Turning Technology into Business

Turning Technology into Business (TTiB) aims to equip participants with a strong conceptual foundation to actively understand the dynamic process of technology-based entrepreneurship.
Participants learn how business strategies are best formulated and how (through entrepreneurship) technology can create value.

TTiB consists of seven lectures, introducing the theoretical backgrounds of technological, market and business analyses.
A unique aspect of TTiB is that existing technologies (developed and patented by the TU Delft) are used as case subjects.
The patent project is the focal point of the curriculum.
Each group of 4-5 students will be assigned an original patent, and is expected to evaluate the commercial potential of this technology.
This includes choosing promising applications (products) for the technology, and making recommendations for the most suitable business model to commercialize the technology.
The patent project should provide a coherent and structured answer to the central question: which strategy is most likely to generate business from this patent?
In addition to equipping participants with a thorough knowledge of the course subject, the Delft Center for Entrepreneurship (DCE) hopes that this course will be the starting point for a variety of university spin-offs in which the students will participate.
To accommodate this, DCE offers several follow-up courses.
See: https://www.tudelft.nl/tbm/dce/education/master-courses

Each group (of 4 or 5 students) writes a report on their findings, analysis and recommendations for the technology (patent) they used as a case for this course. On the Final Day, the group has to give a 10 minute oral presentation.

The report makes up 80% of the final grade. The final grade is summative.

This team grade will be modified according to the individual student's class contributions and his/her performance within the group (peer review).

There is no resit possibility.