INSPIRE 4 ECOTROPHELIA

1. What is the Entrepreneurship training "Inspire 4 ECOTROPHELIA"

Inspire 4 Ecotrophelia, is a training programme that has been developed in conjunction with Ecotrophelia. It focuses on entrepreneurship and enables you to advance your business proposition in preparation for the pitch events.

Once logged into the platform you can access 12 hours of content which you can work through at your own pace. At the end of the programme is a short mini-assignment, you will receive feedback on this which will help you to strengthen and crystallise your business proposal. On completion of the training you will recieve an Inspire 4 Ecotrophelia Certificate from EIT Food.

The skills you will develop from this training go beyond the competiton and will be useful in your future career.

All of the content has been designed and developed by experts in entrepreneurship as well as industry experts. Included in the programme are modules on: team building and sustaining momentum, sustainability and stakeholder value (eco-innovation), segmenting your market, negotiation (buying and selling), finance, IP, scaling a venture, PESTEL and SWOT analysis, and the marketing mix.

2. Key dates of training

We have decided in the UK to implement this on a voluntary basis. This means that the students do not have to complete this training to enter the competition. However, if teams are successful with the shortlisting of their products, the training will become compulsory to enter the UK final. During the training you will be submit a mini-assesment based on your project which you will get feedback on. This means there are two deadlines for the training, outlined below:
 
Before initial application deadline: 09/04/2025
Before UK final: 04/06/2025

3. How to sign-up

To sign up for the training and to create an account click on the link below:

Sign up here

Each member of the team should sign up for the training individually. You can then each complete the training. At the end of the training there is a 'mini-assesment' which will be submitted by one team member on behalf of the whole team.

You may reach a payment section, the training is free and no payment is required, so continue through this section and confirm your registration.

4. How to login

Following registration, each participant will receive an email confirmation. You can then login into the learning platform here:

Login here

5. Who to contact in case of issues

For all technical questions: canvas@eitfood.eu

For UK competition related questions please email: education@ifst.org

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