The Idea Workshop for Exploring Entrepreneurship
The Client Need
"UC Davis wanted to offer career exploration programs to high school students and to reach a broader audience than just those who lived locally. They needed an engaging, virtual solution."
- UC Davis
The Design
A two-week, learn-by-doing exploration of entrepreneurship offered through the University of California at Davis.
Audience: Upper-division high school students
Skills in Focus: Entrepreneurial thinking; principled brainstorming; formulation of business models; presentation development; pitching ideas; teamwork; leadership
Features: Story-Centered online learning program; SocraticBUILD™️; expert mentoring
The Details
Based on a popular course for graduate students in an entrepreneurship / product management MS Program at Carnegie Mellon University Silicon Valley designed by Socratic Arts leadership.
Students address two problems: one they are given and another of their choice. In small teams, they brainstorm a product or service, formulate a business model for going to market, and pitch their idea and business model.
The program provides career-exploration opportunities in medicine, data science, and cybersecurity.
"[This] was easily the most inspirational course I have ever taken. In fact, I don't want it to end! … I teamed up with [fellow classmates] to continue with [our project]." - Idea Workshop student
