ISYS 3215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Responsive Web Design, Seed Money, Hackathon
8 May 2016
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Leadership at mest: jorn lyseggen founder and chairman, jeffrey agbo manager for the incubator team, ashok bhanaur senior advisor on the business advisory team. Mest background: teaches the entrepreneurial skills and technology, eit entrepreneurs in training, through mest incubator they can receive start up money, 2010 incubator started. School changed from 2 to 1 years so that they are not out of work for so long. Offers a twelve month, intensive full-time program to aspiring african entrepreneurs: pressure to be successful, mest provides 4 things: Free housing monthly stipend: software and business training, after completing the program, eitss can pitch their idea for see money via the mest incubator. Sample curriculum: responsive web design, algorithms, object oriented programing, crafting target personas. Mest incubator: can be applied to by the end of the mest time or outside companies, seed funding, physical structure, dedicated advisors, events and education, global presence. Why ghana: africa was an untapped market for technological entrepreneurs.
