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1 Sustainable Technology Entrepreneurship for Scientists and Engineers Greg Graff, College of Agricultural Sciences Anthony Marchese, College of Engineering Rick Turley, College of Business WEEK 1: INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

2 The Team  Rick Turley, College of Business  Greg Graff, College of Agricultural Sciences  Anthony Marchese, College of Engineering RickGreg Anthony

3 Sustainable Technology Entrepreneurship for Scientists and Engineers  What is this about?

4 Sustainable Technology Entrepreneurship for Scientists and Engineers  At the core is “entrepreneurship”:  What is entrepreneurship?  Who is an entrepreneur?  When is entrepreneurship (private sector action) to be preferred to government policy or charity (public sector action)?  The role of the Land Grant university (i.e. where we all sit and work) in stimulating entrepreneurship.

5 Sustainable Technology Entrepreneurship for Scientists and Engineers  Refining the focus to “technology entrepreneurship”.  Why this focus on technology?  What is technology?  How is it different than a transactional, financial, or service entrepreneurship?  scalability and impact.  productivity,  efficiency,  appropriateness,  design.

6 Sustainable Technology Entrepreneurship for Scientists and Engineers  We further focus on “sustainable”.  What is sustainability?  Why is it an important guiding principle for new enterprise?  Two dimensions of interest:  poverty (“BOP” or “Base of the Pyramid”) and  environment. See article by Nidumolu, Prahalad, and Rangaswami “Why Sustainability Is Now the Key Driver of Innovation”.

7 Sustainable Technology Entrepreneurship for Scientists and Engineers  Why is this course “…for Scientists and Engineers”?  How does this make the course unique (compared to business courses for typical MBA or even GSSE)?  Explanation of the composition of the class and the split between Ag and Engineering.

8 Sustainable Technology Entrepreneurship for Scientists and Engineers  The syllabus  The team project

9 Who are you?  Name, rank and serial number  major  Graduate research topic(s)  Why did you decide to enroll in this course?  What do you hope to get out of the experience

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