AT Social Entrepreneurship

This full-year application-focused course takes students on the journey of a startup venture.

Students use industry-leading methodologies- like lean startup principles and design thinking- to rapidly bring ideas to market and make an impact on our community.

1 Credit

Prerequiste
One Intro + One 2nd Level
or
Two 2nd-Level Courses

An Application (Due in May)

4 Days/ Week
Full Year

What To Expect

Interviews and Need Finding

Students start by exploring the UN SDGs and finding interesting topic areas with the potential to create an impact. They will discover insights into these topic areas through interviews with experts, observations, and fieldwork to find the most valuable opportunities for a venture!

Full Product Development

They will then work in teams to design, develop, and test a product or service that meets the problem's need, understanding their market and the unique value they can add.

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Test, Iterate, and Scale Your Venture

After their test, students will seek to perfect and improve their innovation, capturing data from their audience, and implement ways to scale their product to a larger audience.

AT Entrepreneurship Pitch Night

Students will prepare a 5-minute cuminating pitch that showcases their venture and present it to a live audience of experts, community members, and students!

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