tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1424268209907670547Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:47:54 +0000spacecreative destructionstop motion videosingenuitycuriosityeducationwhimsyclickerstrustguest author seriesperseverancemaking the pitchdog washSenior Experienceanswers in the everydayEdge of Entrepreneurshipcompetitionservice delivery strategiessolving a painpresentationentrepreneurial spouseslack of creativitycreativityprinciples of innovationSan Diegocorporate creativityCommunitysocial networkinguse the pastShark Tankhumilityentrepreneurial backgroundInterviewsyouthTinker Toysserious playstudent entrepreneursentrepreneurial mindsetCIE courseIsland entrepreneursbrandingteachinghalfbakery.comacquisitionHawaiian Bath and Bodyfamily innovationentrepreneurial strugglesspotting opportunitieschoicebusiness incubatorrepurposedStanford UniversityphotographyconfidenceInventionTechShop"what if?"videosEllen ShowdaydreamJibbitzventure capitalgreen technew venture creationTaylorMadePreziPurposeWATAdisappointmentconflictEducators Cornertinkeringcreativity contestsinnovationwonderingCSUSMexposurepodcastingintegritycharacterstoriesWaialua Soda Workscrowdsourcingfailuresolarrisk-takinghttp://www.edgeofentrepreneurship.com/noreply@blogger.com (Bennett Cherry, Ph.D.)Blogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1424268209907670547.post-2586303072702494371Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:10:00 +00002011-10-24T15:21:32.960-07:00wondering"what if?"spotting opportunitiescharacterentrepreneurial strugglescreative destructionstoriesinnovationentrepreneurial mindsetconfidencecuriositycorporate creativityIt's been a few days now since Steve Jobs passed away and his legacy continues to occupy my thoughts throughout my week. I recently watched the video of his memorial service from Apple's Cupertino campus and wanted to share a few items with you, in the hopes that you'll be encouraged by this.The service began with a moving introduction from Apple CEO, Tim Cook. While all of his remarks were http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~3/qMOze57C5mA/learning-from-steve-jobs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bennett Cherry, Ph.D.)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~4/qMOze57C5mA" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.edgeofentrepreneurship.com/2011/10/learning-from-steve-jobs.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1424268209907670547.post-8616595522586646243Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:34:00 +00002011-09-20T10:47:23.705-07:00wonderingspotting opportunitiescreativityguest author seriestinkeringcuriositydaydreamOh, yes, I now remember that Necessity is the Mother of Invention. Sorry, Plato, I had to borrow your quote here as I was reminded today by a former student that simple innovations are often the best innovations. See for yourself by watching this short video. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~3/IvJM2Ki85D0/who-is-mother-of-invention.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bennett Cherry, Ph.D.)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~4/IvJM2Ki85D0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.edgeofentrepreneurship.com/2011/09/who-is-mother-of-invention.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1424268209907670547.post-6198379101304130149Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:15:00 +00002011-04-29T17:27:30.647-07:00creativityPreziWATApresentationI presented this Prezi at the Western Organization and Management Teaching Conference (WOMTC) held on the campus of the University of Redlands in April 2011. Click on through it, if you're interested...and, let me know what you think of it.As you might imagine, the presentation is better heard than clicked through, so if you'd like to learn more about the WATA concept and how I created it in http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~3/hevFYG0G3Gg/wata-encouraging-regularized-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bennett Cherry, Ph.D.)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~4/hevFYG0G3Gg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.edgeofentrepreneurship.com/2011/04/wata-encouraging-regularized-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1424268209907670547.post-1049172926814956457Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:17:00 +00002011-04-22T08:23:33.340-07:00Educators CornercreativityeducationPrezistudent entrepreneurspresentationMy student, Chad Haertling, and I created this Prezi to inform the Marketing Educators Association on the use of Prezi in an academic setting. Check it out, if you're interested...and, let us know what you think of it. .prezi-player { width: 550px; } .prezi-player-links { text-align: center; }Using a Non-Linear Presentation Tool in an Academic Setting MEA Conference 2011 on Prezihttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~3/4oOwyq0rg9Y/using-prezi-in-academic-setting-mea.