qualification is Your Business Startup
- Targeted Entrepreneurs
- ACTIVEclass Compliant Program
- ACTIVEclass Mode of Program Delivery
- Program Entry Requirement
- Program Duration and Method
- Program Structure
- Program Modules A
- Program Modules B
- Program Modules C
- Fees & Funding
- Scholarship & Financial Aid
The iCSEP Program is targeted at Prospective In-College-Entrepreneurs who are yet to commence Business and are aspiring to start their Startup Business as a Founder or Co-Founder while still in College/School or soon after completing or dropping out of College/School.
The iCSEP Program is ACTIVEclassTM compliant whereby the instructional delivery approach is designed to facilitate, support, and empower the active engagement of the Program Participants (Learners) in the process of developing and acquiring their Program-specific SEEKTM
The ACTIVEclassTM philosophy underlying iCSEP is based on a paraphrased quote partially attributable to Confucius, the Chinese Philosopher: “Tell Me, and I Forget; Teach Me, and I May Remember; Involve Me, and I Learn; (Get Me To Do It and I will Know It)”. The iCSEP Program, therefore, lays ZERO emphasis on the Telling (Tell Me and I Forget), LESS emphasis on Teaching (Teach Me and I May Remember), MAJOR emphasis on Involving (Involve Me and I Learn), and MAXIMUM emphasis on Getting TO DO IT (Get Me To Do It and I will Know It)) aspects in delivering the Modules of the Program.
The LKDATM– Outcome ACTIVEclassTM Mode of Program Delivery
The ACTIVEclassTM Mode of Delivery of iCSEP lays less emphasis on teaching the Participants details of the entrepreneurial SEEKTM. Rather they are encouraged and empowered to acquire the relevant entrepreneurial SEEKTM through the innovative LKDATM (Learn, Know, Do, Acquire) approach practiced through the active engagement of Learners in a Learning-by-Involvement (LbI) and Knowing-by-Doing (KbD) process.
ACTIVEclassTM Learners on iCSEP are therefore encouraged and empowered to play an active-engagement role in contributing to their entrepreneurial SEEKTM development and acquisition process through actively engaging in the Learning-by-Involvement (LbI) and Knowing-by-Doing (KbD) activity-based Instructor-prescribed and Learner-Self-prescribed learner-initiative- intensity-activeness LKDATM-Outcome AATs (actions, activities, and tasks).
iCSEP is, therefore, a personal initiative intensity commitment (PIICTM)-based ACTIVEclassTM Program that expects its Participants to take full responsibility for their Learning, Knowing, Doing, and Acquiring (LKDATM) Outcomes relating to acquiring their entrepreneurial SEEKTM through activity-based Learning-by-Involvement (LbI) and Knowing-by-Doing (KbD).
Already-in-Business and Prospective Future Entrepreneurs enrolled in this intensive and practical ACTIVEclassTM Entrepreneurship Program are encouraged and empowered to use their creative capabilities and abilities to create and contribute to the entrepreneurial SEEKTM they want and seek to acquire through active engagement Learning-by-Involvement (LbI) and Knowing-by-Doing (KbD) activity-based approach. The iCSEP Program is therefore designed to prepare, empower and encourage its Participants and Alumni to pursue the path of being job and wealth creators rather than job seekers after leaving College.
There are no entry requirements on the iCSEP Program, except that one is expected to have a burning desire and the determination to become an Entrepreneur and is willing to embrace the entrepreneurial mindset to put in the required efforts to be the Founder or Co-Founder of a Business Enterprise or Corporation while still in College or soon after completing or dropping out of College. One is also expected to adopt the personal initiative intensity commitment (PIICTM) active engagement Learning-by-Involvement (LbI) and Knowing-by-Doing (KbD) activity-based (LKDATM) Outcome approach to Learn, Do, Know, and Acquire the requisite entrepreneurial SEEKTM to set-up, manage, build and grow their Business in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) Economy (FIRETM).
