TU-E4100 - Startup Experience D, Lecture, 7.9.2022-9.12.2022

Topic outline

• Sprint 2
  
  

  Schedule

  Date	Place	Content
  13 - Sep	Learning Hub Atrium - 1007a, Maarintie 8	Workshop on topics
  15 - Sep	Learning Hub Atrium - 1007a, Maarintie 8	What is a startup?
  20 - Sep	Learning Hub Atrium - 1007a, Maarintie 8	Prototyping: why and how
  22 - Sep	U8 - U270, Kandidaattikeskus, Otakaari 1	Market disruption

  
  To-watch before the Thursday 15th September session. Check out the video about the introduction to "What is a Startup?" by Kalle Airo

  What is a Startup?

  
  

  
  

  
  
  Also, another video that we think students of Startup Experience would find useful regarding the well-being of students and how to deal with anxiety. We did an interview with the psychologists who will be working closely with us and you all. 

  Startup Experience: Interview with psychologists

  
  

  
  

  
  For Tuesday 20th Sep, please view this video beforehand. Simo will walk us through prototyping and we will discuss how and what to prototype for your project. 
  

  Introduction to Prototyping

  
  

  
  

  
  And Simo has another video introducing Design Factory, if you need to build something, DEFA has everything you would need. 

  How to DEFA

  
  

  
  

  
  

  • Select activity Materials

    Materials

  • Select activity Session 3

    

    Session 3 Folder
  • Select activity Session 4

    

    Session 4 Folder
  • Select activity Session 5

    

    Session 5 Folder
  • Select activity Session 6

    Not available unless: You belong to any group

    

    Session 6 Folder

    Pre-reading materials for session 6 from Marco Mäkinen 

    The Difference Between a First Mover and a Category Creator
    

    The Business Case For Becoming A Category Creator In 2021 (And Why Most People Ignore It)

    Languaging: The Strategic Use Of Language To Change Thinking

    
    

  • Select activity Assignment

    Assignment

  • Select activity Fill out sprint 1 process check list

    

    Fill out sprint 1 process check list Assignment

    Completion

    Students must

    

    Mark as done

    Fill out this process checklist with your answers

    You will need to revise your answers from the previous sprint. The teaching team will go through your answers and address them during workshops and lab times on Tuesdays. We will track the progress of the team based on the answers and how it changes every sprint. 

    This is a team assignment. One representative can fill out the process checklist but it must be done together as a team and not split up to smaller groups of questions. 

  • Select activity Preliminary topic / problem description

    

    Preliminary topic / problem description Assignment

    Completion

    Students must

    

    Make a submission

    Describe your topic and problems related to the topic. You should pick a maximum of 3 problems and briefly describe what they are, whose they belong and the opportunities related to the problems that you can identify. 

  • Select activity Prototyping plan

    

    Prototyping plan Assignment

    Completion

    Students must

    

    Make a submission

    Provide a preliminary prototyping plan. Of course, you will need to update and revisit your plan repeatedly, based on what you learn in each iteration. We have some questions to guide you: 

    1. What type of prototyping do you plan to do? 
    2. What are you testing? 
    3. Why are you testing it? 

  • Select activity Final Exam Booking

    

    Final Exam Booking Scheduler

    Completion

    Students must

    

    Receive a grade
  • Select activity Individual reflection video - sprint 1 & 2

    

    Individual reflection video - sprint 1 & 2 Assignment

    Completion

    Students must

    

    Make a submission

    Record a 3-min video reflecting on your progress during this sprint. Use these questions as guidelines. 

    1. What are your main contribution to the project and the team during sprint 1 and sprint 2 ie. topic ideation, team formation, idea validation, ect.? 
    2. What did you do for the team to work better together? 
    3. How did you use the course content to understand the problem, and customer needs and improve your team dynamics? 
    4. What can be improved regarding your contribution to the team and the project's progress? Reflect on your progress and performance. 
       
       

    
    

    
    

    
    

  • Select activity Individual: Well-being reflection 2

    

    Individual: Well-being reflection 2 Assignment

    Completion

    Students must

    

    Make a submission

    Watch the following video (which might be familiar to you from the pre-materials of this course) and focus especially on the part about psychological inflexibility:  

    Psychology flexibility - Introduction

    
    

    
    

    
    

    Question for reflecting on your own: 

    What does psychological inflexibility mean and which elements of it are familiar to you?