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bennett Cherry, Ph.D.)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~4/4oOwyq0rg9Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.edgeofentrepreneurship.com/2011/04/using-prezi-in-academic-setting-mea.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1424268209907670547.post-1610367471175732143Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:53:00 +00002011-04-07T11:21:30.085-07:00videosPurposeentrepreneurial mindsetgreen techIn my reading today, I came across two terrible rap videos that I'd like to share with my readers. Now, before you check out (as in, stop reading) hear me on this. These rap videos are terrible...I mean really terrible. In fact, they are so bad that they are likely even more effective because of how bad they are. You see, these videos were put together by two leaders of two companies that I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~3/b5D8KN2fEj8/founders-purposerapping-it-all-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bennett Cherry, Ph.D.)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~4/b5D8KN2fEj8" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.edgeofentrepreneurship.com/2011/04/founders-purposerapping-it-all-up.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1424268209907670547.post-6228264102816636924Fri, 01 Apr 2011 21:19:00 +00002011-04-01T14:32:36.706-07:00trustcharacterShark Tankentrepreneurial mindsetInterviewsnew venture creationintegrityIn preparation for my upcoming interview with Barbara Corcoran--"Queen of Real Estate" and one of the "sharks" on ABC's Shark Tank--I'm reading her book Shark Tales. The book reads quickly and with sufficient detail to provide relevance and currency for any entrepreneurially-minded person. Although I haven't finished the book, she makes some excellent points about the importance of character, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~3/2vywaIHJltQ/on-choosing-your-new-venture-team.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bennett Cherry, Ph.D.)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~4/2vywaIHJltQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.edgeofentrepreneurship.com/2011/04/on-choosing-your-new-venture-team.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1424268209907670547.post-3566172202480093307Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:51:00 +00002011-03-24T08:25:26.635-07:00business incubatornew venture creationventure capital"Y"s are all the rage these days in business incubator naming. Since the launch of Y Combinator in 2005, and the resulting success of many of its incubated creations, Y Combinator has caught the attention of the new venture creatorati [yes, this is a word that I just created]. Some of Y Combinator's most notable successes have included scribd, justin.tv, weebly, Dropbox, and reddit. Let me behttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~3/-V3Np3ch_mQ/new-y-incubator.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bennett Cherry, Ph.D.)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~4/-V3Np3ch_mQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.edgeofentrepreneurship.com/2011/03/new-y-incubator.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1424268209907670547.post-2009958346107408362Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:20:00 +00002011-03-05T06:36:20.635-08:00trusthumilitystoriesIn my blog-reading today, I came across an interesting article at TUAW (aka "The Unofficial Apple Weblog") written by Mike Schramm about the exceedingly-popular Angry Birds franchise. If you're unfamiliar with Angry Birds, it's likely that at least one of these two conditions are true for you: you don't have a mobile device of any type (iPhone, iPad, Droid, etc.) and know no one who does, ORyou http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~3/CABjVTYaC2I/angry-birds-and-remembering-your-peeps.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bennett Cherry, Ph.D.)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~4/CABjVTYaC2I" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.edgeofentrepreneurship.com/2011/03/angry-birds-and-remembering-your-peeps.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1424268209907670547.post-1347124170116479356Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:26:00 +00002011-02-25T07:51:39.679-08:00CSUSMcreativityguest author serieseducationWATArepurposedgreen techanswers in the everyday[This article--written by one of my students who is a blogger in his own right--serves as the first in a series authored by fellow entrepreneurship bloggers. If you are interested in being a guest author, please contact me. Enjoy your reading.] Guest Author: Steve Zigray of the CSU San Marcos Entrepreneur Society The CSU San Marcos Entrepreneur Society has been building momentum on and off http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~3/ekYIppz2yCs/bottlehoodsteve-z-writes-about-steve-c.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bennett Cherry, Ph.D.)