Start-up 2021 – Ideate, Refine and Take to MarketLaajuus (5 op)

Osaamistavoitteet

The student will learn methods for finding ideas, refining and validation, customer conversations, building a lean start-up, and work in an start-up ecosystems.

Sisältö

1. Finding a Great Idea:
We will get into the basics of finding good start-up ideas that can be executed on. Very broadly most start-up ideas comes from experience such as working in a domain or through passion.
I will like the students to come to come to day 1 of the class with two ideas. Idea 1 being a serious well though idea they may be passionate about. Idea2, a more experimental ideal. We will practice class concepts on idea 2. Once refines they can be applied on idea 1. Browse through the content below on ‘Ideation’ and the Linked Videos to get some ideas on Ideation methods.
2. Refining and validating the Idea
3. Customer Conversations to build on the Idea and makes changes as needed
4. Building a Lean Start-up and the first MVP
5. Next Steps post MVP to build and sell a real product

Arviointikriteerit, tyydyttävä (1)

The student will learn methods for finding ideas, refining and validation, customer conversations, building a lean start-up, and work in an start-up ecosystems.

Arviointikriteeri, hyväksytty/hylätty

The student knows about methods for finding ideas, refining and validation, customer conversations, building a lean start-up, and work in an start-up ecosystems.

Lisätiedot

Instructor Profile:

Siva is a Corporate CEO, a Global Start-up mentor, an active teacher of Entrepreneurship, and has had two successful start-up tenures. He has served as a mentor, Stanford Ignite program at Stanford University, taught entrepreneurship at Metropolia University, Finland. He has also worked in senior corporate roles in Intel, VMware in the US and India. He serves as an AI/tech consultant to several young global companies. He serves on the Basel Area India Innovation Board, an activity of the Basel Area Switzerland’s Business and Innovation non-profit funded by the Swiss Government.
Siva holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, USA, and an MS in Computer Science from the University of Kentucky.