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There are three types of homework: team homework (completed as a team), individual homework (completed by yourself), and section homework (completed by yourself). Note that while all sections of the course have the same team and individual homework, section homework is different for each section.

All homework assigned in a given class is due at noon on the Wednesday before the next class.

You can find subtitled versions of several of the video-based homeworks here.

Class 1

Class 2

Class 3

  • Team Homework

    • Get together with your assigned Dreamteam team. For the Class 3 Question in Uni, and for a calendaring application of your choice, use all of the remove, replace, redefine, and relate methods to add to Uni at least as many ideas as your team size. Tag the ideas with dreamteam and remove, replace, redefine, or relate, and include all members of the team as contributors to the ideas. Add a Show Your Work detail to explain your process. Next, for each of the new ideas, assign angel and devil roles to each team member, and complete the Angel and Devil details.

  • Individual Homework

    • Add any compelling ideas you created while playing VC Bait to Uni, tagging the ideas with vcbait
    • Choose any method covered in Class 3 and add at least one idea to Uni that improves an existing product. Tag the ideas with the method, and add a Show Your Work detail to explain your process.
    • For one of your own ideas in Uni that you feel has big potential, identify at least one classmate from the Superpowers Survey who has a superpower relevant to your idea, and ask that person for feedback on your idea by @mentioning them in a comment on your idea in Uni and explaining why their superpower is relevant. If you are @mentioned by a classmate to provide feedback, do so by commenting on the idea and/or completing a detail.
    • Come to the next class with an idea you like and be prepared to present and discuss it
    • Throughout the semester, add any other new ideas you have to Uni, either individually or with others, and engage with other ideas in Uni
    • Optional readings

  • Section Homework

Class 4

  • Team Homework

    • Get together with your assigned Dreamteam team. For the Class 4 Question in Uni, work together with your team to add to Uni at least as many ideas as your team size using any methods of your choice. Tag the ideas with dreamteam and the respective methods, and include all members of the team as contributors to the ideas. Next, for each of the new ideas, as a team complete the Why Now detail.

  • Individual Homework

    • Review and update your superpowers in the Superpowers Survey
    • Using whatever information you know or have about your classmates (e.g., their superpowers via the Superpowers Spreadsheet), choose two other classmates who you believe, together with you, would create an ideal founding team for a startup. Send an email addressed to both of the two classmates, using the subject line "[teaming] let’s get together, Person 1 and Person 2”, CCing the class email list (all sections), explaining what you believe each of them adds to the team, what you yourself add to the team, and why you three are an ideal founding team. Since this is an individual exercise, it is possible that some students may be chosen multiple times—that’s OK!
    • Come to the next class with an idea you like and be prepared to present and discuss it
    • Throughout the semester, add any other new ideas you have to Uni, either individually or with others, and engage with other ideas in Uni
    • Optional readings

  • Section Homework

Class 5

  • Team Homework

    • Get together with your assigned Dreamteam team. For the Class 5 Question in Uni, work together with your team to add to Uni at least as many ideas as your team size using the rememberwhen method. Tag the ideas with dreamteam and rememberwhen, and include all members of the team as contributors to the ideas. For each idea, complete the Desirable, Disruptive, Comparable, and Is It Possible details. Choose one of the ideas as a team and start a discussion in Uni with the assigned instructor (listed in the Dreamteam sheet) to ask for feedback on your idea (i.e., @mention the instructor in the discussion area for the given idea). Remember you can refer to the Glossary for help with details.

  • Individual Homework

    • Reflect on the results of the teaming email homework. If you were named, what reasons were given, and do these reasons resonate with your own estimation of yourself? Whether you were named or not, what qualities do you have that your classmates did not know about and that may have helped the teaming exercise? Update your superpowers in the Superpowers Survey to aid the next round of teaming.
    • Add any compelling ideas you created during the in-class exercise to Uni, tagging the ideas as appropriate
    • Get together with one other person with whom you ideate well for an idea sprint! Add at least 25 ideas to Uni, using all 12 ideation methods at least once each, and the growth, value, and purpose startup paths at least once each. Tag the ideas with dreamteam, the method (if any), the startup path (if any), and both of you as contributors to the idea. For each idea, complete the Desirable detail. Here are the 12 methods: sameold, mything, featureinsearchofaproduct, ineedthis, whatsnew, redefine, relate, rememberwhen, remove, replace, technologyinsearchofaproblem, youneedthis. Remember you can refer to the Glossary for help with methods and details.
    • Come to the next class with an idea you like and be prepared to present and discuss it
    • Throughout the semester, add any other new ideas you have to Uni, either individually or with others, and engage with other ideas in Uni
    • Optional readings

  • Section Homework

Class 6

  • Team Homework

    • Get together with your assigned Dreamteam team. For the Class 6 Question in Uni, each team member must choose one idea they are excited about to add to Uni. Tag the idea with dreamteam, and include all members of the team as contributors to the idea. Work together with your team to complete all 17 details for each of the ideas—if your idea cannot stand up to this scrutiny, choose a different idea and start again! Choose one of the ideas as a team and start a discussion in Uni with the assigned instructor (listed in the Dreamteam sheet) to ask for feedback on the idea (i.e., @mention the instructor in the discussion area for the given idea). Remember you can refer to the Glossary for help with details.

  • Individual Homework

    • For one of your ideas, (which can be the idea you worked on with your Dreamteam above, or another idea you want feedback on), complete all 17 details, and submit the idea to Backscratch for peer feedback (i.e., in Uni for you idea @mention the student listed in the Backstratch tab in the teaming spreadsheet and ask for help)
    • When you are asked for review via Backscratch (i.e., a Uni @mention), review all details of the idea, and add improved versions of at least ten of the details—this is a perfect opportunity to rack up thanks!
    • Come to the next class with your favorite idea (the one you are considering working on in Studio next semester), with all details completed, and be prepared to present and discuss it; in particular, note any details that you had difficulty completing or feel are not strong enough. This can be the idea you worked on with your Dreamteam, and is hopefully an idea you put through Backscratch for review.
    • Throughout the semester, add any other new ideas you have to Uni, either individually or with others, and engage with other ideas in Uni
    • Optional readings

  • Section Homework

Class 7

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