Greg Graff, College of Agricultural Sciences
Anthony Marchese, College of Engineering
Rick Turley, College of Business
Sustainable Technology Entrepreneurship
for Scientists and Engineers
W E E K 1 : I N N OVAT I O N , E N T R E P R E N E U R S H I P,
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
The Team
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Rick Turley, College of Business
Greg Graff, College of Agricultural Sciences
Anthony Marchese, College of Engineering
Rick
Greg
Anthony
Sustainable Technology Entrepreneurship
for Scientists and Engineers
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What is this about?
Sustainable Technology Entrepreneurship for
Scientists and Engineers
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At the core is “entrepreneurship”:
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What is entrepreneurship?
Who is an entrepreneur?
When is entrepreneurship (private sector action) to be
preferred to government policy or charity (public sector
action)?
The role of the Land Grant university (i.e. where we all sit and
work) in stimulating entrepreneurship.
Sustainable Technology Entrepreneurship
for Scientists and Engineers
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Refining the focus to “technology entrepreneurship”.
Why this focus on technology?
What is technology?
How is it different than a transactional, financial, or
service entrepreneurship?
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scalability and impact.
productivity,
efficiency,
appropriateness,
design.
Sustainable Technology Entrepreneurship
for Scientists and Engineers
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We further focus on “sustainable”.
What is sustainability?
Why is it an important guiding principle for new
enterprise?
Two dimensions of interest:
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poverty (“BOP” or “Base of the Pyramid”) and
environment.
See article by Nidumolu, Prahalad, and Rangaswami
“Why Sustainability Is Now the Key Driver of Innovation”.
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for Scientists and Engineers
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Why is this course “…for Scientists and Engineers”?
How does this make the course unique (compared to
business courses for typical MBA or even GSSE)?
Explanation of the composition of the class and the split
between Ag and Engineering.
Sustainable Technology Entrepreneurship
for Scientists and Engineers
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The syllabus
The team project
Who are you?
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Name, rank and serial number
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major
Graduate research topic(s)
Why did you decide to enroll in this course?
What do you hope to get out of the experience