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~4/ekYIppz2yCs" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.edgeofentrepreneurship.com/2011/02/bottlehoodsteve-z-writes-about-steve-c.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1424268209907670547.post-5366798004830778461Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:41:00 +00002011-02-24T14:24:40.466-08:00trustspotting opportunitiesexposureentrepreneurial strugglessolving a painhumilitystoriesentrepreneurial mindsetconfidenceperseveranceventure capital60mo (pronounced “sixty moe”) is a startup that aims to “to help business owners sleep better at night.” I recently had the privilege to speak with Ed Buchholz, CEO and co-founder, and learned of his own entrepreneurial journey and the mandate that drove he and his two partners to launch into a new market with their new idea.The Founding StoryTo understand what fueled Ed Buchholz to launch 60mo,http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~3/4ZFPjPPndP0/take-60mo-so-you-can-sleep-better.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bennett Cherry, Ph.D.)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~4/4ZFPjPPndP0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.edgeofentrepreneurship.com/2011/02/take-60mo-so-you-can-sleep-better.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1424268209907670547.post-1243111168886282572Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:59:00 +00002011-01-27T14:30:34.133-08:00student entrepreneursacquisitionIt has been announced via Twitter and a few tech outlets that Plixi (formerly known as TweetPhoto) has been acquired by Lockerz, an upstart community rewards site targeting 13-30 year olds. With more than 17 million users in the first year, Lockerz looks to be adding to its coffers the millions of eyeballs garnered by Plixi traffic. While the exact details are not yet known, I can say that I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~3/GsnZZ9ad3co/good-good-dayone-of-my-students-venture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bennett Cherry, Ph.D.)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~4/GsnZZ9ad3co" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.edgeofentrepreneurship.com/2011/01/good-good-dayone-of-my-students-venture.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1424268209907670547.post-2082632344010329959Thu, 06 Jan 2011 05:30:00 +00002011-01-07T07:06:45.051-08:00videosexposurestudent entrepreneursEllen ShowIt doesn't hurt to have lots of eyeballs (nearly 3 million sets of 'em) looking at your startup's newest product. And nothing is better than having an audience full of people going nuts since they just learned that you are giving them your newest product...for free with an iPod Nano to boot. Here's what happened when Ellen DeGeneres informed her devotees that they'd be the newest recipients of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~3/Q9sWGLPHFiw/zipbuds-giveaway-on-ellen-show.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bennett Cherry, Ph.D.)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~4/Q9sWGLPHFiw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.edgeofentrepreneurship.com/2011/01/zipbuds-giveaway-on-ellen-show.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1424268209907670547.post-7334294340845260265Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:18:00 +00002010-12-06T13:43:13.570-08:00crowdsourcingvideosCIE courseInventionIn class last week, my students and I discussed the current state of the art in rapid and early prototyping. While large corporations routinely use prototyping to accelerate product development, we also discovered how prototyping can help fledgling entrepreneurs to "fail fast" or, alternatively, "succeed quickly". One of my bright students dug a little deeper in his learning and exploration of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~3/Wqhr6uyBssw/glif-via-kickstartercom-and-3d-printing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bennett Cherry, Ph.D.)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~4/Wqhr6uyBssw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.edgeofentrepreneurship.com/2010/12/glif-via-kickstartercom-and-3d-printing.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1424268209907670547.post-3440913682048405571Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:40:00 +00002010-11-22T21:45:20.953-08:00youthwonderingspotting opportunitiesingenuityJibbitzentrepreneurial spousesentrepreneurial mindsetInventionwhimsyfamily innovationEdge of EntrepreneurshipAs part of my sabbatical research project, I had the pleasure of interviewing Rich Schmelzer of Jibbitz. Check out Episode 5 from The Edge of Entrepreneurship video series. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~3/Vzf9Q4mK1vc/edge-of-entrepreneurship-jibbitz.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bennett Cherry, Ph.D.)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~4/Vzf9Q4mK1vc" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.edgeofentrepreneurship.com/2010/11/edge-of-entrepreneurship-jibbitz.