LIFE Curriculum

The LIFE Program covers the entire evolution of a micro-enterprise and targets people with varying degrees of experience in business and technology. To best meet the needs of people at different stages of entrepreneurship, the LIFE Curriculum content is split into five Entrepreneurial Levels

IMAGINE is the first level of the LIFE Curriculum. IMAGINE addresses people who have no background in business and who are still only dreaming of setting up their own enterprise. IMAGINE offers them training on business concepts, helping them build the foundations of their entrepreneurial thinking. IMAGINE teaches them different types of business analysis while at the same time introducing them to basic technologies that can be used to build these analyses in a professional manner.

PLAN is the second level of the LIFE Curriculum. PLAN addresses people who do not have their own company yet, but who have a good grasp on fundamental business concepts and an idea of the business they would like to start. It teaches them how to translate their idea into a well-researched and structured Business Plan. PLAN introduces further features of the same technological tools covered in the IMAGINE level, giving students the skills necessary to build a flexible and presentable Business Plan.

START is the third level of the LIFE Curriculum. START addresses novices in business to help them develop their basic ICT skills so they can run their company as effectively as possible from the very beginning. The START level of the Curriculum is equally applicable to more established micro-enterprise owners who have considerable business experience but who are not in the habit of using information and communication technologies to manage and run their company.

GROW is the fourth level of the LIFE Curriculum. GROW focuses on more advanced technology for-business skills and gives experienced entrepreneurs the chance to learn about more complex technologies. The content of the GROW level of the Curriculum builds on the skills acquired in the START level, introducing more advanced features of certain technologies as well as entirely new solutions, many of which include Web 2.0 components.

INNOVATE is the fifth level of the LIFE Curriculum. INNOVATE addresses experienced entrepreneurs who are looking to optimize their operational tasks by undergoing training on more sophisticated technologies for business. INNOVATE builds on the technologies covered in the previous levels of the Curriculum to give entrepreneurs who are knowledgeable in business and skilled in technology the opportunity to learn how complex applications can be integrated to help them take their business one step further.