Innovation and Entrepreneurship: A Focus on Startups and Emerging Technologies

Catalog description

This course is designed for Information Systems (IS) students to explore the fundamentals of innovation and entrepreneurship, with a specific focus on emerging technologies in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) space. The course combines theory and practice, engaging students through discussions, project work and case studies. By analyzing the lifecycle of startups, students will gain insights into the startup and entrepreneurship worlds, develop business models, conduct market analysis, and explore the venture capital (VC) and accelerator funding processes, including insights into Y Combinator. Alumni from the tech and venture capital industries will be involved throughout the course as guest speakers, mentors and / or case study leaders. Prerequisites: 67-272 and 67-250