July 2020

EAE BUSINESS SCHOOL RESPONDS TO COVID-19 WITH STUDENT CHALLENGE BASED ON DESIGN SPRINT

EAE Business School (Barcelona and Madrid, Spain) developed a 7-week student challenge to identify solutions to problems that arose because of COVID-19 including: pandemic prevention, supporting the elderly, advising small businesses, and helping unemployed people find new sources of income.   The challenge was based on the Design Sprint methodology created at Google by Jake Knapp, where the five stages of design thinking are each completed in one day. EAE extended the program to five weeks (with an additional week for introduction and results) to accommodate the online environment and encourage teams to have a functioning prototype to demo in the final week. Student teams benefited from weekly sessions with tutors and mentors, and found value in a free online collaborative whiteboard platform Miro , that may be helpful to Collaborative members.   Industry experts gave feedback and ultimately selected the idea with the greatest potential for implementation. The winning team was Iura, a solution that helps victims of domestic violence gain better access to legal information, make connections with specialists, and be better protected within the bounds of the law. Team Iura was invited to compete for one of the ten spots at the EAE LAB Propeller, a 3-month intensive startup acceleration program.   The challenge was run by Santiago Tobón , EAE LAB Program Manager and Henri Mennens , EAE LAB Design and Development Director. Contact them for more details.

If you would like to share a story from your institution with our Collaborative membership, please contact Jamie Kendrioski .

WELCOME NEW MEMBER!

We are pleased to announce our newest member, Universidad Camilo José Cela (UCJC) in Madrid, Spain. Founded in 2000, UCJC is one of the youngest and fastest growing universities in Spain and Europe. UCJC is bridging the gap between traditional and modern times through a liberal arts and sciences approach centered around three fundamental academic dimensions, the three “I”s: Interdisciplinary learning, Innovation, and Internationalization. Collaborative Champion: Camila Polensvaig Kominsky , Director of the Degree in Entrepreneurship and Technology

UPCOMING EVENTS

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COMMUNITY CONVERSATION: REOPENING SCHOOLS IN THE COVID ENVIRONMENT Wednesday, August 5, 2020 09:00-10:15 EDT  (GMT-4) As we continue to face unprecedented challenges, educators and institutions are acting entrepreneurially, remaining agile and preparing to pivot quickly as circumstances change in the months and year ahead. Please join us and share changes to your entrepreneurship curriculum and co-curricular activities and creative aspects of your school’s plan to reopen in the coming academic term. Audience: Educators

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WEBINAR: ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPETENCIES TRAINING Tuesday, August 18, 2020 09:00-09:45 EDT  (GMT-4) Presenter:  Dr. Rajukumar Phatate , Mahindra University  (Hyderabad, India)   Dr. Phatate will present key competencies required to become a successful entrepreneur (based on psychologist David McClelland’s achievement motivation theory of entrepreneurship). He will describe the process of competencies development, and offer pedagogical tools (including interactive games) for helping students develop these competencies. Visit the Member Portal for more details. Audience: Educators

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BCERC DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM SHOWCASE

Each year the Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) brings together academics and real-world practitioners to share insights and ideas from scholarly research. This year, the BCERC Doctoral Consortium participants published 26 practitioner translations that highlight important implications for entrepreneurs and other ecosystem participants.These articles translate academic work into a format that offers practitioners new insights and best practices.    We invite you to view and download these FREE articles . Topics include: ·   Building and Managing the Entrepreneurial Team ·   Managing Stress and Anxiety ·   Raising Capital ·   Strategies for Competing and Growing Your Business    We hope you are able to use this research to help advance your entrepreneurship education ecosystems.

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