Course and Module Overview

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Be Your Own Boss

Technopreneur Series

February 2015



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• Languages: English

• Self-enroll and self-paced

TARGET AUDIENCE

• Students interested in owning their own tech businesses

• Entrepreneurship course students seeking insights and advice

• No previous knowledge required

DESCRIPTION

• Provides tips and advice to launch a successful tech business

• Technopreneurs share lessons learned and success stories

• Complements the NetAcad Entrepreneurship course

FEATURES

• Eight 1-hr video recordings of instructional content (15 mins) and

experience-sharing (45mins) for each module

• 1 quiz and 1 survey per module

• Estimated time to complete: 1 hour/module, 8 hours for series




Module Learning Goals

1 What Is Technopreneurship?

• Understand how to become a technopreneur

• Identify the elements of technopreneurship

2 Imagine Like a Technopreneur• Discover how to put your creativity to work

• Learn how to generate creative ideas

3 Think Like a Technopreneur• Analyze your business ideas to identify any flaws

• Develop ways of thinking that are valuable to technopreneurs

4 A Great Idea or a Wonderful

Opportunity?

• Know which questions to ask yourself and research to conduct

• Understand the value of market research

5Protecting and Running Your

Business

• Design a business plan

• Summarize important questions used to develop a business plan or grow

6You and Your Business Are

Ready

• Outline ways to test yourself, your team, your ideas, and the marketplace

• Determine small steps you can take that are achievable, measurable, and

7You, Your Business, and the

Market

• Outline the elements of a business relationship

• Explain the elements of a business contract and customer service

8Do You Need to Change or Keep

on Going?

• Evaluate the health of your business

• Explain how to assess your business in the marketplace




In this module, Dr. Powe explains how to capitalize on innovation

and kick-start creativity. Rosa Monge, CEO and co-founder ofImagine Creativity Center and Seven4Seven, shares how shediscovered the world of entrepreneurship and started her owncompany. She shares the lessons learned along her career pathand advice for aspiring entrepreneur.

Learning objectives:

• Discover how to put your creativity to work

• Learn how to generate creative ideas

Estimated time to complete: 1 hour plus activities and resources toexplore




In this module, Dr Powe describes the thinking process of an

entrepreneur and how to act on ideas. Alvin The, founder ofOneSolved Singapore, shares what it takes to build andmanage a successful venture within the constantly changingIT landscape.


• Analyze your business ideas to identify any flaws

• Develop ways of thinking that are valuable to

technopreneurs

Estimated time to complete: 1 hour plus activities andresources to explore




This module Dr. Powe explains how you know when it’s time to turnan idea into a business and the factors to take into consideration.Galen King, founder and creative director of Lucid Design, providesanswers to these questions and more as he explains how totransform your ideas into worthwhile ventures.


• Know which questions to ask yourself and research to conduct

• Understand the value of market research





In this module, you’ll learn about managing risks and relationshipsas your business grows beyond the startup phase from informativepresentations by Dr. Powe and Matthew Enger, managing directorof X Integration.


• Design a business plan

• Summarize important questions used to guide the development

of a business plan or grow a business



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In this module Ravi Pratap, co-founder and CTO of MobStac,chronicles the steps needed to progress from a great idea to asuccessful business.


• Describe ways to test yourself, your team, your ideas, andthe marketplace

• Determine small steps you can take with your team that areachievable, measurable, and repeatable.

Estimated time to complete: 1 hour plus activities andresources to explore



In this module Aulia (Ollie) Halimatussadiah, CTO and co-founderof NulisBuku.com, explains how she transformed a challenge intoa business opportunity. In this insightful presentation, she shareslessons learned about responding to market demands.


• Outline the elements of a business relationship

• Explain the elements of a business contract and customerservice

Estimated time to complete: 2 hours plus activities and resourcesto explore



As a technopreneur, you may reach a point where you discover youneed to switch gears for the business to survive. In this moduleBasker Subramanian, founder of Amagi Media Labs, explains thedecision he made when he reached that point, and provides tips forothers facing similar situations.


• Evaluate the health of your business

• Explain how to assess your business in the marketplace




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