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3. idea development
3.1. Solidifying Your Solution
https://mindsetnmilestones.com/
objectives
learning
Learn how to strategize your idea development (progress)
lesson details
lesson guide
Guiding questions
background
background
preparaton
preparation
more
Assessments
Watch this video as a lesson overview.
Overview
This lesson focuses on the specifics taking a broad idea and turning it into a specific, actionable plan for building out your product or service. This is where we take the idea from the abstract and turn it into the concrete.
3. idea development
3.1. Solidifying Your Solution
https://mindsetnmilestones.com/
view Slide Deck
The lesson guide will walk you through detailed instructions , an overview of the corresponding slides , and links to the resources.
objectives
lesson details
5 min
Module 3: Introduction
Introduction/Agenda/Objectives
Guiding questions
Warm-up: Introduction
10 min
background
Lesson 1: Solidify Your Solution
Activity: Solidifying Your Solution
60+ min
preparaton
+ solution
more
3 min
2 min
Remember
Challenge
Warm-up
Return
Goal The goal is for students to feel comfortable with sharing in a group. The more interaction you can get from the group, the more they will learn about each other and how to connect. You can opt to have individual introductions or choose groups of 2 or 3 students who will interact together. Warm-up Pick brainstorming partners or pair up with the same partners from the last lesson. Share the challenge from module 2.4. Challenge: Get feedback from one other person on your idea (a parent, friend, etc.) and find one thing you can change about your idea to make it better. Share what your experience was like getting feedback!
Activity: Solidifying Your Solution
Return
Goal
The goal of this workday is for students to think concretely about what their idea looks like in the real world so that we have a plan for how we need to help them move forward. The more they know about the specifics of their idea, the farther they will be able to get in terms of development and eventually launch!
Activity: Solidifying Your Solution
Preface: Go through the solution example first. Have the students read through the solution to the problem: a candle to repel bees safely. The students will be answering 6 questions and getting very clear on them.
- What problem does your idea solve?
- Is solving this problem a priority for your customers? In other words, do they need it?
- Insist that they include who their customers are as part of this.
- Is the solution they propose a product or a service?
- What is it? What does it do and how does it serve people?
- Who will make the product or perform the service?
- Where will they get the necessities needed to get started?
- How much money will you need to start it and how will you get it?
Let them know they need very little detail for this last question. We will explore this more thoroughly in the Financials section. This is just intended to get them to think reasonably (if they estimate they need $10,000 then there might be some new ideas to think about). This is the time to deeply consider all of these questions, do some basic internet research, and have the students think through some basic planning to make the idea feel real. Use internet searches and anything else that may be helpful during this time.
Remember
Return
These are the key points for students to remember.
- To talk things from mind to matter, we have to put some planning behind it. To plan, we have to know what we're planning to create in the first place. Today was about getting clear about what we're doing that we can move forward with a clear objective.
Challenge
The challenge for this lesson is a fun reflection activity that connects what they have learned by sharing with others. This will be shared in the next lesson when they warm-up.
Think through any additional items that needed more attention during the session. Any additional things you'd need to do or ways to make the idea more doable?
3. idea development
3.1. Solidifying Your Solution
https://mindsetnmilestones.com/
These questions are intended to deepen understanding and facilitate student engagement. You can use these questions when the discussion is going well and students are sharing lots of thoughts to get them to dive deeper; as well as when the conversation is failing in a section where dialogue is preferred.
objectives
lesson details
What parts of your solution have not been figured out yet?
Who are you serving with your solution?
Guiding questions
background
preparaton
How do you know that your solution will actually help your customer?
Where might you need to go to get help?
more
What kind of expertise is going to be most helpful to building your solution?
3. idea development
3.1. Solidifying Your Solution
https://mindsetnmilestones.com/
SOLIDIFYING YOUR SOLUTION
objectives
lesson details
Solidifying your solution is all about taking it from the idea phase to an actionable place where you can see exactly what needs to be done. In order to do so, you have to be able to answer questions that pertain to all of the specifics of your solutions. Where can you buy the things you need? What tools will allow you to build your solution? Who will you need help from? What challenges need to be overcome? We can only answer these questions when we commit to developing what the idea looks like in its tangible form. We go from "I want to build a candle company" to "I'm building the first prototype for my candle company". We start to make the idea real by putting real specifics to it! Lesson Vocabulary:
Guiding questions
background
preparaton
more
3. idea development
3.1. Solidifying Your Solution
https://mindsetnmilestones.com/
80+ min
lesson Time
objectives
lesson details
Resources
Guiding questions
materials
+ worksheet
Module 3: Introduction
background
- Internet access
- Ability to form groups or work independently
Lesson 1: Solidify Your Solution
view Slide Deck
preparaton
more
3. idea development
3.1. Solidifying Your Solution
https://mindsetnmilestones.com/
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Ideas to extend your lesson.
lesson details
Guiding questions
background
preparaton
projectS
learning ACTIVITIES
books
podcasts
more
Work on these projects.
