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  • 1.  Help With Experiential Approach

    Posted 10-25-2016 15:09

    Good afternoon -


    A colleague and I have been working on a hands-on entrepreneurship curriculum that:
    • Is designed for mixed-major classes where students have varying levels of experience with, and interest in, entrepreneurship.

    • Provides an actionable supplement/alternative to the Business Model and Lean Canvases via a combination of 30, 60 and 90-minute  exercises that walk students step-by-step through the idea generation, customer interviewing, and validation process.

    • Provides rigorous, individualized assessment based on each students' ability to understand and apply the validation process (not the results of their ventures, or the strength of their teammates).

    • Doesn't use a textbook. Instead it uses a combination of workbook-based exercises, videos, and real-world experiments to facilitate experiential learning.
    Before we develop the curriculum, we'd like to make sure it solves a real problem for professors who are using a more experiential approach.

    So we don't waste time building the wrong thing, if you have been or want to start teaching entrepreneurship with an experiential approach, please let me know if you would be willing to provide your opinion on it via a short Skype or phone call?

    Thank you for your time,

    Doan

                   
    Doan Winkel
    Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship
    Illinois State University
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  • 2.  Help With Experiential Approach

    Posted 10-25-2016 19:54
    We struggled with this and built www.100steps2startup.com to facilitate the experience.  We've developed this over several undergrad and masters level cohorts. 
    It includes: 100 steps, 200 five minute videos and 80 worksheets / exercises. 
    • Designed for mixed-major classes where students have varying levels of experience with, and interest in, entrepreneurship.

    • Provides an actionable supplement alternative Lean Canvases via a combination of exercises that walk students step-by-step through the idea generation, customer interviewing, and validation process.  

    • Provides rigorous, individualized assessment based the validation process.

    • Doesn't use a textbook. Instead it uses a combination of workbook-based exercises, videos, and real-world experiments to facilitate experiential learning.

    Happy to share,

    Sean 
     
    Dr. Sean Wise | BA LLB MBA PhD
    Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship
        
    Chair, Ryerson Angel Network | Chair, $50,000 Slaight Business Plan Competition | Member, Digital Media Zone, Steering Committee | General Partner, Ryerson Futures | Director, Startup School | Host of the Naked Entrepreneur, on the Oprah Winfrey Network & itunes apple.co/1HdPlWD 

    Order my latest book on Entrepreneurship (co-authored with legendary investor Brad Feld) now: Startup Opportunities: Know When to Quit Your Day Job amzn.com/1941018009


    On Oct 25, 2016, at 3:08 PM, Winkel, Doan <dwinkel@ILSTU.EDU> wrote:

    Good afternoon -


    A colleague and I have been working on a hands-on entrepreneurship curriculum that:
    • Is designed for mixed-major classes where students have varying levels of experience with, and interest in, entrepreneurship.

    • Provides an actionable supplement/alternative to the Business Model and Lean Canvases via a combination of 30, 60 and 90-minute  exercises that walk students step-by-step through the idea generation, customer interviewing, and validation process.

    • Provides rigorous, individualized assessment based on each students' ability to understand and apply the validation process (not the results of their ventures, or the strength of their teammates).

    • Doesn't use a textbook. Instead it uses a combination of workbook-based exercises, videos, and real-world experiments to facilitate experiential learning.
    Before we develop the curriculum, we'd like to make sure it solves a real problem for professors who are using a more experiential approach.

    So we don't waste time building the wrong thing, if you have been or want to start teaching entrepreneurship with an experiential approach, please let me know if you would be willing to provide your opinion on it via a short Skype or phone call?

    Thank you for your time,

    Doan

                   
    Doan Winkel
    Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship
    Illinois State University
    (309) 438-2736
    TEDx Talk     Legacy Out Loud     Teaching Lean Blog
    Twitter     Facebook      LinkedIn  
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    ************************************** This message is from ENTREP which is sponsored by the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management. Please do not post messages with attached files. Commercial messages or spammed messages are not allowed on the list. The use of auto-responder "out-of-office" messages may also lead to your removal from the list. You can manage your subscription options, including joining or leaving the list here: http://aomlists.pace.edu/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=entrep&A=1 If you have questions or need help, please contact Jeff Pollack (jeff_pollack@ncsu.edu) or Kevin Cox (kcox24@my.fau.edu). Ventures HO!