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Georgia Tech: Startup Semester

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Re: Georgia Tech: Startup Semester

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Post by dreamdu5t »

"make entrepreneurship much more accessible to undergraduates" = We'll focus on web startups because everyone can make websites (right?)

"We're dedicating an entire workspace just for teams to work, collaborate, and bounce ideas off each other." = We have a room with chairs and computers.

"Workshops on lean principles, peer teaching, individualized team deliverables" = We'll teach you what a to-do list and a convertible note is. It's not easy.

"Mentorship: Veterans entrepreneurs, business developers, specialists." = Unnamed people who don't know what they're doing tell you they know what they're doing.

Re: Georgia Tech: Startup Semester

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Post by paul9290 »

An innovative college needs to make this a four year concentration!

It will offer the students skills in design, development, online and regular marketing, PR, public speaking, team building, as well as internships at VC firms, other startups and more.

I graduated with a degree in the Recording Industry from a school in and around Nashville, which offered internships at labels and other industry focused businesses.

I'm surprised there isn't a web start-up concentration offered at any colleges similar to the Recording Industry concentration I studied. There should be!

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Post by aswanson »

I'm glad to see this spreading. A lot of people here are too young to know. Just a few years back, the zeitgeist in the CS/Engineering community was not about startups, which was a real shame. I bitched/ranted about schools not doing more to promote technical people to start companies. pg stated that over time it would invade from the ground up, which seems to be happening: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37850

[EDIT: Grammar, wording]

Re: Georgia Tech: Startup Semester

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Post by harigov »

University of Michigan already has a course that does something similar. Also, they introduced a 'Master in Entrepreneurship' focusing on all the aspects of Entrepreneurship. They are getting into it in a big way. I bet all the big universities already have courses, clubs or incubators serving similar purpose.

Re: Georgia Tech: Startup Semester

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Post by dpeck »

It's great to see my school doing this, but looking at it doesn't seem very different from the senior design/capstone projects that many of the technical majors have already. I assume the big difference is not taking other classes along with this program and you don't have a customer lined up before starting?

For perspective my senior design project was a semester long "class" that met once every week or two for milestone updates from the groups, and occasional lectures/instruction from industry folks. My groups project was 4 of us designing and implementing a group management system for social orgs. Basic stuff like shared calendars, sub groups, emailforum integration, permissions/views for officers and such. Obviously not the most ambitious project, but the kind of thing that a few college kids could feasibly do in a semester on top of a full course load.

Re: Georgia Tech: Startup Semester

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Post by heyaswin »

dreamdu5t wrote: post #2

"make entrepreneurship much more accessible to undergraduates" = We'll focus on web startups because everyone can make websites (right?) "We're dedicating an entire workspace just for teams to work, collaborate, and bounce ideas off each other." = We have a room with chairs and computers. "Workshops on lean principles, peer teaching, individualized team deliverables" = We'll teach you what a to-do list and a converti…

Hey dreamdu5t,

Just curious but have you actually seen the mentor list?

http://www.facebook.com/notes/startup-semester/startup-semes...

You're welcome to your opinion of course - just thought you might be curious.

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