1. Master of Science in Innovation and Entrepreneurship ENT4000 Group work session 1 – 26 August 2008

2. ENT 4000 - Group Work Session 1 Group Work Sessions Help you with business plans!!! Your presence is required… Presentation of relevant topic Home assignment Presentation (students practise) Discussion Feedback Guidance

3. ENT 4000 - Group Work Session 1 Frust (”pain”) Typically a ”frust” is something that people are frustrated with, and where i.e. a technological solution can be applied to solve the problem. Typical areas are: –Sheer frustrations (e.g. Why is this so expensive? Why does not this and that exist?) –Bottlenecks (e.g. process problems) –Improvements (e.g. efficiency problems) –Future ”frusts” (e.g. demographic changes)

4. ENT 4000 - Group Work Session 1 Product / technology that seeks a market or a market that seeks a product / technology?

5. ENT 4000 - Group Work Session 1 Homework Find a Frust! –Interview different people about their problems/frustrations to get new ideas Prepare a.PPT presentation of the ”best” Frust that you have found – maximum 3 minutes Send the presentation to Liv Marit Næss: l.m.nass@sfe.uio.no Deadline: Before 2 september 2008 (Monday before midnight) Remember that these ideas could be the basis for your exams, so try hard to find a relevant Frust!