SESSION PLANS (Faculty of Engineering Bldg.3.4F room423.424)
DAY 1(7/30 Tue) 13:00-20:00
Session 1. Entrepreneurs can change the world, and so can you. What is Entrepreneurship? ETA? Who am I? Overview of course and project design.
Session 2. Who are you? Importance of self-understanding as primary driver for effective entrepreneurship.
Session 3. Vision and career: What do you want to do? What impact do you plan to bring to the world?
Session 4. Entrepreneurial leadership: Understanding behavioral styles. Importance of followership in creating a movement/momentum.
DAY 2 (7/31 Wed) 13:00-20:00 ( Faculty of Engineering Bldg.3.3F Lecture room 33)
Session 5. Opportunity recognition: How? The importance of problem-driven approach to entrepreneurial initiatives. What is creativity?
Session 6. Design thinking as process to innovation. Leveraging future trends and markets. Intro to rocket pitch.
Session 7. Prototyping, ET&A, and reshaping the opportunity.
Session 8. Essentials of entrepreneurial marketing, creating a stronger value proposition, and the mission statement.
DAY 3(8/1 Thu) 13:00-20:00
Session 9. How do you evaluate an opportunity and assess its feasibility?
Session 10. Myths of entrepreneurship. Learning from failure: Fail, to innovate!
Session 11. The art of pitching: Conceptual understanding of what a pitch is, and how it is delivered effectively based on research findings - the hook, ethos, pathos, and logos.
Session 12. Pitching and networking at Venture Café Tokyo. Engaging in a startup/innovation ecosystem/habitat.
Session 13. Course debrief. Concluding remarks – summarizing the key take-aways.