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Green Deep-Tech Opportunity, IP and Market Validation

Turn a technical idea into an evidence-based opportunity, IP and first-customer validation brief.

10+ structured hours Students · Academic staff · Researchers · Industry Online / blended

Why this mini-credential matters

Use EntreComp-aligned opportunity discovery, stakeholder mapping, intellectual-property choices, standards, regulation and customer evidence to test whether a green deep-tech idea creates credible value.

Entrepreneurship is treated as a continuous technical and societal judgement layer embedded across the four pillars.

By the end

What you should be able to do

  • Frame a technical problem as a testable opportunity.
  • Map stakeholders, users and value creation.
  • Identify basic IP, data-rights and standards choices.
  • Plan and interpret early customer-discovery evidence.

Learning path

Indicative syllabus

  1. 01

    Opportunity discovery and value creation

  2. 02

    Stakeholder and problem mapping

  3. 03

    IP, data rights and open choices

  4. 04

    Standards, regulation and market constraints

  5. 05

    Customer discovery and validation brief

Assessment evidence

How learning is demonstrated

Opportunity brief, IP/standards canvas and documented customer-discovery evidence.

Credential and recognition

Successful completion may lead to a STEMMING/project or delivering-HEI credential under the approved procedure for that cohort. EIT Label, ECTS equivalence and local recognition are not automatic and must be confirmed before enrolment.

The delivery owner must confirm the issuer, local recognition, any ECTS equivalence and final co-branding before recruiting a cohort.

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