Those with some entrepreneurial or business background or qualifications and those with some prior entrepreneurial or business work experience in any of the fields of Business who aspire to become In-College-Entrepreneurs setting up and running the Business they Founded or Co-Founded may have some headstart on the iCSEP Program.
those without entrepreneurial or business backgrounds or qualifications and others without prior entrepreneurial or business work experience can still catch up on their entrepreneurial SEEKTM without difficulty on the iCSEP Program and become successful Entrepreneurs. The expectation is that what they lack on the entrepreneurial business background qualification or work experience side can be picked up easily on their iCSEP Entrepreneurship Journey and beyond.
The Business world is littered with successful Entrepreneurs without a business or entrepreneurial background who started the businesses they Founded or Co-Founded while still in College or soon after completing or dropping out of College. Famous examples of successful entrepreneurs who started as In-College-Entrepreneurs, without any business or entrepreneurial background are Bill Gates and Paul Allen, who dropped out of College, in this case, Harvard University, to cofound Microsoft Corporation; Steve Job and Steve Wozniak, also college dropouts, cofounded Apple Corporation. Also, Richard Branson and Nik Powell, the cofounders of Virgin Records, were school dropouts teenagers. Richard Branson became a famous Serial Entrepreneur founding over fifty Businesses with more than 200 distinct subsidiaries over the years managed under his Virgin Group of Companies.
There are others who also started as In-College-Entrepreneurs. Mark Zuckerberg co-founded Facebook in 2004 as a college dropout. Larry Page and Sergey Brin co-founded Google while they were PhD students at Stanford University. Jack Dorsey, the Founder of Twitter, dropped out of College to establish his company. WordPress was started in 2003 by College Freshmen Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little. Catherine Cook launched a company called MyYearbook, similar to Facebook but for high school while still at High School. MyYearbook later transformed into an app called MeetMe which she sold for one hundred million dollars. Corine Tan, at age 21, while still in College, Founded a Startup around Kona, a platform for helping remote managers. Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian Co-Founded Reddit in 2005 as College Freshmen. Reddit is a social news website and forum where content is socially curated and promoted by site members through voting.
All these successful Entrepreneurs who commenced their entrepreneurial journeys from their College dormitories started without entrepreneurial or business backgrounds or qualifications.
So, we have you covered if you belong to the category of those potential future In-College- Entrepreneurs who want to be successful Entrepreneurs in the 4IR Economy without the requisite entrepreneurial background or work experience to start with.
By all means, Join Us and succeed on the iCSEP Program.
Duration of the iCSEP Program:
16 Weeks (Intensive Self-Pace Study)
The iCSEP Program is made up of a number of Program Engagement Sessions (PESs). Each PES comprising a number of designated Units of Study (USETM) has an expected duration equivalent to a one-week session on the Program. Some Participants on the Program may spend less than a week and others more than a week during a given PES.
Method of Delivery:
Intensive Online ACTIVEclassTM Activity-Based Learning-by-Involvement (LbI) and Knowing-by-Doing (KbD).
Participants on iCSEP are expected during each PES to undertake and complete specific ACTIVEclassTM active-engagement Learning-by-Involvement (LbI) and Knowing-by-Doing (KbD) LKDATM – Outcome practical entrepreneurship actions, activities, and tasks (AATs) for acquiring specific entrepreneurial SEEKTM. Participants are expected to complete the ACTIVEclassTM LDKATM-Outcome AATs corresponding to each of the Units of Study (USETM) designated for a given PES before moving on to the next PES.
