The Birds Eye View meets the Soil...Blogs, Slide Decks, Elevator Pitch

Key Tidbits from Byers/Bangale EF2 Call (1/21 @ 10am-noon ET)

1. Ajay to come up to Boston on Wed, 1/28 for 12:30pm working lunch with Carl (will meet you at HKS directly); also will sit in on EF1 class
2. Carl to update Showcase Deck with Young Entrepreneurs Guide (YEG) and also splice in additional slides from Value Proposition Design (that were discussed on the call)
3. Ajay to send Carl relevant YEG chapters by Sunday evening (1/25)
4. Carl and Ajay to start Blogger profile and start thinking through weekly Blog deliverables and milestones
5. Carl to update Syllabus with the new rubric: ⅔ blog posts/reflections/concept reviews ⅓ 15 page slide deck + 3 minute elevator pitch + class involvement/participation

Ajay,

Thanks for a very productive call today. Your careful reading, your experience as a CA, and our consistent vision of the class really are a huge help! I like how we landed on the delvierables from the class: blog, deck, and video.  I agree with all your tidbits above. I’ll send you the revised syllabus and revised shopping presentation once I have those items ready. I’d love any further feedback you  have before “game day.”

Thanks again, Carl

Ajay’s Response to Carl’s Note: :)

EF2: Carl and Ajay Agenda (1.28.15 @ 10am ET)

(1) Case Update: YearUp case starring Gerald Chertavian

(2) Course Map Sketching and Whiteboarding: What goes where and when

(3) Blog: let's start thinking through open-ended blogging questions that allow students to prioritize what matters most to them and demonstrate a strong command of the cases/other readings  

(4) Course reading/writing expectations: Allowing students to dive deep into various readings/cases and verbalize (via video clips) or write about their takeaways through weekly updates; Due by noon on Fridays?

(5) How analytical should we make the class: lightweight, welterweight, heavyweight? Great primer on term sheet negotiations on VentureHack Blog

More Food for Thought…

I was perusing more books at the local Barnes & Noble while also making use of the Google Play store on my SmartPhone and a eureka moment emerged...why don’t we have all the students consider an option to buy the ebook via GooglePlay for under $12 bucks!? See below…

http://books.google.com/books?id=yYjelGR-hvAC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

Books on Google Play

The Young Entrepreneur's Guide to Starting and Running a Business: Turn Your Ideas into Money! (Google eBook) Steve Mariotti Doubleday Religious Publishing Group, Apr 29, 2014 - Business & Economics - 496 pages 2 Reviews Through stories of young entrepreneurs who have started businesses, this book illustrates how to turn hobbies, skills, and interests into profit-making ventures. Mariotti describes the characteristics of the successful entrepreneur and covers the nuts and bolts of getting a business up, running and successful.