Idea2Venture
INTD 425
Idea2Venture is an upper-level undergraduate course in entrepreneurship for juniors and seniors of any major. In this course, we build actual start-up companies. Students are assembled into six to eight teams with three to four members each to work on a specific business idea for a new start-up company. Students develop an achievable and actionable business plan, along with an investor presentation, which is delivered at the end of the semester to a panel of business experts.
The start-up companies can be hard tech, soft tech or low tech and are aligned with one of the following tracks: energy/sustainability, advanced or bio technology, software/IT, products, services, or social entrepreneurship. Students can work on their own pre-approved business ideas or can be assigned to a team working on an idea originating from another student, faculty, staff or community member. The instructor and experienced business mentors will guide students through the process. Student teams are expected to compete in the New York Business Plan Competition.
At the end of the semester, if the business idea is deemed viable by a panel of experts, then an individual student or a team of students can apply for a summer internship to take occupancy and further build their company in a the student incubator at Campus House.