Fall Curriculum
Mission
- To increase my technical proficiency and learn more about the values, beliefs, and goals of different entrepreneurs
Read
- The Pragmatic Programmer
- 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know about People
- One Paul Graham Lesson a week
- Daily 10minute ritual of reading https://news.ycombinator.com/
Actionable Items
- Setup 10 one on one meetings with entrepreneurs ranging on a broad spectrum
- Secure 3 business clients either online or in Kingston
- Complete the Node.js course as a followup to Front-end Development at Thinkful.com
- Create 5 different projects to host on Github
- Get involved with the hacker community at my university
Meaure of Success
- Be able to read, write, and communicate my programming knowledge
- Reflect and write about the 10 one on one meetings, whether through blog or personal journal
- Earn revenue from the 3 business clients
Winter Curriculum
Mission
- To find a problem relevant to myself, and solve it using my newly acquired technical skills
Read
- Ready, Aim, Fire
- The Four Hour Workweek
- The Lean Startup
- Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation
- The Founder’s Dilemmas
Actionable Items
- Attend one Hackathon
- Host and organize a small-scale Hackathon
- Create a MVP
- Research the market
- Launch product
Meaure of Success
- Have a product in consumer hands
- Write an in-depth blog post about this term