This overview reviews the tenets and curriculum from TiE Youth Entrepreneurs Oregon. It is intended for anyone implementing Innovation and Entrepreneurship programs for high school students. If interested in licensing the TYE curriculum contact me!

1. TYE OREGON
CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
@TYEOREGON | HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/TYEOREGON

2. OREGON CORE INSTRUCTORS
Paige
Founder - ClientJoy
Suresh
Software Manager - Intel
Shashi
IoT Innovation - Intel
Travis
Senior Product Manager -
RADAR

3. AGENDA
• Why are we here?
• Oregon TYE Curriculum: Judging Criteria, Components, Schedule
• Resources, Instructors, Tools, Lessons
• Insights

4. “TYE seeks to promote risk-taking, leadership skills and innovation
among the next generation of earthlings. We use entrepreneurship
as a tool to teach fundamentals of building and running a business.
Our intent is NOT to create founders out of high school students
(although, that may happen). Instead, we believe the skills and traits
that make up successful entrepreneurs are essential in any walk of
life: taking ownership, building alliances, seeking help and applying
feedback, motivating a team without direct authority and above all,
working through challenging situations with grace and grit.”
TYE Oregon Manifesto

5. ENTREPRENEURSHIP LAB IN 3 PHASES
PROGRESSIVELY MORE INDEPENDENCE, EXPECTATIONS, READINESS
Phase 1 [Crawl]
• Learn Basics
• Curated Teams
• InventionLab
Phase 2 [Walk]
• Practice
• Self-Organized Teams
• Local Comp
Phase 3 [Run]
• One Team
• Honed sharp by mentors
• Global Comp

6. JUDGING CRITERIA
Customer
Validatio
n
You Incorporated
Feedback
Execution
You Built
Something
Business
Model
Biz Model
Canvas or Plan
Teamwor
k
You Worked
Together
Behavior Based
Customer-Focused
Iterative Execution
Light Business Model
Maximum Teamwork

7. CURRICULUM HIGHLIGHTS
Customer
Validation
• Find & Talk to
Your Customer
• Get out of the
Building
Business Model
• Lean/Biz Canvas
• Product-Market
Fit
Execution
• Minimum Viable
Product
• Build Something
Teamwork
• Delegation
• Diversity

8. OUR STUDENTS ARE ON A JOURNEY
IT’S OUR PRIVILEGE TO BE GUIDING THEM

9. KICKOFF:
IDEALAB
• 40 minutes to
create 1 great
idea in 4 simple
steps
• Structured
Ideation
• Ideate wide ->
narrow
• Pitch to Parents

10. PHASE I : LEARN THE VOCABULARY

11. INVENTION LAB
• Eight Hours to apply Phase 1 new
Concept
• What We Accomplish
• Build a new Team
• Form a Lean Canvas
• Create a 5-minute Pitch
• Build a Low-Res Prototype

12. PHASE 2 – APPLY, ON YOUR IDEA
Workshop 1 Team Contract / Roles / Expectations Teamwork
Workshop 2 D. Thinking / Product-Market Fit Execution
Workshop 3 Customer Interviews Customer Validation
Workshop 4 MVP & Product Development Execution
Workshop 5 Business / Financial Model Business Model
Workshop 6 Tying it all Together / Storytelling Presentation
Workshop 7 90% Presentation Practice Presentation

13. “There is no Data Inside these Walls.”
- Steve Blank, creator, Customer Development methodology
48 Students | 10 Teams | 129 Interviews | One Day

14. OUR INVENTIONS
Ayur Aid
Concussion Block
Dishes or Don’t
eMDream Dreamkit
Sobek
Body Armor
DroneON
Cleat Elite

15. PHASE 3 – IDEA TO OPPORTUNITY
• Global Competition Prep with top team(s)
• Hands-on Weekly Meetings with coaches
• Focused discussion with investors, domain experts
(using TiE network)
• Professional presentation review, practice
• Full Lean Canvas development with 50+ additional
end user, customer interviews
• MVP, physical prototype development

16. GLOBAL
COMPETITION
Top Teams from 20+ US, Canada,
India TYE Chapters
Students must raise their game -
$10k in prizes is at stake!
We reward the behaviors we want
to see.

