Entrepreneurship & Innovation Project 2024
Week-11: Tuesday, 2nd April & Thursday, 4th of April
Week-11 of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Project concludes the in-person class contact for the course. Student teams will be required to pitch their business ideas to the rest of the course and two guest judges. Final Business Plans will be due during week-12.
Week 11, Lesson 11: Revisiting the Key Entrepreneurship & Innovation Project Course that will be assessed in the Final Team Business Plan Website, Video Advert, & In-Person Pitches.
Key Themes for Week-11 (as Part of the Business Plan Project Assessments):
- Martha Nussbaum Video from Week-1 Revisited
- Excerpts from Book Common Science and Skepticism Book Revisited
- Access to Human Development Data Revisited
- Business Model Navigator Revisited
- Value Proposition Revisited
- Effective Teamwork Revisited
- Effective Public Speaking & Business Pitching Revisited
- Altman Z-Score Revisited
- Enhanced Capabilities Revisited: Lessons to take Away from Development as Freedom
Learning Outcomes:
Week-11 will cover and review all the 5 Learning Outcomes for the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Project. Through their business plans and pitches, student teams should be able to demonstrate the lessons that they have learned from the course. Individual students and their teams will also be encouraged to decide on whether they wish to continue with their entrepreneurial ideas for the Year-4 final projects.
Student Assignment for Week-11:
- Students should make their websites live and available to the course organiser and other students within the class.
- The class environment will serve as the competitive market environment in which students compete against each other to justify and launch their business around a Holographic Device that addresses a Humanitarian Need.
- The final product needs to incorporate geo-spatial data, exist as 3D-CAD Design, and exist as a physical prototype.
- Student teams need to use WordPress to Create a Business Plan Website.
- For extra credit, student teams are also encouraged to pitch their final class project through a Video “Commercial Advertisement" for their product.
Hardware and Software Labs for Week-11:
There is no Lab for week-11. Students will be required to pitch their business ideas during the usual lab-time.
Key Reading Texts for Week 11:
Common sense, science and skepticism: a historical introduction to the theory of knowledge / Alan Musgrave.