Entrepreneurship

and creativity,
a student’s
perspective

Nicolò Wojewoda
Delft University of Technology
BEST/SPEED
 Outline

1. reflect on the topic

2. recommendations

3. bold recommendations
Entrepreneurship

• shortening the gap

between an idea and its
market

• unsolicited initiative
• all about attitude and
practices
Creativity
Creativity
 Creativity

• create something new

• original ideas
• a skill to be trained
 A common learning cycle

Problem Idea Design Use

 Entrepreneurship and creativity

Creativity

Problem Idea Design Market Use

 5 ideas about entrepr’ship & creativity

1. grades are not all

2. harsh but soft environment,
3. give students the chance to fail
(without big consequences)
4. encourage student dialogue
5. courses and incubators
 When?

• Graduate
• full integration
• less guidance
• Undergraduate
• partial integration
• full guidance
• Secondary education
and before
Cost-benefit analysis

• Costs: human resources,

financial resources

• Benefits: retaining
successes, start-ups, alumni
communities, knowledge,
innovation
 Obstacles

• control on the curriculum

• extra-curricular efforts
 Risks

• focusing on “profit” market

• losing focus on learning
• too hard for students
• too easy to show them how
to do that
 My bold recommendations

• every course, a project

• every project, a community project
• alumni input for every course
• multiple sets of assessment criteria
• 20% rule
Conclusion
Thank you!

Questions?