The iCSEP Program is based on Three Modules:
- The iCSEP Business Base Camp Fire-Side Chat Module
- The iCSEP Business Ignition and Start UP Module
- The iCSEP Business Accelerated Development & Immersion Experience Module
Each of the Program Modules comprises a number of Sub-Modules, each constituting several Units of Study Engagement (USETM). The delivery of each USETM under its designated Program Engagement Session (PES) is based on specific ACTIVEclassTM active-engagement Learning-by-Involvement (LbI) and Knowing-by-Doing (KbD) practical entrepreneurship LDKATM-Outcome AATs targeted at acquiring specific entrepreneurial SEEKTM
| The Units of Study Engagement (USE) |
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| Understanding the Business Enterprise Environment and the Business Enterprise Industry Locally and Globally |
| Knowing What they Say About the Prospects and the Future of Business Enterprises in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) Economy (FIRE) |
| Knowing More About In-College-Students Entrepreneurship and Utreprenership in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) Economy (FIRE) |
| Knowing a Thing or Two About Who Are In-College-Entrepreneurs |
| Knowing Why In-College-Entrepreneurs are Some of the Key Movers and Shakers of the in Today’s Business World Locally & Globally |
| Knowing Why In-College-Entrepreneurs are Everywhere and are involved in Almost Everything Made, Created, or Built by Business Enterprises Founded and run by In-College-Entrepreneurs. |
| Knowing the Importance of Being an In-College-Entrepreneurs in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) Economy (FIRE) |
| Knowing What It Takes to Stand on the Shoulders of Giant In-College-Entrepreneurs and Learn From Their Notable Accomplishments as Well as Mistakes and Tribulations on their Entrepreneurship Journey |
| Knowing What It Takes to be an In-College-Entrepreneur in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) Economy (FIRE) |
| Knowing What it Takes to Develop and Secure Your Business Enterprise Entrepreneurial Foundation as an In-College-Entrepreneur |
| Knowing What it Takes to Embark on Your In-College-Students Entrepreneurial Journey in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) Economy (FIRE) |
| Knowing What it Takes as an In-College-Entrepreneur to ‘Bite More Than You Can Chew’ and Still Chew it to Build and Grow Your Business Enterprise |
| Knowing How to Spot ‘Easier Say Than Done’ Decisions and Still Do It on Your In-College Entrepreneurial Journey |
| Knowing How to Think Like an In-College-Entrepreneur: Embracing the ‘I can do it better and different’ Thinking and Mentality |
| Knowing What it Takes to Embrace and Practice as an In-College-Entrepreneurs the George Bernard Shaw Credo – “You see things, and you say Why? But I dream things that never were, and I say, Why not.” |
| Knowing What it Takes to Manage Your In-College-Students Entrepreneurial Anxieties |
| Need to Know Why Making the Choice and the Decision to embrace Your In-College-Students Entrepreneurship Dreams and Aspirations is a Good One |
| Need to Know How to Stay on Course on Your In-College-Students Entrepreneurial Journey even if the Going Get Tough |
| Knowing What it Takes to Succeed as an In-College-Entrepreneur: The In-College-Students Entrepreneurship Motivational PEP Talk. |
| Knowing How to Take and Heed the Advice of In-College-Entrepreneurs Who Have Been There |
| Knowing Where to Start on Your In-College Entrepreneurial Journey |
| Knowing the Critical Entrepreneurship SEEK You Must Get and Practice to Start, Build and Grow Your Business Enterprise and be a Successful In-College-Entrepreneur in the 4IR Economy. |
| The Units of Study Engagement (USE) |
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| Knowing What it Takes to Motivate and Inspire Yourself to Commence Your Business Enterprise Utrepreneurship Journey as an In-College-Entrepreneur without Holding Back |
| Knowing What it Takes to Make Your Business Enterprise Pre-Launch Crisis Judgement Calls |
| Knowing What it Takes to Make Your Business Enterprise Pre-Launch Strategic Judgement Calls |
| Knowing What it Takes to Make Your Business Enterprise Pre-Launch Business Funding Judgement Calls |
| Knowing What it Takes to Make Your Business Enterprise Pre-Launch People Judgement Calls |
| Knowing What it Takes to Have the Requisite Entrepreneurial Leadership Skills (ELS) to Lead Your Business Enterprise from a Startup to a Successful Business as In-College-Entrepreneur |