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1424268209907670547.post-7062918499928940270Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:32:00 +00002010-11-10T11:58:40.510-08:00photographyingenuitysolving a painstudent entrepreneursstoriesinnovationconfidenceperseveranceWhen students ask what it takes to get a product developed from concept to consumer, I now have another great example to share with them: ZipBuds, from Digital Group Audio (DGA).A little background would help, wouldn't it? Here's how it goes...Erik Groset, President and Co-Founder of DGA, has been a featured Guest Entrepreneur in my classes over the past 2 years and has done a masterful job of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~3/AV5X9Qxaqno/zipbuds-short-story-in-product.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bennett Cherry, Ph.D.)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~4/AV5X9Qxaqno" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.edgeofentrepreneurship.com/2010/11/zipbuds-short-story-in-product.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1424268209907670547.post-725187807085841619Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:40:00 +00002010-10-05T16:00:29.292-07:00youthCSUSMeducationstudent entrepreneursSan DiegoI'm using this blog post to toot our horn a bit at California State University San Marcos. In just over a year ago, our university welcomed its first formal batch of Entrepreneurship students by creating an Entrepreneurship Track within the Management and the Global Business Management majors. In the span of the past year, the word must have gotten out about our program and the coursework. As http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~3/YkmYCz0t__g/one-year-down-74-entrepreneurship.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bennett Cherry, Ph.D.)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~4/YkmYCz0t__g" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.edgeofentrepreneurship.com/2010/10/one-year-down-74-entrepreneurship.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1424268209907670547.post-6750401704138231562Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:16:00 +00002010-09-28T09:55:19.788-07:00youthspotting opportunitiesstudent entrepreneursentrepreneurial mindsetrepurposedanswers in the everydayMy students are regularly reminded (by me) that all around us are answers in the everyday. I coined this term 4 years ago after coming across story after story of people who solved a problem or found an answer in their everyday experiences and/or through everyday materials. The basic premise of the Answers in the Everyday concept is that all of us have, at our disposal in our everyday http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~3/QXOtuhvDj7A/another-answer-in-everydayliveproud.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bennett Cherry, Ph.D.)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~4/QXOtuhvDj7A" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.edgeofentrepreneurship.com/2010/09/another-answer-in-everydayliveproud.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1424268209907670547.post-9054743837072717656Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:54:00 +00002010-09-23T14:59:27.486-07:00spotting opportunitiescreativityphotographyingenuitycreativity contestswhimsyI came across this interesting photography contest today in my blog-reading. The contest was hosted by the crazy folks over at Gizmodo.com. The contest (and results) do a nice job of reminding us that we can compose mind-bending "reality" with a little creativity:Spoiler alert: the photo to the right is the winning "shot".http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~3/r6si1s6Ngqc/reality-through-eyes-of-creative.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bennett Cherry, Ph.D.)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~4/r6si1s6Ngqc" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.edgeofentrepreneurship.com/2010/09/reality-through-eyes-of-creative.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1424268209907670547.post-6494182153380786794Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:17:00 +00002010-08-19T17:27:21.222-07:00competitionspotting opportunitiesstudent entrepreneursIf you're a regular reader of my blog, you're already familiar with TweetPhoto, a local startup founded by one of my former students. Check out this recent update on the 'Twitter Photo Sharing Horse Race' over at TechCrunch.It's stories like this that continue to show us that the First Mover Advantage is clearly a reality in business, but, so too is a Better Second Mover Advantage. Do somethinghttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~3/aoA6jzumJ5c/i-love-this-storytweetphoto-definitely.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bennett Cherry, Ph.D.)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~4/aoA6jzumJ5c" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.edgeofentrepreneurship.com/2010/08/i-love-this-storytweetphoto-definitely.