Innovation and Technopreneurship

LUIS SISON, PH.D.

TECH101 MINDANAO
NOV 7, 2018
VIP HOTEL, CDO

Wifi: VIP Mandala Hall

Password: stay2017vip
 Program

—  08:30 AM
Welcome remarks and speaker intro
—  09:10 AM
Customer discovery and Tech To Go Overview
—  9:50 AMMorning Break
—  10:00 AM
Icebreaker
—  10:15 AM
Activity: Opportunity identification:
KnowHow, KnowWho
—  12:00 PM Lunch
—  01:00 PM Icebreaker
—  01:15 PM Activity: User story
—  02:30 PM Technology Transfer
—  03:15 PM Activity: Customer ROI
 T101 syllabus writeshop program

—  09:00 AM Review of issues

Implementation tips
—  09:45 AM USTP Implementation overview
—  10:00 AM Activity: Before user story
—  10:30 AM Activity: Target outcomes
—  11:00 AM Activity: After user story (syllabus)
—  11:30 AM Activity: Implementation plan
—  12:00 PM Lunch
—  01:00 PM Pitch session
Tech 101 Implementation Issues?
Lab course for innovation and startups

Oslo Startup Lab

 Class Workflow for IE298

Opportunity Problem/User IP, tech transfer Validation

M1

M2

M3

M4
identification story Channels, sales Implementation
One-day Validation Production, proposal
validation Design sprint costs Demo day
Team formation LoFi MVP HiFi MVP
First pitch Validation
 Possible undergrad class workflow: sem1

Mindset One-day Validation Validation

M1

M2

M3

M4
Opportunity validation Design sprint IP, tech
identification Team LoFi MVP transfer
formation Demo day
First pitch
Problem/
User story
Design pegs…
Challenge Lab
 Collider sprints

—  .. In an effort to find the next emerging fields in tech,

Collider Sprint topics are proposed by industry or
academic research centers and designed to challenge
students to develop innovative solutions that lead to
industry or technology advancement, new venture
creation, or measurable social impact. Mentoring by
industry experts provides students valuable insight
into new markets and opportunities while expanding
personal and professional networks. All Collider
Sprints are team-based and project-driven,
providing an opportunity to sharpen teamwork and
leadership skills in a multidisciplinary
environment.
Multidisciplinary teams
 Affiliated programs

CFA:
ID, VC
Techno-
entrep BA
class

IAP
Workflow for multidisciplinary innovation

Opportunity •  Multidisciplinary
ident + Team plenary
formation

•  Energy
Design •  Environmental
(LoFi MVP) •  … <field specific
facilitation>

•  Multidisciplinary
Demo day plenary
Continuing a venture
 Tech transfer stages
•  Early disclosure: initiate IP protection process
Lab/ •  Initial Customer discovery
Alpha

•  Research Service Agreement (licensing for devt, no royalty yet)

•  Continue customer discovery: improve product-market fit
Beta •  Initial venture plan

•  Scale-up process design/implementation

•  Licensing negotiation for royalty wrt venture plan Tech transfer
•  Customer validation: initial orders in process
Pre-sales •  Venture plan update: supply, distribution, etc.

•  Execute venture plan

•  Monitoring/collection based on license contract
Sales •  Review/Renegotiate/Renew as needed
 Continuing Venture proposal

—  Identify current TRL and next TRL

¡  Key activity for next TRL
÷  TRL 4: Lab demo to potential customer
÷  TRL 5: Pilot/field testing with industry partner
÷  TRL 6: Addressing key issues to satisfy target specs of industry partner
÷  TRL 7: Scale-up production planning with manufacturing partner
÷  TRL 8: Addressing key issues to satisfy manufacturing targets
—  Value Proposition: explain target TRL and key issues to be addressed for
that TRL
—  KnowWho: potential customer, field testing industry partner, or
manufacturing partner, depending on next TRL
¡  May be the same contact from the previous venture
—  KnowHow: R&D lead/team who can …
¡  TRL 4: … deliver lab demo
¡  TRL 5: … support field testing
¡  TRL 6: … address issues in field testing
¡  TRL 7: … support scale-up production planning
¡  TRL 8: … address issues in production
¡  Or who can be the proponent for a funding proposal for any of the above
¡  May be the same contact from the previous venture
 One-day validation
for continuing venture proposal

—  KnowWho
¡  Confirm the problem and get updates on developments on the problem
and any solutions they may have tried
¡  Get feedback on the Hi-Fi MVP from the previous team
¡  Confirm willingness to collaborate for the next TRL, possibly as listed
industry partner for a DOST funding proposal
—  KnowHow
¡  Confirm the current TRL and get updates on any R&D developments,
including changes in the R&D team (e.g. who are the lead developers or
research assistants
¡  Get feedback on the Hi-Fi MVP from the previous team. Is it technically
feasible?
¡  Confirm willingness to collaborate for the next TRL, possibly as project
leader for a DOST funding proposal
—  Ask KnowWho and KnowHow to email me their expression of
commitment so I can introduce them to the tech transfer
office for the subsequent steps
 Takeaways

