Overview

Powered By Creativity, Driven By Entrepreneurs

Innovation@work is an experiential program, where innovative UTD graduate student teams will work with executives of major organizations to solve a real business challenge. Students will be equipped with the necessary tools and framework to develop a practical and executable solution. Students will learn how to ask questions, be resourceful in getting data, analyze quantitative/qualitative data, and confidently present solutions to executives from project-sponsoring companies.

Each team will be mentored by an industry-experienced facilitator throughout the semester. There will be weekly sessions that include learning relevant tools and frameworks that would help student teams build an incredible and creative solution. Additionally, there would be guest talks from industry experts and successful startup founders to learn market trends and how they build innovative products and services effectively.

The program will be led by Dr. Emily Choi of the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Concepts you will learn in this program:

  • What is the right problem to solve to build an effective startup venture or corporate innovation?
  • Why does a problem exist in the first place and why should you be different to succeed
  • How to swim through piles of data and build key insights that act as a foundation for any venture
  • Why a structured approach accelerates innovation and the need for the right team to make it happen
  • How to communicate in a short and crisp way to make an immediate impact among business leaders 

Key Benefits for Students

  • A resume-builder, project-based course
  • Bridging gap between theory & practice
  • Analyze qualitative/quantitative data to draw business insights
  • Learn innovation tools & frameworks
  • Better access to jobs & internships

Key Benefits for Corporations and Social Organizations

  • Fresh perspectives without any preconceived notion of market boundaries
  • Low-cost (employee time and search cost)
  • Access to global talent pools
  • Increased brand image
Program Details
Course Registration

ELIGIBILITY

Participation in Innovation@work is open to all currently enrolled graduate students.

COURSE

ENTP 6v99.001 – Special Topics in Entrepreneurship – Innovation@work (3 Semester Credit Hours)

If you are interesting in enrolling, kindly send an email to innovation@utdallas.edu or click on this link to request a permission code.

Applications for the first cohort are closed.

FAQ

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Contact

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