Assignments

Week 1 Assignments - Art of the Start, IDEO Video, and Design of Everyday Things. Good Design - Bad Design examples (signifiers and affordances).

Team Kickoff - Prepare for team meetings with the instructor on Friday of Week 4.

Reading for Week 8 - The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup. Chapter 6 on Library Reserves

Reading for Week 5 Lecture 2 - Value Proposition and Business Model Canvas and

Reading for Week 4 Lecture 2 - Read before lecture; you may be called upon.

Reading for Week 4 Lecture 1 - Complete before lecture, you man be called upon.

Reading for Week 3 Lecture 2 - In lieu of lecture on Wednesday there will be a combination of on-line lectures and reading. There will also be an opportunity to wok on the Human Interface Challenge in class.

Reading for Week 3 - Complete before Lecture; there may be a pop quiz on the reading.

Reading: The Art of Piching - Chapter 3 from the Art of the Start; the Art of Pitching.

Peer Review for ID 2 - Do this in class!

Peer Review - Each team member is to rate the performance of their teammates. This is due THURSDAY midnight.

Patent Lecture - Prior to the patent lecture each student has required reading

Opportunity Identification 2: Deeper Dive - Second iteration on opportunity identification. Includes Customer Discovery and Market Research.

Opportunity ID 1 - Each student identifies 3 possible products' to develop.

Notability - App used for drawing sketching and writing

MVP Fabrication - Minimum Viable Product

Meeting with Instructor - Team meetings will be scheduled for each team.

Final Presentation and Report - Final presentation will be made to panel of outside experts.

Dry Run - Timed dry run of final presentation.

Drawing Exercise 3 - Third Drawing Exercise

Drawing Exercise 2 - Second Drawing Exercise

Drawing Exercise 1 - First Drawing Exercise