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888498: Technology Startup Pre-Project

TipCourse Conditions

  • Prerequisite course:

    • 888399: Technology Startup Project Survey
ImportantTimeline for submitting the financial support documents:

  • Students must submit the financial support documents from October 15 to November 6, 2026 (all signatures on the documents must be completed before submission).

  • The final deadline to submit financial support documents is November 6, 2026.

NO LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR ANY REASON!

Timeline

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    title Course Project Timeline - Academic Year 2026/1
    dateFormat  YYYY-MM-DD
    axisFormat  %d %b
    
    section Semester Start
    Semester Opens (Week 1) :milestone, active, 2026-06-22, 0d
    
    section Week 4
    Coordinators Briefing Session :active, 2026-07-15, 2026-07-15
    Submit Project Details & Advisor Form :crit, 2026-07-01, 2026-07-22
    
    section Week 15
    Final Draft & Slides to Advisor :crit, 2026-09-16, 2026-09-23
    
    section Week 16
    Presentation Approval & Submission :active, 2026-09-23, 2026-09-30
    
    section Week 17
    Project  Presentation (2026-10-07) :crit, 2026-10-07, 2026-10-07
    
  
    section Week 19-20
    Submit Final Report & Certificates :crit, 2026-10-19, 2026-11-01
Figure 1: Course Milestones and Project 498 Submission Timeline
Section / Period Task Start Date End Date
Semester Start Semester Opens (Week 1) 2026-06-22 2026-06-22
Week 4 Coordinators Briefing Session 2026-07-15 2026-07-15
Week 5 Submit Project Details & Advisor Form 2026-07-15 2026-07-22
Week 15 Final Draft & Slides to Advisor 2026-09-16 2026-09-23
Week 16
Presentation Approval & Submission		 2026-09-23 2026-09-30
Week 17 Project Presentation (2026-10-07) 2026-10-07 2026-10-07
Week 19-20 Submit Final Report & Certificates 2026-10-19 2026-11-01

Who enrolled in this course?

Main Works

  1. Report: Students need to complete their project report according to the new report format.

    • Your report is evaluated by your project advisor.

  2. Pitching: Pitching like in a real pitching competition.

    • Your project will be scored by three committee.

Objectives

The proof of concept/business/product prototype with targeted users feedback

Report Topics

The first page of approve document

The first page of approve document

You report contains five chapters.

  1. Chapter 1: Business Pain Point

    • Basic information of the industry

    • Introduction to the pain point/market gap/problem

    • List of Suggested Solutions

  2. Chapter 2: Limitation, Scope, and Business Model Canvas

    • Target Customers

    • Customers journal Analysis (from similar business who solve the same pain point)

    • Related laws and regulations

    • Business Model Canvas(BMC)(updated version)

  3. Proof of Concept (POC) for business idea

    • Survey questions or other methods for the PoC, results of the PoC, and interpretation of the results that verify your pain point

    • Selected Solution and the reason why you selected this one.

      • Feasibility (Application of digital/scientific technologies)

      • Desire (Market needs, Impact to target customers)

      • Viability (How to make profit?)

      • Sustainability (What is your competitive advantage?)

  4. Business Plan (updated version)

    • Business survey and competitor analysis

    • Risk Analysis (updated version)

    • Supply chain (supplier, farmer, producer, maker, distributer, retailer, retail channel, etc.) and value chain analysis

    • Marketing strategies (how you do the marketing for your startup such as application of marketing tools, digital marketing, online and offline marketing)

    • Financial plan (Capital expenditure, Forecast Income statement, Forecast Breakeven analysis)

  5. Prototypes

    • Prototype of product/process/service/business model or Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

      - Process of creating prototype

- Demonstration

    • Customer feedbacks

Report template and more details of each chapter: click here

Presentation Criteria

Criteria score
Using digital tools \(0,1,2\)
Process of creating prototype (diagram, user interface design) - OK/Not OK \(0,1,2\)
Demonstration of prototype/mockup (understand how it works?) \(0,1,2\)
Relevant to the painpoint? \(0,1,2\)
Any basic customer feedbacks? \(0,1,2\)

10 Mins for Presentation + 10 Mins for Q&A.

ImportantTo pass

For each criteria, at least 2 committees give \(\geq\) 1 score.

Pass both Project Report and Presentation