18. LONG
TIMELINE

19. SHORT
TIMELINE
Phase 1
•Startup Camp
•100 Students [open]
•3 Days
Phase 2
•Targeted Lessons
•10-12 Teams [invite]
•6-8 weeks
•Milestone: Local Competition
Phase 3
•Competition Readiness
•1 Team [selected]
•4-6 weeks
•Milestone: Global Competition

20. IN-CLASS
TIMELINE
Phase 1
•Skills Building
•25-30 Students
•10-12 weeks
•Weekly, 50-75 minutes
Phase 2
•InventionLab, then Targeted Lessons
•3-5 In-class Teams
•8 weeks
•Milestone: Local Competition
Phase 3
•Competition Readiness
•1 Team [selected]
•2-3 meetings
•Milestone: Global Competition

21. EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAM [CENTRAL]
FLEXIBLE STRUCTURE | HIGHER SKILLSET | LIMITLESS POSSIBILITIES
Teamwork Lean Canvas
App + Physical
Invention
Storytelling

22. CLASSROOM PROGRAM [BENSON, REYNOLDS, POIC]
HIGHLY STRUCTURED | BUILDING SKILLS | POSSIBILITY DEFICIT
Teamwork
Staying
Organized
Physical
Invention
Presentation
Skills

23. RESOURCES

24. ADD YOUR MASALA [FLAVOR]
• 3:1 Activity:Lecture ratio
• Local Entrepreneur Stories
• Fun activities & networking
• Frequent presentations
• Connect back to school
• Centers

25. STAFFING
Entrepreneurs
• Storyteller, Activity Leader
• Mentors (3 month notice)
• Charter Members
Student Leaders
• School Club Leaders
• Mentors, Student Council, Team Leaders
• Returning Students
Teacher
• Primary Instructor
• Continuity, Reinforcement, Snacks
• Education Entrepreneurs, Experienced Educators

26. WHERE TO GET MATERIAL
DEVELOPED IN-HOUSE
• Bug List / Passion List
• IdeaLab
• Team Contract
• Customer March
• InventionLab
CUSTOMER DEVELOPMENT
• Customer Development :
SteveBlank.com
• Design Thinking :
http://www.slideshare.net/shashijain1
/tie-youth-entrepreneurs-tye-design-
thinking

27. RAPID PROTOTYPING
Apps
Popapp.in
Proto.io
Flinto.com
appinventor.org
bubble.is
Web
Weebly.com
Wix.com
SquareSpace
3D Printing
TinkerCAD.com
Fusion 360
MakeXYZ.com
3DHubs.com
IoT
Arduino / Raspberry Pi
/ Edison
Codebender.cc
Ardublock.com

28. EVERYTHING ELSE
STORYTELLING
• Six Pitches (including Pixar Pitch):
http://www.danpink.com/wp-
content/uploads/2013/01/sixpitches.pd
f
• Amazing Google Stories
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aja
kwiU6MG8
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4
vkVHijdQk
BUSINESS MODEL
• Lean Canvas
https://leanstack.com/lean-canvas/
• Business Model Canvas
http://www.businessmodelgeneration
.com/canvas/bmc

29. INSIGHTS

30. WHAT WE’RE CHANGING
1. Make Phase 1 self-contained. Make Phase 2 limited, by invitation.
2. Faster cadence in Phase 1, with longer sessions
3. 15 Students per Instructor
4. More Execution milestones (website, social, physical mockup)
5. More Leader training / Leader Roundtable
6. Post TYE Checkin/Follow-Up [Benson]

31. MAKING IT COMMON CORE
• Making it Measurable, Repeatable
• Systematic Activities
• Clear Descriptions and Outcomes
• High Reflection

32. BACKUP

33. TO DO
• LinkedIn Alumni group
• Facebook Page, Twitter -> Add instagram/Snapchat, YT for video

34. BENSON: CLASS + SCHOOL
• Portland, Oregon
• Serving Underprivileged
Students
• High School Algebra Class
• Print Shop
• 16 students
• 2 instructors

35. EXTRACURRICULAR STUDENTS BY THE NUMBERS
[2016]

36. JUDGING CRITERIA
Customer
Validation
Execution
Business
Model
Teamwork