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Students will understand the innovation process and will learn applied methods for effectively practicing Technology Entrepreneurship.
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“What is technology innovation?” is the first course in Reframing your Mindset to be a Tech Entrepreneur and Innovator. You will learn about the basics of technology innovation, including what it is, how it works, and the underlying mindset you will need to be successful.
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Welcome to Module 1! This module is Getting Started. Entrepreneurs and innovators have a very specific mindset and processes they use to approach their work. Thinking like an entrepreneur is your first step to creating valuable solutions. In this module, you’ll learn about the processes that entrepreneurs use, the work that they do, and look at their specific ventures and stories. There are 7 C’s of technology entrepreneurship. You’ll learn about them briefly in this module and dig deeper into the first 2 of them in future readings. These 7 C’s set the stage for innovation, which is a process that harnesses specific ways of thinking, methods, and skills. In this module, you will learn to interpret the ASU technology methodology as you develop your understanding of entrepreneurship and innovation and the steps to design an innovative product.
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Welcome to Module 2! This module is REAL Technology Innovation. Being able to identify opportunities for REAL technology innovation in your personal and professional domain of experience is an important step forward in the skills and mindset of an entrepreneur. To do so, you need to understand the nature of innovative work, the steps innovators take when looking at opportunities, and how innovative companies work. In this module, you will look at the differences between traditional work and entrepreneurship. In doing so, you will identify the steps in REAL opportunity innovations and how innovation companies use them.
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Welcome to Module 3! This module is The ASU Vision for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Successful innovators are able to develop opportunities for technology commercialization by leveraging entrepreneurial mindset, methods, and metrics. ASU is known for its innovative approach to everything, including education. Learning the ASU mindset for entrepreneurship can help you to develop opportunities for your own work. In this module, you will work to understand the entrepreneurial mindset and how it is evidenced and used in innovative ventures.
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Welcome to Module 4! This module is How Will You Change the World? How will you change the world? That may feel like a big and heavy question. However, it’s at the heart of every innovation. Changing the world does not mean a grand sweeping change felt by many. It can be a small change that improves the lives and work of those around you. No matter what your goal is, it is the change that matters, not the product. The product you build is a natural outgrowth from understanding your customers, their pain points, and what you can do to create a better experience for them. As you begin to think like an entrepreneur, you will be able to predict how you will apply the ASU technology entrepreneurship methodology and mindset. In this module, you examine the steps of the entrepreneurship methodology and how it is used in innovative ventures.
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