Complete an interactive activity.
Read these books.
Listen to these podcasts.
info
info
info
info
3. idea development
3.1. Solidifying Your Solution
https://mindsetnmilestones.com/
objectives
Avoid These Tempting Startup IdeasY Combinator
01
Entrepreneurial Podcasts
lesson details
Dalton Caldwell & Michael Seibel discuss the types of ideas to stay away from—commonly referred to as "tarpit ideas."
Guiding questions
background
Startup SchoolY Combinator
02
preparaton
YC's Jared Friedman shares a framework for how to get and evaluate startup ideas.
more
podcasts
What To Do When Your Idea Doesn't Work Executive Minds Podcast
03
Books
Learning activity
Shares strategies on how to handle situations where ideas don’t go as planned.
projects
3. idea development
3.1. Solidifying Your Solution
https://mindsetnmilestones.com/
Entrepreneurial Books
objectives
lesson details
Guiding questions
background
preparaton
The Business Idea Factory
Originals
Disrupt You
more
Adam Grant
Jay Samit
Andrii Sedniev
Addresses the challenge of improving the world, but from the perspective of becoming original: championing novel ideas.
podcasts
Offers clear & empowering advice for anyone looking to invent new ideas.
An effective and easy-to-use system for creating successful business ideas.
Books
Learning activity
projects
+info
+info
+info
3. idea development
3.1. Solidifying Your Solution
https://mindsetnmilestones.com/
objectives
Interactive Learning Activity
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Guiding questions
Pure Imagination - Willy Wonka
background
preparaton
Students are encouraged to reconstruct household items for another useful purpose that is innovative and user-friendly.
more
podcasts
read more
Books
Learning activity
projects
3. idea development
3.1. Solidifying Your Solution
https://mindsetnmilestones.com/
objectives
Entrepreneurial Projects
lesson details
Offerings Menu
MVP Results Report
Guiding questions
Beginner
Advanced
Read more
background
Read more
preparaton
more
Promo Video
Branding Guide
Beginner/ Intermediate
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3. Idea development
https://mindsetnmilestones.com/
objectives
lesson details
Guiding questions
background
preparaton
3.1. Solidifying Your Solution
more
start here
Return
How to Navigate the Lesson Plan
The overall learning objectives for the lesson. The lesson 1 video provides a good overview of what to expect and is also found in the corresponding student slideshow.
Will walk you through detailed lesson instructions along with timing for each so you can plan your time. This is where you will spend most of your time preparing for the lesson.
To help with a deeper understanding and to facilitate student engagement.
Content here will provide information about what is needed to understand the lesson. Vocabulary for the lesson is found here.
Where you will find the materials and resources needed for the lesson and any ‘how to’ teacher instructions.
Where you will find ideas on how to extend the lesson including podcasts, books, learning activities, or projects.
Return to the home page and click on each link to the left and explore the lesson plan.
3. idea development
3.1. Solidifying Your Solution
https://mindsetnmilestones.com/
objectives
learning
Learn how to strategize your idea development (progress)
lesson details
lesson guide
Guiding questions
background
background
preparaton
preparation
more
Assessments
Watch this video as a lesson overview.
Overview
This lesson focuses on the specifics taking a broad idea and turning it into a specific, actionable plan for building out your product or service. This is where we take the idea from the abstract and turn it into the concrete.
3. idea development
3.1. Solidifying Your Solution
https://mindsetnmilestones.com/
view Slide Deck
The lesson guide will walk you through detailed instructions , an overview of the corresponding slides , and links to the resources.
objectives
lesson details
5 min
Module 3: Introduction
Introduction/Agenda/Objectives
Guiding questions
Warm-up: Introduction
10 min
background
Lesson 1: Solidify Your Solution
Activity: Solidifying Your Solution
60+ min
preparaton
+ solution
more
3 min
2 min
Remember
Challenge
Warm-up
Return
Goal The goal is for students to feel comfortable with sharing in a group. The more interaction you can get from the group, the more they will learn about each other and how to connect. You can opt to have individual introductions or choose groups of 2 or 3 students who will interact together. Warm-up Pick brainstorming partners or pair up with the same partners from the last lesson. Share the challenge from module 2.4. Challenge: Get feedback from one other person on your idea (a parent, friend, etc.) and find one thing you can change about your idea to make it better. Share what your experience was like getting feedback!
Activity: Solidifying Your Solution
Return
Goal
The goal of this workday is for students to think concretely about what their idea looks like in the real world so that we have a plan for how we need to help them move forward. The more they know about the specifics of their idea, the farther they will be able to get in terms of development and eventually launch!
Activity: Solidifying Your Solution
Preface: Go through the solution example first. Have the students read through the solution to the problem: a candle to repel bees safely. The students will be answering 6 questions and getting very clear on them.
- What problem does your idea solve?
