SCHEDULE
MONDAY
9:00-10:00 Intro to program, entrepreneurship & self-assessment
10:00-11:00 Brainstorming, brainswarming (wordless) on partnerships / co-opetition / bootstrapping
11:00-11:15 Improv for empathy-building & teamwork
11:15-11:45 Break & pick up lunch to bring back for panel
11:45 - 12:00 Questions / feedback
12:00-1:15 Lunch & panel discussion with industry experts / executives on creating and vetting entrepreneurial ideas
1:15 - 2:00 Research problem/pain/needs related to innovation ideas & existing solutions
2:00-2:45 Conduct customer research to target market needs
2:45 - 3:00 Reflection / questions / feedback
TUESDAY
9:00-10:30 Crash course in Design Thinking
10:30 -11:15 Research customer needs for innovative ideas
11:15-11:45 Break & pick up lunch to bring back for panel
11:45-12:00 Question/ Feedback & Negotiation exercise
12:00-1:15 Lunch & panel discussion with industry experts / executives on prototyping
1:15-:2:00 Develop prototype of idea / minimally viable product
2:00-2:45 Get input on prototype and iterate
2:45-3:00 Reflection / questions / feedback
WEDNESDAY
9:00-10:00 Intro to business models: hands-on planning
10:00-11:00 Intro to financing: hands-on planning
11:00-11:15 Mindfulness activity
11:15-11:45 Break & pick up lunch for panel discussion
11:45 - 12:00 Questions / feedback
12:00-1:15 Lunch & panel discussion with industry experts / executives on business planning & executing
1:15-:2:00 Intro to operations: hands-on planning
2:00-2:45 Intro to marketing: hands-planning
2:45-3:00 Reflection / questions / feedback
THURSDAY
9:00-10:00 Presentation skill activities
10:00-11:00 Develop and iterate pitch
11:00-11:15 Negotiation exercise
11:15-11:45 Break & bring back lunch for panel discussion
11:45-12:00 Questions / feedback
12:00-1:15 Lunch & panel discussion with industry experts / executives on pitch skills
1:15-2:15 Presentation & communication exercises & pitch development
2:15-2:45 Ethics & leadership styles
2:45-3:00 Reflection / questions / feedback
FRIDAY
9:00-9:15 Meditation / mindfulness activity
9:15-11:15 Pitch competition to panel judges & feedback from industry experts
11:15-11:45 Judges discuss / participants break & pick up lunch for panel discussion
11:45-12:00 Questions / feedback
12:00-1:15 Lunch & panel discussions with industry experts on startup financing & scaling
1:15-2:00 Awards & discussions
2:00-2:45 Networking activities with industry experts
2:45-3:00 Reflection / questions / feedback