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The Iterative Innovation Process

School: MIT

Platform:  edX

Registration Link: CLICK HERE

Start Date: October 26, 2016 (8 Weeks Long)

Workload: 4-6 Hours Per Week

Instructor: Eugene Fitzgerald, Andreas Wankerl, Arne Hessenbruch

Credentials: Fitzgerald is a professor of materials engineering at MIT. A Ph.D. from Cornell, Fitzgerald spent six years at AT&T’s Bell Labs before moving to academia. He has been the owner and founder of several ventures in research, semiconductors, and circuitry. Fitzgerald will be assisted by Wankerl, the operations director at Innovation Interface who holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and an MBA from Cornell, and Hessenbruch, a co-founder and partner at Muninsight, an energy research firm.

Graded: Students who complete all course requirements can purchase a verified certificate for $99.

Description: Unlike tradition courses, which treat innovation as a linear process beginning with research and concluding with a product, The Iterative Innovation Process covers it as a series of trials-and-errors. Here, entrepreneurs eventually reach their desired result by testing variables in small and repetitive steps “until the right pieces come together.” In the course, Students will focus on how to think like innovators, sometimes using historical examples to guide them. Notably, the course examines uncertainty in the context of markets, technology, and implementation. In the process, students will understand how these elements are interconnected, along with research techniques to mitigate uncertainty (including an in-depth primer on patents).

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