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The IDEATE Method
Identifying High-Potential Entrepreneurial Ideas
First Edition
- Dan Cohen - Wake Forest University
- Greg Pool - Wake Forest University
- Heidi Neck - Babson College, USA
January 2020 | 104 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Generating new ideas that create substantial value is at the very core of entrepreneurship. The IDEATE Method is an ideation method empirically proven to help students identify problems, develop creative solutions, and select the most innovate entrepreneurial idea. Authors Daniel Cohen, Gregory Pool, and Heidi Neck emphasize the importance of deliberate practice and repetition as they guide students through each phase of the method: Identify, Discover, Enhance, Anticipate, Target, and Evaluate. Goal-directed activities and self-reflection questions help students develop their entrepreneurial mindset and skillset.
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Identify
Chapter 3: Discover
Chapter 4: Enhance
Chapter 5: Anticipate
Chapter 6: Target
Chapter 7: Evaluate
Chapter 8: IDEATE 50 More
Chapter 9: Choose One Big, Valuable, Impactful, Feasible, and Profitable Idea