SETsquared Partnership - Student Start-up Pre-Incubator Programme
Badge awarded to
Armin Hosseinghorbani
Earners of this badge have successfully completed the SETsquared Exeter Student Start-up Programme.
Issued on 13 Feb 2026 by
SETsquared Partnership
Issuer
SETsquared Partnership
N.Pearson@exeter.ac.uk
Creator
Social Impact Software MSP
jon@sisimpact.org
Criteria
This activity takes days to complete. Earners access this activity for free.
- Earner has demonstrated independent and active learning by participating in workshops and guest speaker sessions to reflect upon and define their own career development and ambitions as an entrepreneur.
- Earner has developed understanding of problem solving and innovation as a start-up methodology. They have utilised business planning tools to identify the target customer for their solution and a working model for their business by completing a Business Model Canvas, iterating multiple potential models for their business.
- Earner has completed a Value Proposition Canvas, demonstrating an understanding of their target customer segment by identifying how their product provides value for the customer.
- Earner has demonstrated professionalism, confidence, and verbal communication by presenting a business pitch to an independent panel for feedback, a vital step in validating the market for their idea.
- This badge is only available to Students, Members, or Employees.
- Exeter Science Park, 6 Babbage Way, Exeter, United Kingdom, EX5 2FN
Alignments
Cities of Learning Badging Standard - Demonstrate layer
https://www.thersa.org/cities-of-learning/badging-standards
This badge has been mapped to the Demonstrate Layer of the Cities of Learning Badging Standard. The earner has demonstrated they can apply knowledge with real world context and has gained experience, consistently and applied feedback they have received in order to develop.
