- Identify basic concepts of innovative entrepreneurship to innovate and create value in the company
- Determine strategies and tools that entrepreneurs and startups use to develop and undertake innovations
- Explain how entrepreneurs can go from an idea to a product and scale it
- Analyze innovation initiatives within the organization
- Distinguish the principles of innovation and explain innovation management
- Apply the principles of design thinking to innovative problem solving
- dentify business model concepts and design unique value propositions
- Analyze the external business environment and assess the competitive forces that affect the organization
- Organize complexity through: visual thinking mapping and system design
- Explain the concept of blank space to identify opportunities.
- Identify key business patterns through the BMC
- Distinguish the elements of a business model
Innovation and entrepreneurship Specialization
Develop innovation projects. Develop innovation projects in your organization
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What you will learn
Determine strategies and tools that entrepreneurs and startups use to develop and launch innovations.
Identify concepts of business model, design unique value propositions and distinguish principles of innovation.
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Applied Learning Project
Students will identify the differences in the business models of two iconic companies in the world.
Students will diagnose whether the organization where you work or their own company has an entrepreneurial culture.
Students will be able to detect companies that have a culture of innovation in their core.
Students will develop a value proposition validating it with the help of customer interviews.
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