Understanding Incubation and Entrepreneurship

The course ‘Exposure to Entrepreneurship’ uncovers the basics of what it takes to develop an entrepreneurial mindset thereby encouraging the journey of transformation to convert an idea or a solution into a business. Professor Chakravarthy uses a blended learning approach that brings together inputs from various pre-incubators and incubators like GDC, BETIC, SINE, IITH and DSSE to help familiarize the entrepreneurial framework and the start-up projects which help them navigate through their own entrepreneurial journey. This eclectic mix of guidance from expert professors and entrepreneur stories collectively foster the critical skills needed to build your own startup. The course spans 12 weeks of talks, exercises and reading material combined with the classroom experience of students of IITH as they learn to form their problem statement, build teams, understand the rigorous customer discovery process and finally learn to use the Lean Canvas Model.PRE-REQUISITE: Nil.INDUSRTY SUPPORT: Nil.INTENDED AUDIENCE: Nil.

Week 1:Introduction to Entrepreneurship, What is Entrepreneurship GDC ProgramWeek 2:Hand holding for Entrepreneurship GDC start-up stories
Week 3:Entrepreneurship Types, Team BuildingWeek 4:Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Solar Oven case-study Paradigm shift from Design to Entrepreneurship
Week 5:Bio- Med Innovation and EntrepreneurshipWeek 6:New-age EntrepreneurshipWeek 7:Business Model Canvas
Week 8:Technology led EntrepreneurshipWeek 9:Entrepreneurship as Academic Program - IITH case studyWeek 10:Creativity and Generating Product Ideas, From Idea to Proof of Concept, Network EntrepreneurshipWeek 11:Learning from examples Start-up PITCHES - Using Lean Canvas Model Part 1
Week 12:Learning from examples Start-up PITCHES - Using Lean Canvas Model Part 2