{"id":112948,"date":"2017-04-06T08:59:23","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T06:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medios.uchceu.es\/actualidad-ceu\/?p=112948"},"modified":"2023-04-27T12:15:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T10:15:54","slug":"be-active-with-our-universitys-thinking-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medios.uchceu.es\/actualidad-ceu\/en\/be-active-with-our-universitys-thinking-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Be active with our university’s Thinking Challenge!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Tuesday, April 4th, I participated for the first time in an activity by\u00a0\u2018CEU Emprende\u2019<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0CEU Emprende<\/em>\u00a0Valencia Thinking Challenge<\/em>. This is a project of the university,\u00a0sponsored by\u00a0its\u00a0Vice-Rectorate for Students and University Life<\/strong>,\u00a0which helps students to contribute with innovative ideas to solve a\u00a0real problem. We pretended to be entrepreneurs and make a possible startup for an issue that the jury proposed.<\/p>\n

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Business model canvas (BMC) and Brainstorming<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This is a business modelling tool designed by the Swedish Dr Alexander Osterwalder<\/em>. BMC has become a powerful tool for both new and perennial business startups to form intelligent, specific and successful strategies<\/strong>. It contains nine core groups, which can be referred to\u00a0as the nine tactics<\/em> that make up the organisation of a company, including Key Partners, Key Activities, Value Proposal, Relationship with the Client, Channels, Customer Segmentation, Key Resources, Structure of Costs, and Sources of Income. Moreover, in each unit, there will be guidance questions in order to speed up the thinking process.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In spite of the model, I think the power of brainstorming<\/strong> is essential. All members of the management team are contributors to the business. By sketching the models on large sheets, members can discuss with each other, think about the ingredients in the BMC, and give their opinions. This will facilitate the emerging of new ideas. <\/span><\/p>\n

Problem solved in 1 hour<\/strong><\/h2>\n

We were\u00a0divided into 10 groups of six to eight people, not from the same faculties of course because one of the aims is to meet and work with new schoolmates<\/strong> that may have a\u00a0totally different way of perceiving a given task. In the V edition of \u2018Thinking challenge\u2019<\/em>, each group had to suggest a solution in order to help international students integrate into their lives in Moncada<\/strong>. Apart from the entrepreneurship tutors, who are from all faculties of the University, we were happy to have two guests from the local company Pisos Moncada. Their roles were\u00a0inspiring as\u00a0to create products that could\u00a0connect both the necessity of the student and at the same time, the local business and university also get the benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n