Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Program Structure

Modules	Topic	Brief	Duration
Module 1	Innovation Overview	Review curriculum, Importance 'Need' and 'Multidisciplinarity	30 minutes
Module 2	Needs drive innovation	Focusing on needs to identify/define innovation opportunities	30 minutes
Module 3	Society requires innovation	Emerging needs must be addressed through innovation	30 minutes
Module 4	Quantifying magnitude of need	Estimating needs in terms of people/users,	30 minutes
Module 5	Attributing need	Determining 'who' is the holder of the need	30 minutes
Module 6	Intellectual property basics	How does one protect an idea/concept	30 minutes
Module 7	Qualitative opportunity assessment	Tools to analyze the value of an idea. SWOT, Unidimensional reports	30 minutes
Module 8	Investment financing continuum	What sources of funding are available to an innovator?	30 minutes
Module 9	Regulatory impediments	FDA basics: risk and efficacy	30 minutes
Module 10	Entrepreneur toolkits: NDAS, outsourcing	Value and risk of confidentiality agreements, Value/risk of outsourcing	30 minutes