SEB725 Engineering Entrepreneurship - Assignment 1

Assignment 1- Reflective research paper

Through this assignment, you will need to demonstrate a good understanding of the topic of entrepreneurship and its importance on personal, social, and economic dimensions in our world. Briefly explain what you may think is a negative impact of practicing entrepreneurship at personal level. Then select two entrepreneurs who think their life and growth could be a role model for you and explain their journey and the reason you have chosen them. One of these entrepreneurs must be from and engineering and technical background.

Assignment Activities

1. Perform a research from the existing literature and then reflect on the importance and impacts of the entrepreneurship on personal, social, and economic dimensions in our world. (Research and reflect)
2. Reflect on a possible negative impact of practicing entrepreneurship at personal level. (Research and reflect, critical thinking)
3. Select two role model entrepreneurs (at least one with engineering or technical background) and tell us briefly, who they are, what they have done, what are the key characteristic traits and skills they have, and explain why they are good model for you. (Research, storytelling, critical thinking)
4. Provide a conclusion on why it is important to have an entrepreneurship mindset and what sort of skills and traits you need to develop to succeed if you decide so. (Critical thinking)
5. Draft a research paper to include the above four items, A sample paper template from the unit chair on a different topic could be obtained in the appendix of this document.