“𝓗𝓲, 𝓘’𝓶 𝓪𝓷 𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓮𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓷𝓮𝓾𝓻!”

After executing their class business venture, CEO students transition into workshopping and developing an individual business, a side hustle, that they will launch at our spring trade show.

Students take the lessons and experiences learned from our guest speakers and experiences and combine them with the framework of “𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓐𝓻𝓽 (𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓢𝓬𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓮) 𝓸𝓯 𝓔𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓮𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓷𝓮𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓵 𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰” – a series of lessons that we are lucky enough to have taught by Doug Villhard, Academic Director for Entrepreneurship at Washington University.

Over the past several weeks, students have begun workshopping their budding ideas. Through these workshops, students have begun to explore the following concepts:

------> The 𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐇𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐋𝐄…What is it? How do I come up with an idea? What categories exist? How do I nail it?

------> The 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐌…all businesses exist to solve customer problems. What does an outrageously successful idea need?

------> The 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍…How do I create a “loveable” solution?

------> 𝐃𝐈𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍…Why is this important? What are the classic ways to set yourself apart from your competition?

These brave students are beginning to formulate their ideas, share them with peers and open themselves up to FEEDBACK.

Stay tuned...awesome ideas are in the works!