Group study of selected topics.

Have you worked on a startup, participated in a Challenge Lab, Big Ideas Competition, participated in a
startup incubator, and/or have comparable startup experience? Well, then you know what it takes to go
from exploring an idea, designing & validating a prototype, to product development and leading the team
to deliver its full potential. This advanced course is a collaborative learning environment designed to
develop your entrepreneurial leadership, coaching, team building skills, and decode success patterns to
further your entrepreneurship journey.
Throughout this course, you will be able to work on your existing projects and ideas with a group of
experienced peers, get inspired by diverse journeys from guest speakers in a variety of startups and
industries, and learn/practice frameworks and methodologies through hosting mentorship events and 2+
workshops in partnership with the SCET Innovation Student Fellows Program and SCET Challenge Labs.
Entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intentions have been shown to be enhanced via processes
that combine learning with hands-on teaching, and mentoring. The current model of Entrepreneurs in
Residence [EIRs] typically include successful entrepreneurs in venture capital firms, private equity firms,
startup accelerators, to teach, mentor and provide support to other startups in an entrepreneurial
ecosystem.
Being an Innovators in Residence [IIRs] is being an EIR-in-training: a forum to deeply understand
patterns of “successful” and “not-so-successful” entrepreneurship ventures in various domains, and
develop an evidence-based understanding of success in entrepreneurship. You will also develop a nuanced
understanding of elements that lead to success (or not) by leading and coaching students
that have little experience developing revolutionary and disruptive ventures in both the for-profit and
social enterprise sectors.

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As an Innovators in Residence (IIR), you will:
(a) Hear personal journeys and diverse experiences: Learn common, and hidden challenges, and best
practices that often plague very early stage innovations via guest speakers and communities of practice;
understand strategies to overcome challenges
(b) Test and practice the strategies: by working on your own startup, you will
(c) Explore entrepreneurship opportunities and gain an understanding of the Silicon Valley and UC
Berkeley tech innovation ecosystem, such as seed funding, venture capital, etc. ; Network with fellow
innovators and leaders; Gain insights into successful innovation case studies for social impact
(d) Learn through teaching: In partnership with the SCET student innovation fellows program, students
of this class will put together 2-4 workshops throughout the semester for the SCET community as peer
startup coaches. Themes will include customer and problem discovery, startup therapy, pitching and
story-telling, and more.
You will incorporate design thinking principles, beginning with
a) Empathy- for the customer, users in problem space that impact society, and aspiring
entrepreneurs working in these problem spaces through virtual maps of entrepreneurial journeys
from guest speakers, and communities of practice
b) Defining and ideating- via observations, and discussions with guest speakers and community of
practice, to define successes and failures in innovations in problems spaces/industry segments
c) Prototyping- codifying patterns of success through pedagogy to share and replicate the strategies
for overcoming challenges in innovation
d) Testing- ultimately test the codified know via teaching, sharing, and mentoring students in the
SCET community, such as in challenge labs, workshops, and other events
This class will leverage the power of a hands-on lab to develop leadership, teamwork, collaboration,
mentoring, inclusive design, prototyping, story-telling, entrepreneurial knowledge, and much more. At the
end of the semester, diverse student-startups will learn effective models in design thinking, innovation,
leadership, team building, communication, collaboration, critical thinking, problem solving, and ethics.
As IIRs, you are encouraged to incorporate best-practices that help student mentees be successful in their
design to build startups and participate successfully in entrepreneurship. You will deepen your
understanding of patterns of failure (and success), and innovate on best practices in technical knowledge,
design knowledge, launching products, strategizing MVP development, story-telling, defining value
proposition, or connecting students with the right resources. At the end of the semester, as IIRs, you
would have built a reservoir of evidence-based strategies for successful entrepreneurship that you can take
to design your startups for success and a close network of the IIR alumni community to support you in
your future endeavors.

Application:
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