Assignments
- Prepare a presentation (5 minute maximum) and a memo (1 page maximum) to Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, outlining a concept(s) that: i) improves the experience of customers, and ii) makes business sense for Starbucks. Upload this material as one PDF. To give you a sense of the audience I have attached a brief case for review and an email note from Howard - PLEASE DO NOT LIMIT YOUR IDEATION TO THE ISSUES RAISED IN THE EMAIL NOTE
Submit detailed and thoughtful individual critiques of 2 presentations of your choosing. Each critique is limited to 1 page AND please do not include your name or ID number on the critique as it will be distributed to the presenter. Upload as a PDF file
Critique Exemplars File PDF document
Read through the article "What Makes Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurial?" by Saras Sarasvathy. Based on insights from reading through the substantial resources that have been on the course web, write a reflective piece to support the answer "because they embrace design thinking/doing" to the question posed by Saras (2000 word limit).