CEE 45Q Social Entrepreneurship Startup

2003 Winter

Course Outline

Date Milestone Topic Meetings Reading
1. Domain Investigation, Development of Design Principles 8 1
Focus: Domain understanding, innovation
Skills:
  Stanford/IDEO methodology of innovation
Research skills
Team skills
Web collaboration
Activities:
Jan 7 Introduction and organization
Jan 9 - Jan 28 Generate and prioritize research questions
Perform research and conduct interviews
Report back, discuss, and evaluate findings
Jan 30 0 Feedback from advisors on domain research and proposed design principles
Jan 30 1 Team consensus on design principles
2. Development of Initial Design of Product and Business Plan 6 2
Focus: Social entrepreneurship
Skills:
Business skills
Project management
Writing skills
Presentation skills
Activities:
Feb 4 - Feb 13 Develop briefing book of research findings
Develop initial design for product and business plan
Feb 18, Feb 20 2 Presentations to advisory board of initial design of product and business plan
3. Development of Final Design of Product and Business Plan 6 3
Focus and Skills: Testing and iterative improvement
Activities:
Feb 25 - Mar 11 Improve briefing book of research findings
Test and improve design for product and business plan
Mar 13 3 Presentation to advisory board of final design of product and business plan, Team dinner
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Total: 20

Last modified: 2003 Feb 24