Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Be a changemaker. This master's programme prepares you to turn innovative ideas into meaningful impact. You will develop an entrepreneurial mindset alongside the analytical and digital skills needed to identify and assess opportunities, scale promising solutions and create sustainable value. The programme focuses on innovation and entrepreneurship as processes, not just outcomes. You will gain hands-on experience with tools for analysis and decision-making, including Python and other data analysis tools, financial modelling software and customer analytics platforms. You will also develop market insights through customer discovery, data analysis and selected AI tools, with an emphasis on responsible use and sound data governance.

You will explore entrepreneurial finance in depth, from bootstrapping and angel investment to venture capital, corporate venture capital and strategies for financing growth. You will learn how innovation ecosystems work, including the roles of accelerators, incubators and corporate venturing programmes. Whether you want to launch your own business or drive innovation within an established organisation, you will develop the skills to take ideas from concept to implementation across different entrepreneurial settings.

You will learn to:

• design, test and refine business models, and develop financial plans for different growth paths
• identify and assess opportunities through market analysis, customer insights and financing trends
• develop prototypes, run experiments, analyse results and adapt quickly to feedback and changing risks
• use data and AI responsibly to generate market and product insights, supported by sound data governance
• pitch ideas clearly, negotiate, manage stakeholders and build effective teams and partnerships

In the video below, our students, faculty members and industry representatives share their perspectives on why you should choose the Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at BI.

BI Startup Village

Being innovative and thinking like an entrepreneur is not something that happens in a vacuum. You are dependent on other people who can challenge your ideas and give you valuable input that can be decisive in whether you succeed or not. BI Startup Village is a community for students who are interested in building a network and a strong ecosystem for innovation while studying. 

• BI Startup Village

BI Startup provides students with the tools, network, and guidance they need to grow as entrepreneurs and succeed in shaping the business landscape of tomorrow.

The entrepreneurial mindset

The story of Brim Explorer is a good example of what a single person can achieve with the right mindset. To create change and innovation, you need to think like an entrepreneur and have the knowledge and skills to give your idea the best chance to succeed. 

A Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship is the cornerstone of a successful career in an ever-changing world. In this programme, you will learn to master actual situations through experiential learning— creating new ventures and building the skills needed for helping businesses solve their problems, scaling ventures to achieve growth, and learning about entrepreneurship and innovation in corporate settings. This programme will give you an entrepreneurial mindset and a valuable foundation for innovation and future businesses.

Fostering and honing the entrepreneurial skills and mindset of future generations is crucial for the tech industry. I’m very happy to see the programme equip students with the right resources, both theory and practice and prepare them to lead the future of technology.

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Employers value these graduates because they take ideas from problem to proven solution, creating clear business cases and scalable ways of working that lower risk and speed results; the same skills also equip you to launch and grow your own venture. 

Examples of areas you can work in: 

• new venture creation and growth – identify an opportunity, build a simple prototype, test with customers, plan launch and early scaling
• corporate innovation (inside established companies) – create new products/services, run pilots, measure results and scale corporate ventures
• venture finance and investment – assess start-ups and scale-ups, analyse markets and business models, identify deal flow, conduct due diligence, and make investment decisions
• product and market development – turn customer insight into features and pricing, choose channels, and build repeatable growth
• consulting – be a management consultant focused on strategic change, innovation, and growth in different industries 

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  Management Consultant

  Capgemini Invent
  Sindre Suphellen

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  Program Manager

  Women Investment Network
  Sunniva Sandjord