Entrepreneurial Design Thinking

Since 2019, the Entrepreneurial Design Thinking program has provided over 100 entrepreneurs across New York City with an intensive, “hands-on” course focusing on the contemporary design thinking concepts and tools applied to generate innovative solutions to important marketplace and/or community problems.

During the program, participants will learn how to:

• Identify and define a major problem to be solved

• Engage real customers to better understand the problem from their perspective

• Generate multiple solutions, then choose a solution to test with real customers

• Create an action plan based on customer feedback

• Present their solution idea to the relevant stakeholders

Requirements

This course is open to New York City residents 18 years of age and older. If you identify as a returning citizen and/or are justice system-involved, we highly encourage you to apply. You will not be required to disclose your status in order to enroll in the course.