CSIT6000J:
IT Entrepreneurship
Course
Schedule and Handouts
(Continuously Under Heavy Construction)
Time:
W 3:00pm – 5:50pm
Place:
Zoom (Meeting ID: 920 3851 8441; Passcode: 4m186t)
Mixed-mode classroom (Feb 18 or after, subject to university announcement) : Room 6602 (Lifts 31-32)
Instructor: Gary Chan (gchan@cse.ust.hk)
Office hours: Right after class, or by appointment (through email)
Office: Room 2539 (Lifts 25/26)
TA: Dr. Kent Chen (kentchen@cse.ust.hk)
Office hours: By appointment through email
Grading scheme: Group project 1 (20%), Group final project (30%), Lecture
attendance (16%), Class participation (10%), Presentation voting (4%), Seminar/book
reports and/or competitions (20%)
Academic week |
Date |
Attendance score |
Topics |
Assignments |
1 |
3/2/2021 |
0 |
HO1. Course introduction |
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0 |
HO2. The entrepreneurial risk-taking value-creation mindset: The entrepreneurship |
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2 |
10/2/2021 |
1 |
The risk-taking value-creation process |
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1 |
Value creation cases: Amazon |
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3 |
17/2/2021 |
1 |
Value creation cases: netflix, pinduoduo, tesla, etc. |
Group information (3 to 4 members per group) and Project 1 company name due at 11:59pm, Friday,
February 19, 2021 (please send email to your TA, Kent Chen)
Company suggestions: |
1 |
HO3. Business analysis: SWOT |
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4 |
24/2/2021 |
1 |
Value proposition and development of business models |
The first batch of entrepreneurship talk reports
due to canvas, 11:59pm, Sunday, February 28, 2021 (Talk report template) |
1 |
Why business plan |
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5 |
3/3/2021 |
1 |
Business plan |
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1 |
HO4. The role
and protection of innovations in entrepreneurship: The role of
technology |
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6 |
10/3/2021 |
1 |
Patent and trade secret |
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1 |
Trademark and copyright protection |
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7 |
17/3/2021 |
0 |
Project 1 presentation (Online): Company Analysis
(schedule) |
Project 1 report and ppt due, 11:59pm, Friday, March 19, 2021
Startup name and its tagline for
Final Project
due,
11:59pm, Sunday, March 21, 2021 (please send email to your TA, Kent Chen) |
0 |
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8 |
24/3/2021 |
1 |
HO5.
Fundraising: The role of VC in the market and the pitching process |
Second batch of entrepreneurship talk reports
due to canvas, 11:59pm, Wednesday, March 31, 2021 (Talk report template) |
1 |
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9 |
7/4/2021 |
1 |
Cases: Uber, Ofo and Employee Stock Options |
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1 |
HO6: From 0 to
Exit: Corporate Structure and
Design thinking |
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10 |
14/4/2021 |
1 |
Market-making innovation |
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1 |
Company management and rapid prototyping |
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11 |
21/4/2021 |
1 |
Pivoting, luck elements and beating the odds |
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1 |
Business plan discussion |
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12 |
28/4/2021 |
1 |
HO7. My story |
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1 |
HO8: Product pitching and final remarks |
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13 |
5/5/2021 | 0 |
Final project presentation (Online): Business Plan (schedule)
Marking scheme Final project ppt and report due to canvas, 11:59pm, Friday, May 14, 2021 |
Third (Last) batch of entrepreneurship talk reports
due to canvas, 11:59pm, Sunday, May 9, 2021 (Talk report template) |