Summer School: "Venture Creation - making purposeful ideas reality"

This 5-Day Venture Creation course is an intensive, hands-on program designed to guide you through the complete entrepreneurial journey—from generating an innovative idea to delivering a compelling investor pitch. Blending academic rigor with real-world practice, the course is built on the principle of learning by doing. You will form teams, validate customer problems, design business models, and master storytelling and fundraising techniques.

The program is led by Dr. Yossi Maaravi, Dean and Co-Founder of the Adelson School of Entrepreneurship at Reichman University. Dr. Maaravi brings over 20 years of teaching and executive training experience from leading universities worldwide, integrating research-based insights with practical tools in creativity, innovation, lean startup, and decision-making.

The course is for PhD candidates, postdocs, and technicians working at the University of Vienna or at any Circle U. university.

• Highly Ranked: Consistently ranked among the best modules at partner institutions.

• Transformative Outcomes: Graduates report launching new ventures and significantly strengthening their innovation mindset.

• Focus on Soft Skills: Emphasis on teamwork, leadership under pressure, and personal growth.

• Opportunity Evaluation: Identify and evaluate entrepreneurial opportunities by applying creativity techniques, customer discovery methods, and lean startup principles.
• Business Model Development: Develop and test business models that address validated market needs, including designing MVPs (Minimum Viable Products) and analyzing potential for growth.
• Teamwork & Leadership: Demonstrate effective teamwork and leadership in high-pressure, time-constrained environments typical of venture creation.
• Impactful Communication: Communicate entrepreneurial ideas with impact, crafting persuasive investor pitches that integrate storytelling and financial insights.