James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2021

LB5222 - Technopreneurship: the E entrepreneur

Subject Description

This subject explores the phenomenon of entrepreneurship in technology. It involves starting a technology venture in the hope of making a profit. The technology entrepreneur, also known as a technopreneur, is a person who identifies a technology-based opportunity and creates a business opportunity from an idea based on technology, innovates through commercialising based upon a robust business model. This subject explores how the technology venture is designed, developed and enhances technology products and services. Such innovative technologies will include but is not limited to defense, securities, space and flight, web technologies, electronic devices, mobile solutions, medicine and automation solutions, energy, nano technologies and applications, new technologies, robotics, gamification and applications , SNS connectivities and communications, automations, foods and yields, engineering, and medical technovative breakthrough solutions.

Learning Outcomes

• appraise entrepreneurial creativity and innovation in a technological context
• evaluate how an opportunity is identified and developed successfully in a technological context
• select and justify an optimum business model for technological product development and commercialization

Subject Assessment

• Written > Poster - (25%) - Individual
• Performance/Practice/Product > Multimedia production - (25%) - Group & Individual
• Technovation project, presentation and feasibility report - (50%) - Group & Individual

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