Phase 1: Test the market need for your business idea

Why don't more startups survive? Gain insight into the most common reasons businesses fail in the startup phase, and learn how to avoid the pitfalls.

This course is a reference guide for anyone considering starting a business for the first time. It covers the key things you should consider before setting up your own business.

In this course, we explore the landscape for immigrant entrepreneurs in Norway.

This course helps you understand, evaluate and develop new and improved business models. We show you how to use the Flourishing Business Canvas for your topic to describe and visualise business models.

Through Elysian Fields' Pitching Bootcamp, we show you why style and substance matter in your investor presentation, helping you build credibility and secure funding.

In this course, you will learn how to tailor your pitch to different situations. A pitch is a short, prepared presentation that explains clearly and concisely what you, your company or your idea does.

Does your company have ambitions for growth and want to achieve them in partnership with other companies? We offer expert guidance and funding to establish and develop business network projects. Commercial, strategic and market-oriented collaboration can strengthen your company’s capacity for innovation and competitiveness.

Norwegian Innovation Clusters (NIC) is a collaborative programme run by us in partnership with Siva and the Research Council of Norway. It aims to strengthen collaboration and innovation among Norwegian companies, enabling them to tackle challenges and build competitive advantages together.