Design Thinking and Global Startup

This course teaches you how to prepare global startups using a systematic engineering design method called Stanford Design Thinking. The course empathizes the whole Stanford design thinking process, "Empathy-Define-Ideation-Prototype-Test," for building a startup with a business model that has a "customer truly need" component.

This course is focused on the lean "Prototype" and "Test" stages of Stanford Design Thinking. The course uses 4th Industrial Revolution technology, such as FaaS (Factory-as-a-service), with AI, Bigdata and 3D printing, to introduce a new manufacturing method. Students will complete the course by creating their crucial tools, such as lean-canvas and global investor relations (investor relationships) pitch decks. This is the first step in becoming a global innovator startup founder.

While the lectures are self-contained, it is recommended (but not required) that students consult the book E. Ries. The Lean Startup Crown: New York 2011/T. Hopkins, Selling For Dummies, Wiley Indianapolis, 2011 and The Mechanical Design Process D.G. This course can be aided by Ullman (4th Ed.), McGraw-Hill 2010.