Incorporating entrepreneurship into the capstone design project: An across-college approach to product definition and design
Skinner, Steven R. Broberg, J. Christian
Skinner, Steven R.
Broberg, J. Christian
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2014
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Entrepreneurship,New venture creation,Multi-disciplinary teams,Customer validation
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Skinner, S. R., & Broberg, J. C. (2014). Incorporating entrepreneurship into the capstone design project: An across-college approach to product definition and design. 2014 Capstone Design Conference. https://capstonedesigncommunity.org/sites/default/files/proceedings_papers/0047.pdf
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In the 2013 fall semester, the Wichita State University (WSU) Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) Department’s capstone design course was co-taught with the Entrepreneurship (ENTR) program’s capstone course, New Venture Development. This combined class facilitated the creation of multidisciplinary teams, where teams of EECS students and ENTR students co-created a novel product aimed at satisfying a particular consumer need. After 11 unique product ideas were identified, engineering student team members labored to create a workable prototype for their product while entrepreneurship student team members validated the product idea with customers and industry experts and developed a viable business model and plan for the new product. The experience from this class revealed that product feasibility emerges over time and that tough decisions need to be made around product selection and team composition in order to maximize the potential of the product development process.
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Conference paper presented at the 2014 Capstone Design Conference, Columbus, Ohio.
2014 conference papers and posters can be found here: https://capstonedesigncommunity.org/past-conference-2014
2014 conference papers and posters can be found here: https://capstonedesigncommunity.org/past-conference-2014
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Capstone Design Community
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2014 Capstone Design Conference