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Curiosity guides the work that an innovator does. This curiosity is evidenced through action- through discussion with others, investigation within the marketplace, and understanding of consumers. You will conduct marketplace conversations and learn the value of customer archetypes and personas to enhance your ideas.
Welcome to Curiosity, A Necessary Ingredient for Success. This is the third course in “Reframing Your Mindset to Be a Tech Entrepreneur and Innovator.” In this course, you will develop your understanding of curiosity and how to take action with methods aligned with curiosity. As you get started, take a look at your notes on your ideas and the processes that go into the entrepreneurial process.
What's included
3 videos4 readings
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3 videos•Total 8 minutes
Specialization Welcome•1 minute
Specialization Overview•2 minutes
Course Introduction•5 minutes
4 readings•Total 20 minutes
Instructor Bio•5 minutes
Course Description•5 minutes
Course Resources•5 minutes
Your Tech Innovator Reflection Journal•5 minutes
Module 1: Marketplace Conversations
Module 2•5 hours to complete
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Welcome to Module 1! This module is Marketplace Conversations.
A marketplace conversation is a talk with potential customers to better understand their needs and pain points. In this sense, your customer IS your market, and conversation is a tool that helps you design effectively. A successful enterprise uses marketplace conversations, many of them, to deeply understand its customers and how to refine possible solutions.
In this module, you will examine curiosity and how it connects to innovation.
For Entrepreneurs, Conversations are All Business•7 minutes
Reflection •30 minutes
Customer Discovery in the Time of the Covid-19 Virus•7 minutes
Reflection •30 minutes
Tips For Conducting Interviews That Deliver Relevant Customer Insights•5 minutes
Reflection•30 minutes
Customer Development (YT Videos)•30 minutes
The Lean Approach: Getting Out of the Building: Customer Development (YT Video)•6 minutes
1 assignment•Total 10 minutes
Methodology Quiz•10 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 60 minutes
Your Approach to Customer Development•30 minutes
Get Out of the Building•30 minutes
Module 2: The Value of Customer Archetypes and Personas
Module 3•4 hours to complete
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Welcome to Module 2! This module is The Value of Customer Archetypes and Personas.
Knowing your customer is key and using customer archetypes and personas can help you target your solution. This in turn, increases your chances of building a solution that benefits your customers and succeeds in the market. Successful entrepreneurs know the value of customer archetypes and personas and uses them to develop their solutions.
In this module, you will look at customer archetypes and how they can be used to influence innovation.
What's included
1 video6 readings1 assignment3 discussion prompts
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1 video•Total 12 minutes
Curiosity•12 minutes
6 readings•Total 110 minutes
Building Customer Archetypes and Buyer Personas•10 minutes
Reflection •30 minutes
Customer Archetype: How to Build a Startup (YT Video)•3 minutes
Reflection•30 minutes
How to Create a Persona and an End User Profile for Your Startup•7 minutes
Reflection•30 minutes
1 assignment•Total 10 minutes
Methodology Quiz•10 minutes
3 discussion prompts•Total 90 minutes
Whom will you engage with?•30 minutes
Why Use a Customer Archetype or Persona? •30 minutes
Personas and User Profiles•30 minutes
Module 3: Insight as Innovation Currency
Module 4•4 hours to complete
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Welcome to Module 3! This module is Insight as Innovation Currency.
Insight, a deep understanding of a person or phenomenon, provides what you need to develop and refine your solution. Without insight, you risk wasting time, effort, and capital—and designing a product that serves no one. Therefore, an entrepreneur needs to be able to yield insight from marketplace conversations.
In this module, you will learn about insight, including what it is, how it is derived, and how specific ventures have used it.
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1 video5 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt
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1 video•Total 4 minutes
Curiosity- REAList V2•4 minutes
5 readings•Total 187 minutes
Disciplined Entrepreneurship Steps 4 and 5•50 minutes
Reflection •30 minutes
Reflection•30 minutes
Activity: REAList V2•20 minutes
Rent The Runway: Jenn Hyman•57 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Self-assessment: REAList V2•30 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 30 minutes
Evaluating the Case•30 minutes
Module 4: Human-centered Evidence of Curiosity
Module 5•6 hours to complete
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Welcome to Module 4! This module is Human-centered Evidence of uCriosity.
Communication is an important part of your work as an entrepreneur. Not only do you need to be able to gather insight from your customers, but you also need to share your story and findings with others.
In this module, you will work to describe a problem effectively with appropriate detail.
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