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CS902 - Applied Wireless Electronic Commerce: A Course in Emerging Technology and Invention

Prof. Thomas P. Cahill
Summer 2004 Y Session
E-mail: tcahill@duke.poly.edu or cahillt3@msn.com

Course Abstract

Applied Wireless Electronic Commerce (or alternatively Applied Mobile Electronic Commerce)is being taught for the first time as an evolution of the "Applied Electronic Commerce" course taught at Poly for the last four Summers. In this course Instructor and Student will work together to develop business plans and proofs of concept for innovations in Wireless Electronic Commerce. The final presentation will be to a "Venture Capitalist" (the Instructor) meant as a pitch for funding. Students who have completed "Wireless Electronic Commerce" may bring forward their inventions to this course for further development. Students who have created wireless technology inventions in the "Emerging Technology and Intellectual Property Development" may also bring forward their inventions to this course for further development.

Process: Students will form teams. Each team will conceive, develop and demonstrate an Wireless based business idea, create a business "vision," determine feasibility, define technical do-ablity, determine financial return (not necessarily positive cashflow), identify major issues (problems), create a small Internet based proof of concept demonstration or storyboard, convince an investor (me) to invest, submit a business plan.

Sessions

  1. Extreme Programming Paradigm and SCRUM management methodology; Intellectual Property and Confidentiality of the Classroom; Structure of a Business Plan Creation of Teams
  2. Business Planning; Developing "Proofs of Concept." Discussion of Team Technology Choice.
  3. SWAT analysis concepts. Practicum 1
  4. "Branding" your idea. Buying Domain Names. Trademarks and Service Marks. Intellectual Capital Management
  5. Identifying Competition both as "Enemy" and Source of Ideas and New Directions Practicum 2
  6. Pre-93 economy, the dotcom economy, the dotbomb economy and what lies beyond. We've been there before The Dutch Tulip Frenzy and the Mississipi Bubble. The new millennium and the effect of 911. Pax Americana or Armageddon?
  7. Forming a Corporation or a LLC. Practicum 3
  8. Sources of support or funding: Small Business Loans, Venture Capital, Technology Incubators, WICAT, Science & Technology Ventures - The Technology Transfer Unit of Columbia University

Texts : See Instructor