Innovation Accelerator I: Evaluation of New Ventures - Business Process

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This practicum provides students hands on experience working with the founders of a high-tech entrepreneurial venture. Students, working in a team, are empowered to act as the CEO of the start-up venture focusing on developing innovative and implementable strategic solutions to a defined mission-critical problem faced by the venture. Students develop an expert knowledge with respect to the venture's industry, markets, products, competitors, etc. that serve as a foundation for recommending evidence-based transformational solutions. Emphasis is placed on skill acquisition such that students can effectively frame the problem, research it and acquire 360 degree views/voices of the issues.