- Is solving this problem a priority for your customers? In other words, do they need it?
- Insist that they include who their customers are as part of this.
- Is the solution they propose a product or a service?
- What is it? What does it do and how does it serve people?
- Who will make the product or perform the service?
- Where will they get the necessities needed to get started?
- How much money will you need to start it and how will you get it?
Let them know they need very little detail for this last question. We will explore this more thoroughly in the Financials section. This is just intended to get them to think reasonably (if they estimate they need $10,000 then there might be some new ideas to think about). This is the time to deeply consider all of these questions, do some basic internet research, and have the students think through some basic planning to make the idea feel real. Use internet searches and anything else that may be helpful during this time.Remember
Return
These are the key points for students to remember.
Challenge
The challenge for this lesson is a fun reflection activity that connects what they have learned by sharing with others. This will be shared in the next lesson when they warm-up.
Think through any additional items that needed more attention during the session. Any additional things you'd need to do or ways to make the idea more doable?
3. idea development
3.1. Solidifying Your Solution
https://mindsetnmilestones.com/
These questions are intended to deepen understanding and facilitate student engagement. You can use these questions when the discussion is going well and students are sharing lots of thoughts to get them to dive deeper; as well as when the conversation is failing in a section where dialogue is preferred.
objectives
lesson details
What parts of your solution have not been figured out yet?
Who are you serving with your solution?
Guiding questions
background
preparaton
How do you know that your solution will actually help your customer?
Where might you need to go to get help?
more
What kind of expertise is going to be most helpful to building your solution?
3. idea development
3.1. Solidifying Your Solution
https://mindsetnmilestones.com/
SOLIDIFYING YOUR SOLUTION
objectives
lesson details
Solidifying your solution is all about taking it from the idea phase to an actionable place where you can see exactly what needs to be done. In order to do so, you have to be able to answer questions that pertain to all of the specifics of your solutions. Where can you buy the things you need? What tools will allow you to build your solution? Who will you need help from? What challenges need to be overcome? We can only answer these questions when we commit to developing what the idea looks like in its tangible form. We go from "I want to build a candle company" to "I'm building the first prototype for my candle company". We start to make the idea real by putting real specifics to it! Lesson Vocabulary:
Guiding questions
background
preparaton
more
3. idea development
3.1. Solidifying Your Solution
https://mindsetnmilestones.com/
80+ min
lesson Time
objectives
lesson details
Resources
Guiding questions
materials
+ worksheet
Module 3: Introduction
background
Lesson 1: Solidify Your Solution
view Slide Deck
preparaton
more
3. idea development
3.1. Solidifying Your Solution
https://mindsetnmilestones.com/
objectives
Ideas to extend your lesson.
lesson details
Guiding questions
background
preparaton
projectS
learning ACTIVITIES
books
podcasts
more
Work on these projects.
Complete an interactive activity.
Read these books.
Listen to these podcasts.
info
info
info
info
3. idea development
3.1. Solidifying Your Solution
https://mindsetnmilestones.com/
objectives
Avoid These Tempting Startup IdeasY Combinator
01
Entrepreneurial Podcasts
lesson details
Dalton Caldwell & Michael Seibel discuss the types of ideas to stay away from—commonly referred to as "tarpit ideas."
Guiding questions
background
Startup SchoolY Combinator
02
preparaton
YC's Jared Friedman shares a framework for how to get and evaluate startup ideas.
more
podcasts
What To Do When Your Idea Doesn't Work Executive Minds Podcast
03
Books
Learning activity
Shares strategies on how to handle situations where ideas don’t go as planned.
projects
3. idea development
3.1. Solidifying Your Solution
https://mindsetnmilestones.com/
Entrepreneurial Books
objectives
lesson details
Guiding questions
background
preparaton
The Business Idea Factory
Originals
Disrupt You
more
Adam Grant
Jay Samit
Andrii Sedniev
Addresses the challenge of improving the world, but from the perspective of becoming original: championing novel ideas.
podcasts
Offers clear & empowering advice for anyone looking to invent new ideas.
An effective and easy-to-use system for creating successful business ideas.
Books
Learning activity
projects
+info
+info
+info
3. idea development
3.1. Solidifying Your Solution
https://mindsetnmilestones.com/
objectives
Interactive Learning Activity
lesson details
Guiding questions
Pure Imagination - Willy Wonka
background
preparaton
Students are encouraged to reconstruct household items for another useful purpose that is innovative and user-friendly.
more
podcasts
read more
Books
Learning activity
projects
3. idea development
3.1. Solidifying Your Solution
https://mindsetnmilestones.com/
objectives
Entrepreneurial Projects
lesson details
Offerings Menu
MVP Results Report
Guiding questions
Beginner
Advanced
Read more
background
Read more
preparaton
more
Promo Video
Branding Guide
Beginner/ Intermediate
Intermediate
podcasts
Read more
Read more
Books
Learning activity
projects