STANFORD'S STARTUP GARAGE GIVES STUDENTS A CHANCE TO IDENTIFY A CUSTOMER PAIN POINT, DESIGN A SOLUTION, AND DEVELOP A BUSINESS THAT SUPPORTS ITS CREATION AND LAUNCH. SOUND FAMILIAR?
Like so many important lessons, Stefanos Zenios learned the difference between innovation and invention in the classroom. But that wasn’t the Stanford professor’s original goal.
Ten years ago, Zenios got interested in experiential learning for multi-disciplinary teams. The result was a course in which groups of medical school student were tasked with inventing something--usually some sort of device--to fill a medical need. But they couldn’t stop there.
To read the original article: What Stanford's Startup Garage Teaches Us About Invention and Innovation | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