| Knowing How to Scope the Nature of Your Business Enterprise as In-College-Entrepreneur |
| Knowing How to Identify and Crystalize the FoBAs for Your Business Enterprise |
| Knowing How to Spot a Gap in the Market for the Products/Services of Your Business Enterprise |
| Knowing How to Develop Your Viable Entrepreneurial Business Idea (VEBI) |
| Knowing How to Put Together a Viable Business Preposition (VBP) for Your Business Enterprise |
| Knowing How to Craft the In-College-Students Entrepreneur Statement of Business Intention Aspiration (ESBIP) for Your Business Enterprise |
| Knowing What it Takes to Take Off in Business as an In-College-Entrepreneur |
| Knowing What it Takes to Commerce Your Business Enterprise from an Existing Business as an In-College-Entrepreneur |
| Knowing What it Takes to Sustain Your Passion for Setting Up and Running Your Business Enterprise as an In-College-Entrepreneur |
| Knowing What it Takes to be a Creative In-College-Entrepreneur |
| Knowing How to Ask the In-College-Students Entrepreneurial’ what-if’ ‘Doing it Better and Different’ Questions |
| Knowing How to do Your Business Enterprise QDA -- The Quick & Dirty Analysis – The 4Ws |
| Knowing How to Figure out Your ‘Assets’ and Build on them for Your In-College-Business Enterprise Success |
| Knowing How to do Your In-College-Students In-College-Business-Enterprise SWACOP (Strengths, Weakness, Assets, Challenges, Opportunities & Possibilities) Analysis |
| Knowing How to do Your Business Enterprise Entrepreneurship Venture Viability Analysis - EVVA |
| Knowing How to Taxonomize Your In-College-Business-Enterprise Product/Services Offerings |
| Knowing How to Recognize and Do Something About Your In-College-Entrepreneur Business Enterprise Weaknesses and Do Something About Strengthening Your Business Enterprise Strengths |
| Knowing the True and Critical Customers of Your In-College-Business-Enterprise Products/Services |
| Knowing What it Takes to Come Out with the Minimum Viable Product/Service (MVP/MVS) for Your In-College-Business-Enterprise |
| Knowing What It Takes to Create the Products/Services for Your In-College-Business-Enterprise |
| Knowing What is Required to Produce Your In-College-Business-Enterprise Finished Products/Services for the Market as an In-College-Entrepreneur |
| Knowing What it Takes and What is Required to Start Your In-College-Business Startup if you are yet to commence business as an In-College-Students Entrepreneur |
| Knowing What it Takes to Ensure that Your Qualification on the iCSEP is Your In-College-Business Startup |
| The Units of Study Engagement (USE) |
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| Knowing What it Takes to Launch Your In-College-Business Enterprise Product/Services on the Market |
| Knowing What it Takes to Market and Promote Your In-College-Business Enterprise Product/Services on the Market |
| Knowing What it Takes to Manage and Run Your Post-Launched In-College-Business Enterprise |
| Knowing How to Make Your In-College-Business Enterprise Post-Launch Crisis Judgement Calls |
| Knowing How to Make to Make Your In-College-Business Enterprise Post-Launch Strategic Judgement Calls |
| Knowing How to Make to Make Your In-College-Business Enterprise Post-Launch Business Funding Judgement Calls |
| Knowing How to Make to Make Your In-College-Business Enterprise Post-Launch People Judgement Calls |
| Knowing What it Takes to Put Together a Team to Manage Your Up and Running Post-Launched In-College-Business Enterprise as an In-College-Entrepreneur |
| Knowing What it Takes to Source and Mobilize Funds and Investment to Develop and Accelerate Your In-College-Business Enterprise |
| Knowing What it Takes to Handle Challenges in the Way of Developing Your In-College-Business Enterprise as an In-College-Entrepreneur |
| Knowing What it Takes to Recognize and Avoid Costly Mistakes, In-College- Entrepreneurs Make |
| Knowing What it Takes to Get and Work with Your In-College-Business Enterprise Mentors to Accelerate the Development of Your In-College-Business |
| Knowing What it Takes to Make Your In-College-Business Enterprise FOOTPRINTSTM as an In-College-Entrepreneur |
| Knowing What it Takes to Move Your In-College-Business Enterprise From One Level to the Next as an In-College-Entrepreneur |
| Knowing What it Takes and What is Required to Build and Grow Your Fully Operational and Up and Running In-College-Business Enterprise |
