MGT+386+2015+Summer+I+students

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Supplemental
[|Successful Students: Guidelines and Thoughts for Academic Success] [|Ten Commandments for Effective Study Skills] Frequently Asked Questions

=Project Team Roster= on google drive

Would you like to make things like Tony Stark?

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Week 1 May 27 - May 29
The four constructs of entrepreneurship: entrepreneurs, resources, opportunities, and uncertainty Entrepreneurs and opportunities Attributes of opportunities Before May 27 lecture read: Peter Thiel - You are not a lottery ticket Lecture slides: Entrepreneurs and Opportunities Attributes of entrepreneurial opportunities Take Quiz 1 Before class: Read Snappy Auctions How do entrepreneurs identify promising opportunities? The future that should be here now [] Take Quiz 2
 * May 28**
 * May 29**

Week 2 June 1 - June 5
Ideation; Creativity; Opportunity recognition, evaluation, and development Inspiration: I Pour It How to get startup ideas Exercise: "Inorganic recipes" for startup ideas Take Quiz 3 before midnight Ideation techniques; IDEO; Stanford's D School Design Thinking - Lessons from IDEO and Stanford's D School Exercise: Design thinking and the "college experience" Take Quiz 4 by midnight Topic: How entrepreneurs think Exercise: $9 bike project
 * June 1**
 * VIEW: ** Student feedback on "ideas for startups" exercise
 * June 2 **
 * VIEW: ** Student feedback on design thinking and the college experience
 * June 3 **

related reading: dschool bootcamp bootleg Design Project Zero Take quiz 5 by midnight Video short: Entrepreneurship and design thinking ( the fast-moving-drawing-hand is still annoying...can Adam Smith make it invisible? ) media type="custom" key="27619474" During this three-minute animated video, Grimmer, president and co-founder of Plum Organics, explains how entrepreneurs can apply the principles of design thinking to develop a new product, business or entire industry. - See more at:[|http://www.kauffman.org/newsroom/plum-organics-co-founder-mixes-passion-and-the-practice-of-design-thinking-in-new-kauffman-video-sketchbook.aspx#sthash.D7cX9aPD.dpuf] Topic: Multiplicity of opportunities Team exercise: Multiplicity of opportunities Homework: Multiplicity of opportunities for MESH media type="custom" key="27622850" Take quiz 6 by midnight Opportunity evaluation: Autoshop In class exercise - evaluating the opportunity Take quiz 7 by midnight
 * June 4 **
 * Neil Grimmer: The importance of design thinking in entrepreneurship (3:00) **
 * June 5 **
 * Weakened worriers**
 * TED Talk: A Philosophy of Success**

**and think about the co-evolution of your future with that of robots**
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Week 3 June 8 - June 12
Functional roles of entrepreneurship: Starting a startup, accounting, finance, fund raising, managing people Read before class: Before the Startup Advice for Non-Technical Founders Business o' the day: Mint Locker Lecture: Building the founding team Business o' the day: Amazon Fresh Out-of-class lecture: The importance of vision and culture media type="youtube" key="RfWgVWGEuGE" width="560" height="315" Slides: Video and Notes from "The importance of vision and culture" Complete Quiz 9 Company of the Day: Vinli media type="custom" key="27637736" Topics Ben Horowitz on How to Lead People and Other HR issues Complete Quiz 10 Topic: How to raise money media type="youtube" key="uFX95HahaUs" width="560" height="315" < slides: Raising money for new ventures > Complete Quiz 11 - You better watch the assigned video! Topics: Tax and legal issues Pitching preview Crowdfunding project preview Complete (final) Quiz 12
 * June 8**
 * What is their value proposition?
 * What are the attributes of their business model that allow them to deliver on the value proposition?
 * June 9**
 * June 10**
 * June 11**
 * WATCH BEFORE CLASS - How to raise money with Tim Conway and Marc Andreessen **
 * ** Are you solving a problem you personally have? **
 * ** Are you a leader? Are you a great communicator? **
 * ** Look for strengths instead of lack of weaknesses. Don't "check the boxes" **
 * June 12**

Week 4 June 15 - June 19
MGT 386-051 Project Assignments and Crowdfunding Template Project Teams Roster Pitching your idea for an entrepreneurial opportunity; 6-Day Crowdfunding Project Pitch your idea (5 points) Customer personas in class (5 points) Value propositions; hypothesis development in class (5 points) Tools: Mini Guide to Lean Experimentation(open for presentation); Lean Entrepreneur Experiment Map; Experiment Loop Map; Razor blade example Open class with overview of MGT 386-051 Project Assignments and Crowdfunding Template Discuss lean experimentation as part of build-measure-learn cycle Then discuss the mini-guide: Mini Guide to Lean Experimentation; display lean experiment example during exercise Lean startup principles, prototyping, Minimum viable products, and landing pages: 5 points in class Overview of MVP from Cignismedia what's out there? rapid prototyping (Minimum viable products for apps: try Flinto for iPhone and Android apps free for 30 days; or Keynote for Apple apps design) In class: build your MVP; check out my ugly baby for Bar Tap Create your crowdfunding campaigns. Use the MGT 386-051 Project Assignments and Crowdfunding Template Use a storyboard to plan the scenes and sequences in your video Here's an example storyboard for Anytime Garage (you're welcome!)
 * This deck summarizes what you are doing, when you are doing it, and how to submit your activity
 * Use the last slide in the deck as your crowdfunding campaign template
 * June 15**
 * June 16 **
 * June 17**
 * IN CLASS assignment:** Each team will use this Experiment Loop Map Template to complete your in-class assignment. Open the file, "make a copy," rename the document to your team's project name, and start working. "Share" your google doc with me or email me the Word doc you created from this template.
 * June 18**
 * Topic and in-class assignment: MVP and Landing Pages**
 * June 19**
 * [|Steps to running an effective crowdfunding campaign]**

What is) Customer development? Market identification, customer personas (HEMBA student example), value propositions (Value proposition canvas, Value proposition map, VP template), customer segments Lean startup principles; Prototypes and minimum viable products; rapid prototyping (Minimum viable products for apps: try Flinto for iPhone and Android apps free for 30 days; or Keynote for Apple apps design)
 * In-class: One minute to pitch your idea; form into teams; create customer persona for your team's opportunity**

Useful resources for your crowdfunding project
The Crowdfunding "Bible" Lean Startup Concepts Dan Sullivan, CEO of Crowdly, "Fake it 'til you make it" media type="youtube" key="M_tKYvPKN7U" width="560" height="315" media type="custom" key="27668234"
 * Recommended but Optional Weekend Viewings**
 * Lean Startup's Eric Ries on Innovation Accounting**

Week 5 June 22 - June 23
Monday: Finish projects Tuesday: Presentations **Miscellanea** media type="custom" key="27569222"