Pre-Startup Skills: Technological Innovation & Entrepreneurship
The Engine Centre will be hosting a series of pre startup skill workshops throughout the semester!
Each workshop is from 12:00pm to 1:00pm in the 91社区 Engine Centre (FDA3)
Workshop #1 鈥� Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship 101 : Jan.15 &聽Feb.11
Overview of the 91社区 Engine, followed by overview of technological innovation and entrepreneurship, including design thinking and lean startup methodologies
Workshop #2 - Market Research and Analysis of Competition聽: Jan.22 &聽Feb.18
This workshop will provide an overview of the different types of market research, how to analyze the competition, and the resources available at 91社区 to perform market research. Our market research librarian Amanda Wheatley will walk us through some of those resources using a new market research canvas tool. Please bring your laptops.
Workshop #3 鈥� Foundations of IP and Patent Searching: Jan.29 &聽Feb.25
This workshop will demystify and explain the various form of intellectual property (IP), namely, patents, industrial designs, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets. We will then do some actual patent searching with our librarian April Colosimo using the DERWENT worldwide patent database. Please bring your laptops.
Workshop #4 - Customer Discovery: Feb.5 &聽Mar.10
This workshop will provide an overview on the customer discovery process and then delve deeper into how to conduct customer interviews and how to iterate on your business model canvas.
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