—  Outcomes-based design and (external) evaluation

—  Support both startups AND tech transfer
—  Hands-on work with live cases
—  Keep working towards TRL 9
—  Ventures are only as good as opportunity
identification and multidisciplinary teams
—  Supporting campus innovation ecosystem providing
path to implementation and impact
 Secondary goals: Skills

Customer
Oral
development
communications
process

Scrum and
project Collaboration
management
<USTP implementation>
 Activity: Related courses
(User story before Tech101)

—  List related courses in your curriculum

¡  May benefit from Tech101 skills

¡  May prepare students for Tech101

—  Indicate timing in 4 year curriculum

 Implementation options

—  Single course: Preferably penultimate sem (4Y1S)

¡  Undergrad version of IE298: see Engg 150 proposal
—  Split course
¡  Sophomore (2Y or 3Y)
÷  Sidhu: Berkeley method (2014)
÷  Design thinking
¡  Thesis proposal (4Y1S) or similar design course
÷  Opportunity identification and team formation
÷  IP and tech transfer (prior art review)
÷  LoFi MVP and validation
÷  Implementation proposal
¡  Thesis implementation (4Y2S)
÷  Scrum/agile
÷  IP disclosure
÷  HiFi MVP and validation
 Timing in the curriculum?

Pros: earlier years Pros: later years

—  Earlier mindset change —  More maturity

—  Wider professional
—  More time to develop/ networks
validate idea for —  Deeper technical
possible senior project background: more
implementation technical variety
—  Avoid scheduling conflict
—  More students to be with other foundation
influenced major courses
—  Smaller number of
students to support
JSS Academy of Technical Education
 IE 298 competencies

Analysis
•  Knowledge of engineering, understanding the use of technology in engineering, systems
thinking, and use of computer software and technology

Design
• Analyzing requirements for the product/process/service, identifying existing solutions to the
problem, and decision-making for the product/process/service features and specifications

Development
• Planning, Prototyping, Testing, Assessing

Evaluation
• Defining performance measures, developing research methodology, and making judgement
about the merits of the product/process/service

Communication
• Presentation, Conducting Meetings, Writing Reports, Interviewing, Collaboration, Negotiation
 Learning outcomes

—  KnowWho, One-day validation

¡  Identify industry challenges through customer interviews
¡  Identify industry contacts and setup interviews/meetings
—  KnowHow
¡  Assess R&D in terms of progression towards the market (TRL)
¡  Describe of R&D capability in the country
¡  Identify high impact research topics
¡  Identify R&D contacts and setup interviews/meetings
¡  Identify opportunities for venture proposal
—  Venture proposal
¡  Develop connections between market needs and R&D capability
¡  Develop proposals to bring R&D closer to the market
 IE298 outcomes

—  Market validation

—  Invention disclosures and IP assessment
—  TRL advancement
—  R&D support
¡  Roadmap: topics for capstone, thesis, dissertation

¡  Funding: high-impact grant proposals

—  Industry collaborations

—  Spinoff companies
Activity: Outcomes

—  Propose target

outcomes for Tech101
implementation
—  List impediments to
proposed target
outcomes
 Activity: T101 course outlines
(User story with T101 implementation)

—  Design your innovation course sequence

—  Propose course syllabus for T101 main course(s)
—  Optional: Prepare course design for follow-on course
in Technopreneurship track
 PROJECT
MILESTONES Launch

PRODUCT
Launch

COMMERCIAL
Launch
 ICT and
Mentoring Workspaces
staff support

Seed Campus
Networking
funding linkages
Campus innovation ecosystem

Research &
Extension

IP and tech Incubators

transfer Accelerators
UPscale institutional partners in UP Diliman

Innovation
Ecosystem

OVCRD-PMRGO
R&D Labs & UPS EIDR OVCRD-RDUO OVCRD-TTBDO TBIs UPscale-IGNITE FabLab
Tech generation R&D Seed Funding Publication IP and Licensing Industry collabs Ind’l Design &
Prototyping

UPscale-
Enterprise UP-Ayala TBI OpenTBI TechPortal ISSI TBI

Preincubation, Startup spaces Startup spaces Startups spaces MSME’s

Deep Tech
 Development activities

—  Meetups
—  Hackathons
—  Boot camps
—  Technopreneurship classes
—  Product design classes
—  Technology transfer disclosures
—  R&D contests/awards
—  Benchmarking
—  Industry networking/immersion
<Mindanao Cohort activities>
 Activity: Innovation ecosystem

—  Review target outcomes and issues

—  Design development activities to jumpstart your
innovation ecosystem
¡  Include prep activities for faculty development