entrepreneurship & creativity, a student\'s perspective
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Entrepreneurship and creativity,
a student’s perspective
Nicolò WojewodaDelft University of Technology
BEST/SPEED
1. reflect on the topic
2. recommendations
3. bold recommendations
Outline
• shortening the gap between an idea and its market
• unsolicited initiative
• all about attitude and practices
Entrepreneurship
Creativity
Creativity
• create something new
• original ideas
• a skill to be trained
Creativity
A common learning cycle
Idea Design UseProblem
Entrepreneurship and creativity
Creativity
Problem Idea Design Market Use
1. grades are not all
2. harsh but soft environment,
3. give students the chance to fail (without big consequences)
4. encourage student dialogue
5. courses and incubators
5 ideas about entrepr’ship & creativity
• Graduate
• full integration
• less guidance
• Undergraduate
• partial integration
• full guidance
• Secondary education and before
When?
• Costs: human resources, financial resources
• Benefits: retaining successes, start-ups, alumni communities, knowledge, innovation
Cost-benefit analysis
• control on the curriculum
• extra-curricular efforts
Obstacles
• focusing on “profit” market
• losing focus on learning
• too hard for students
• too easy to show them how to do that
Risks
• every course, a project
• every project, a community project
• alumni input for every course
• multiple sets of assessment criteria
• 20% rule
My bold recommendations
Conclusion
Questions?
Thank you!