Entrepreneurship & Venture Building

An idea becomes interesting when it solves a real problem. Entrepreneurship & Venture Building takes you through the thinking behind that transformation, from spotting an opportunity to explaining why a venture could work.

Explore market insight and customer psychology, examine ways to validate an idea, and consider how a business model connects a useful solution with a sustainable enterprise. Brand development, digital growth and finance bring further dimensions to your thinking, alongside questions of ethics and the role of AI in a founder’s toolkit.

Through collaborative project work, you will shape your ideas, challenge assumptions and develop a clearer account of the value you want to create. The experience builds towards a final venture presentation to professionals, giving you a reason to make your thinking focused, persuasive and practical.

Two weeks in Oxford also mean cultural excursions, social activities and conversations with peers who bring different ambitions and perspectives to the same challenge.

Residential students stay at New College, Oxford, in single en-suite bedrooms with full board. The non-residential option is for students arranging their own accommodation.

£7,995 residential / £5,995 non-residential per 14-day LAB

Residential: academic tuition and workshops, cultural excursions, social and wellbeing activities, professional feedback on final presentations, a Spark certificate of completion, single en-suite accommodation at New College and full-board meals.

Non-residential: academic tuition and workshops, core excursions, lunch and a Spark certificate of completion.