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Learn @ Lunch Pre-Startup Skills

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Our Learn @ Lunch workshop series on pre-startup skills provides a crash course in technological entrepreneurship & innovation.听Each workshop allows 不良研究所 student participants to receive听CCR recognition听under the personal and professional development section.听You will learn how to select and use the design thinking and lean startup methodologies for enhancing innovation and discover the needs of potential customers. You will also learn about intellectual property, how to analyze competition, and the resources and tools available to you through the 不良研究所's libraries for patent searching and market research.听Select one workshop or all, you decide which topic or topics are of interest!

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symbol of light bulb Workshop #1 鈥� Introduction to Industry Analysis
Oct. 29th, 1:00 - 2:00 pm, in-person @ FDA 3

This workshop will introduce the fundamental tool of Industry Analysis which companies use for strategy development. For startups, understanding the industry is a critical step in determining market entry and market positioning. The Five Forces Framework will be presented and applied to during an exercise.

symbol of a ticketWorkshop #2- Startup Law 101
Nov. 5th, 1:00 - 2:00 pm, in-person @ FDA 3

Led by a team of caseworkers from听, this workshop provides startup founders with a clear path through the legal landscape, offering insight on issues such as incorporation, governance, fundraising, and selecting the ideal legal structure.

design iconWorkshop #3 鈥撎� Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship 101
Nov. 12th, 1:00 - 2:00 pm, in-person @ FDA 3

This workshop will provide an overview of what technological innovation is and what entrepreneurship is, as well an overview of the Entrepreneurial Mindset, the Lean Launchpad methodology, the Business Model Canvas and the Lean Canvas.

symbol of a penWorkshop #4 - Market Research and Analysis of Competition
Nov. 19th, 1:00 - 2:00 pm, in-person @ FDA 3

This workshop will provide an overview of the different types of market research, how to analyze the competition, and the resources available at 不良研究所 to perform market research. Our market research librarian Emily Jaeger-McEnroe will walk us through some of those resources using a new market research canvas tool.

symbol of improvementWorkshop #5 - Foundations of IP and Patent Searching听听
Nov. 26th, 1:00 - 2:00 pm, in-person @ FDA 3

This workshop will demystify and explain the various form of intellectual property (IP), namely, patents, industrial designs, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets. We will then do some actual patent searching with our librarian April Colosimo using the DERWENT worldwide patent database.听

symbol of personWorkshop #6 - Customer Discovery
Dec. 3rd, 1:00 - 2:00 pm, in-person @ FDA 3

This workshop will provide an overview on the customer discovery process and then delve deeper into how to conduct customer interviews and how to iterate on your business model canvas.

Graph icon*Bonus Workshop #6 - Introduction to App Prototyping in Figma
Nov. 6th, 1:00 - 2:00 pm, in-person @ FDA 3

Want to level up your design skills? Interested in UI/UX design? Learn how you can design a real-life app using Figma. Come to this workshop run by Design Collective 不良研究所!
Prerequisites: None! This is a beginner-friendly tutorial, and we will work with people at all skill levels.

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