BI SELECTION CRITERIA
Est. 2019
GUEST SPEAKERS
NOVEMBER
Websites
with Mr. Kevin Rogess
November 9th, 2023 at 8.00 pm GST
AEIC 214 EMBA
Learn to build your business website from scratch or by using templates guided by a technical expert.
OCTOBER
Sustainable Lean Startup Methods
with Ms. Jane Cai
October 26th, 2023 at 3.15 pm GST
AEIC 214 EMBA
This is a series wherein the expert guest talked about the method that startups adopt to succeed through customer learning and discovery, which is a critical component of the “Lean Startup” philosophy for launching any new product/service into the market.
NOVEMBER
Sources of Capital for Entrepreneurs
with Dr. Rassel Kasim
November 9th, 2023 at 3.15 pm GST
AEIC 214 EMBA
Explore the essentials of venture finance, how to set priorities when gathering financial resources and raising capital, and examine the advantages/disadvantages of different sources of capital in the UAE with an expert guest.
APRIL
Legal Matters in Startup
with Mr. Ayman Al Awadhi
April 4th, 2023 at 3.00 pm GST
Via Zoom or AEIC 214 EMBA
This is a guest speaker series where students are shown by an expert how to examine legal issues involved for launching their startups and are informed about the critical role played by lawyers including the value of intangible assets such as patents, copyrights, trademarks etc.
Pop Up Classes
An Unconventional Timeframe
A sneaky experiment…. 30-minute weekly session
New adventurous content you’re trying to prototype and refine
A great opportunity to bring in a new design team and try out new partnerships
A Quintessential AEIC experience
Team taught, multidisciplinary, design based, learning-by-doing.. BUT with a twist….
A new strange burst of creativity….from unexpected places
A choice of AEIC Workshops & Seminars that may be offered on a need basis but not limited to the below
Inspiration Workshops
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Body Language
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Journaling
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Applying 5 Whys
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Framing the Challenge
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Recruiting
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Interviewing
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Group Interviewing
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Expert Interviewing
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Conversation Starting
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Analogous Inspiration
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Card Sorting
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Collage
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Creating a Plan
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Guided Tours
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Drawing It
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Peer Observations
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Building a Team
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Defining the Audience
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Immersion
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Secondary Research
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Resource Flow
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Extremes & Mainstreams
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Journey Mapping
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Downloading Learning
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Rules for Brain Storming
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Bundling Ideas
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Creating Concepts
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Designing Principles
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Creating Frameworks
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Mashing Up
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Gut Checking
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Co-Creating
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Determining What to Prototype
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Sharing Inspiring Stories
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Creating How Might We
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Rapid Prototyping
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Creating Story Boards
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Role Playing
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Getting Feedback
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Integrating Feedback & Iterating
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Business Model Canvas
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Getting Visual
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Finding Themes
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Exploring Hunches
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Top 5
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Creating Insight Statements
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Brain Storming
Ideation Workshops
Incubation Workshops
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Business Model
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Design Thinking Process
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Developing Original Ideas
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Financial Modeling
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Getting Started
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Introduction to Human Centric Design Thinking
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Making a Creative Difference
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Prototyping
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Storytelling
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Shaping Ideas
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Marketing for Burning Need
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Live Prototyping
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Iterating
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Building Partnerships
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Laying a Roadmap
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Piloting
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Sustainable Revenue
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Growing the Framework
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Defining Success
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Measuring and Evaluating
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Staffing E&I Projects
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Keep Getting Feedback
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Funding Strategy
Implementation Workshops
Seminars
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Adaptive Leadership
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Branding and Social Impact
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Changing Customer Behavior
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Competitive Advantage
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Environmental Sustainability
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Lean Startup Principles
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Marketing to Customers in Need
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Networking Leadership
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Public Speaking
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Social Entrepreneurship
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Strategy for Enterprise
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Systems Design
* AEIC acknowledges IDEO - David Kelly’s design company based in Palo Alto, California, as being the inspiration behind it’s ideas and Design Thinking tools used.