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1424268209907670547.post-2278830573739481166Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:11:00 +00002010-08-16T13:43:11.002-07:00youthcompetitioneducationmaking the pitchIn my inbox today, I received a notice about iStart, the latest program from the Kauffman Foundation to help universities better manage Business Plan competitions. According to the press release, "iStart makes it easy to administer business plan competitions through a single, integrated, web-based solution geared at addressing every part of the process, which will enable competition http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~3/HrLObNGZZjk/istartsimplifying-and-consolidating.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bennett Cherry, Ph.D.)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~4/HrLObNGZZjk" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.edgeofentrepreneurship.com/2010/08/istartsimplifying-and-consolidating.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1424268209907670547.post-7460154425706267632Mon, 03 May 2010 20:22:00 +00002010-09-23T15:03:05.534-07:00social networkingCSUSMbrandingentrepreneurial struggleseducationhumilityventure capitalLast week, my students and I were fortunate to spend a couple hours with serial entrepreneurs, Sean Callahan and Rodney Rumford. These two co-founded Tweetphoto.com, a real-time photo sharing site that is integrated into the rapidly-expanding social media landscape. Just this past week, Tweetphoto celebrated its one year birthday. In that time, Tweetphoto has reached 16 million users per monthhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~3/EgN-oMsTdOs/on-scrappy-little-startup.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bennett Cherry, Ph.D.)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~4/EgN-oMsTdOs" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.edgeofentrepreneurship.com/2010/05/on-scrappy-little-startup.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1424268209907670547.post-4252567062433800911Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:55:00 +00002010-04-27T07:30:59.214-07:00exposureCommunityOverstock.com announced today the launch of their Main Street Revolution Initiative. This initiative pairs small and minority-owned business owners with the national marketing capability and distribution channel capacity of Overstock.com. For years, small business owners have been selling their products on eBay and Amazon, so it would appear that this idea, on the surface, isn't all that uniquehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~3/WGhJmgsMnm8/overstockcoms-main-street.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bennett Cherry, Ph.D.)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~4/WGhJmgsMnm8" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.edgeofentrepreneurship.com/2010/04/overstockcoms-main-street.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1424268209907670547.post-1994242324357941786Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:08:00 +00002010-04-17T19:37:31.402-07:00entrepreneurial struggleschoiceteachingcuriosityperseverancefailuredisappointmentI've been silent on the blog for a few weeks now. I suppose some of this silence has been a legitimate response to all that's been going on: 1 new course that I'm teaching; 2 conferences I've attended; 2 presentations; 2 lengthy roundtrip airplane rides...you get the idea. However, a few of the reasons why I've been silent are, perhaps, not as legitimate. You see, I've fallen prey to the same http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~3/E4iETO8mVkg/blogging-silencean-apology-of-sorts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bennett Cherry, Ph.D.)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~4/E4iETO8mVkg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.edgeofentrepreneurship.com/2010/04/blogging-silencean-apology-of-sorts.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1424268209907670547.post-744660946930434906Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:56:00 +00002010-03-19T10:02:07.140-07:00CIE courseeducationstudent entrepreneurspresentationFollowing Sramana Mitra's call for faculty to share how they teach idea validation, I posted this:The topic of idea validation is vast, for sure.For my Creativity, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship students I ask them a simple question to get them started down the path of idea validation: “What is the unique value proposition (UVP) of this idea?” What is it about your idea that would convince http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~3/Fg_y14KcAio/on-business-schools-and-idea.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bennett Cherry, Ph.D.)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurship/~4/Fg_y14KcAio" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.edgeofentrepreneurship.com/2010/03/on-business-schools-and-idea.html