Entrepreneurship Law, online course
Companies are main tools in any entrepreneur’s toolkit. In this course you will start from deciding what is the potential role of a company in your life and what is your potential role in the company you start. You will learn the main legal building blocks for a company which helps you to reach your goals as an entrepreneur, be it a freelancing business, consulting company, small business or a scalable startup aiming to change the world.
Schedule:
–
Teaching time:
Self-paced
Location:
Online
Topic:
Business law
Form of learning:
Online
Provider:
Aalto University Open University
Level:
Advanced
Credits:
3 By Aalto University (ECTS)
Fee:
€ 45.00
Application period:
30.1.2023
– 7.3.2023
Target group and prerequisites
No prerequisites. The course is open for students, entrepreneurs and other people thinking about setting up a business.
Course description
Content
The core content of the course are basic legal concepts and issues relevant during the lifecycle of a start-up/company/private trader regarding
- Business entities: purpose, formation agreements
- Financing: debt/equity main alternatives
- Intellectual property rights protection: ownership and protection
- Taxation and social security
- Contracts and negotiations/liability
- Employment law
- Consumer protection, marketing liability
- Data protection
- Insolvency
- Liquidation
- Corporate governance and ethical choices
- Exit
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to
- understand basic legal concepts and their relevance for the individual entrepreneur, business and society
- describe basics of contract and commercial law as well as taxation relevant for starting and running a business (a start-up/company/private trader)
- describe different forms of cooperation and understand their legal implications
- identify the implications and legal requirements for different exit strategies
- acquire independently information on basic legal aspects for running a business and understand when professional help is needed
