The aim of this workshop is to help early-stage entrepreneurs transform their business ideas into comprehensive and effective business models. Using contemporary approaches and tools—e.g. Business Model Canvas, Design Thinking, Lean Startup—participants will decompose and assess the value of their idea, identify its basic assumptions and find ways to test if these assumptions work in real-life.

The Trainer

Giorgos Papagiannakis is a research associate and teaching fellow at Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB), Department of Management Science and Technology. He teaches entrepreneurship, business ethics and management in under and post-graduate programs at Athens University of Economics and Business and University of Cyprus. He delivers seminars and provides mentoring to early-stage entrepreneurs on how to improve their business ideas. He collaborates with Athens Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. He is also an evaluator of business plan proposals for e-nnovation and Business Idea contests. His research interests are in the areas of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Corporate Sustainability. His work appears in leading academic journals, such as the European Management Review, the Business Strategy and the Environment Journal of Environmental Management.

Expertise: Entrepreneurship, Business Model, Business Plan, Design Thinking, Lean Start-up, Social entrepreneurship