Coming into this course, I honestly did not know what to expect. Sure, I anticipated that the course would revolve around social entrepreneurship, but I did not know exactly how it would be applied. Early on I thought that the class would revolve around developing a completely unique innovation and focusing on that for our […]
Evaluation
April 11, 2018 by ·
Evaluating feedback in a systematic and productive manner is a key progression when improving upon an idea or concept. I found it very helpful to receive feedback from both our classmates, who were generally familiar with what we are working on, as well as from executive partners and the other class section. Through our other […]
Prototyping
April 5, 2018 by ·
Our Process: The prototyping processes was very interesting overall. The approach our group took was we started with thinking about how we could demonstrate our product as clearly as possible. Our product requires a significant amount of software and programming, which is something we are not capable of producing in such a short time. As […]
Ideation
March 29, 2018 by ·
The ideation process, in my opinion, was definitely one of the most productive session(s) that we have had so far as a group. I really enjoyed the approach we took and believe that it helped us generate creative ideas that we might not have thought of otherwise. Our group did a really nice job at […]
Defining Moments
March 20, 2018 by ·
In my opinion, one of the most surprising aspects of the defining stage was how effective “How Might We” questions were at zeroing in on our company’s issues that we are trying to combat. Going into last class, I felt that our group had a solid idea about the problems that Facebook is dealing with […]
Life Cycle Analysis: The Framework of the Future
February 22, 2018 by ·
After completing the reading, I believe that the Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) is the best framework of the bunch. The main premise of the LCA framework is to construct a quantitative assessment of a certain product or service in order to evaluate its material and energy usage. There are a few components of the LCA […]
Consumer Wisdom Pt. II
February 20, 2018 by ·
After our in-class discussion and analysis on consumer wisdom, my perspective on the topic has definitely changed since my first blog post. Here are some of my biggest takeaways: Throughout our last class, I saw a significant correlation between Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs and the different dimensions of consumer wisdom. Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs […]
Consumer Wisdom
February 14, 2018 by ·
My biggest takeaway from the article is that the wise consumer thinks critically about the present and future impact of a purchase without being constricted my mainstream consumerism. Being a wise consumer means taking personal accountability that a purchase is beneficial for oneself and those around you. With this in mind, here are some examples […]
Design Thinking Workshop
February 12, 2018 by ·
Unfortunately, I was absent for the first day of the workshop, but through the second section and the insight of my classmates, I believe I came away with a strong understanding on design thinking. Here are some of my biggest takeaways: 1. Importance of Customer Interviews: Throughout the entire design thinking framework, customer interviews play […]
The Business Perspective
February 6, 2018 by ·
After reading about and discussing the trajectory of modern day businesses, my perspective on the future progression of companies has definitely changed. Prior to this class, I somewhat put socially-conscious companies and for-profit companies in separate buckets. However, I’m learning that this is definitely not the case. You hardly hear of startups these days that […]