Entrepreneurship

Curriculum build in collaboration with MIT & Wharton curriculum to guide RFS students through the process of founding a company. It provides RSF students with inspiration to explore an entrepreneurial path and tools to overcome the initial challenges of building a business. From developing new business ideas and doing market research to designing and testing your offering and pitching, this course follows RSF’s successful approach to entrepreneurship that leverages MIT and Wharton’s disciplined entrepreneurship, lean methodologies, and design thinking.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology:

Becoming an Entrepreneur

A) Starting the Journey1) Introduction to the course2) Initial Diagnostic 3) Entrepreneurship4) Questions B) Identifying Opportunities1) Learning Objectives2) Creativity Exercises3) Brainstorming and Filtering4) Teaming5) Recap Questions 6) Assignments C) Understanding Customers1) Learning Objectives2) Customers – Case Study3) Market Research4) Choosing a Customer5) Recap Questions 6) Assignment  D) Designing Your Offering1) Learning Objectives2) Prioritizing Customer Needs3) Designing Your Solution4) Recap Questions5) Assignments  E) Testing Your Offering1) Learning Objectives2) Minimum Viable Product3) Customer Acquisition4) Recap Questions5) Assignment  F) Planning Business Logistics1) Learning Objectives2) Financials, Incomplete3) Financial Case Study G) Closing: Assessment and Resources1) Wrapping Up2) Additional Resources3) Exit Survey

Core   Elementary School   Middle School

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Entrepreneurship

1) Introduction and Course Materials

1.1) Introduction to the Professors and Wharton
1.2) What Is Entrepreneurship?
1.3) Can You Teach Entrepreneurship?

2) Introduction to Entrepreneurship

2.1) Course Introduction
2.2) Profile of the Entrepreneur
2.3) Entrepreneurship in Established Firms
2.4) Venture Creation’s Role in Society
2.5) Types of Enterprises
2.6) Technology Entrepreneurship
2.7) Impact Entrepreneurship

3) Opportunity Analysis

3.1) Opportunities and Uncertainty
3.2) Push and Pull and the Sources of Innovation
3.3) Customers as Sources of Opportunities
3.4) Importance of the Idea (VIDE Model)
3.5) Assessing Opportunities
3.6) The Tournament Approach

4) Markets, Need-Finding and Planning

4.1) Defining the Focal Market
4.2) Understanding User Needs
4.3) Competitive Analysis
4.4) Generating Ideas with Individuals and Groups
4.5) Planning: Assumptions
4.6) Planning: Discovery Driven Planning
4.7) Planning: Discovery Driven Planning Worksheet

5) Pitching, Testing, and Prototyping

5.1) The Elevator Pitch
5.2) Testing your Idea: Customer Interviews
5.3) Testing your Idea: Surveys
5.4) Creating a Prototype: Physical Goods
5.5) Creating a Prototype: Software
5.6) Creating a Prototype: Services
5.7) Summary and What’s Ahead

Core   Elementary School   Middle School