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My Alma Mater, the University of Michigan has embraced design for the two billion people who live at the base of the economic pyramid. I met yesterday with Moses Lee, Lecturer at the Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Michigan and Blogger for NextBillion to discuss the scope for this very multidisciplinary course.
The U of M Social Venture Creation Course provides an opportunity for students who have ideas for designs for low income people in developing parts of the world to take action on their vision.
From the class description:
The new Social Venture Creation Course, in partnership with the Center for Entrepreneurship at the College of Engineering, the School of Art & Design, and the William Davidson Institute, is an innovative, action-based learning laboratory that brings students across disciplines at the University of Michigan to work on solving society’s challenges
- together.
In this course, students will form multidisciplinary teams and take steps to launch a social venture. By the end of this course, student teams will submit an implementation plan and make a presentation on a social venture idea to a panel of industry experts and potential funders. The hope is that some of these multidisciplinary student teams will be able to launch a social venture upon completing the course - and make real, long-lasting impact.
Find out more at: Social Venture Creation
