Case Study in Technopreneurship

The Case Analysis of a Technological Enterprise (TBM017A) forms the integration moment of the Minor Technology-Based Entrepreneurship (MOT-MI-088-19), in which the learned knowledge and skills from the individual minor courses (modules) come together. Nothing is as instructive as getting to work yourself to apply all the knowledge learned. The goal is to develop an (own) innovative idea into a realistic market proposition. Each team, consisting of 5 students from different disciplines, comes up with an innovative product idea and develops it on the basis of assignments and examples. The guiding principle for this course is the Disciplined Entrepreneurship method of Bill Aulet. This textbook is mandatory and will be used cover-to-cover. The book is accessible online via TU Delft library account. However, it is advisable to buy the paper version of this book so that you can quickly browse it and paste Post-It's and take notes in relevant places. It is a useful purchase because you will often fall back on it.

The integration course ends with the delivery and presentation of a business plan in which the idea is described, but especially the way in which it meets a need and how you will meet it.

Following individual courses in this minor is not allowed, the teacher of the course can make an exception in different cases.

The final grade of the course is structured as follows:

1.Individual participation (active participation and peer evaluation): 20%

2.Partial assignments (2) and performance in coaching sessions: 50%

3.Final Business Plan (document): 20%

4.Presentation Final Business plan (for jury): 10%

Total 100%

Social media will be used to document your project progress and will contribute to your final grade as part of the assessment criteria.

Retakes will be determined, if necessary.

The partial assignments and final report are completed in teams and form the basis of the group grade. Individual grades, however, also reflect each student’s level of active participation. To support this, each team will carry out an internal evaluation in which all members assess one another—including themselves—on commitment, motivation, and collaboration. These peer assessments contribute to the final individual grades. As a result, it's not uncommon for members of the same team to receive different final marks. To succeed, it is essential to be fully engaged with your team from the very beginning. If all team members agree that a student has consistently underperformed and can provide evidence, that student may fail the course.

A threshold of 5.5 applies to all parts of the course. The interrelationship between the grading components will be explained at the first lecture.