Center for Social Innovation

Faculty: Jim Patell

Students apply engineering and business skills to design product prototypes, distribution systems, and business plans for entrepreneurial ventures in developing countries that address challenges faced by the world's poor. Topics include user empathy, appropriate technology design, rapid prototype engineering and testing, social technology entrepreneurship, business modeling, and project management.

This course is jointly offered by the Stanford School of Engineering and Graduate School of Business.

This elective course is offered to all Stanford GSB and Sloan students. Current students, please check MyGSB for more information.

Class Milestones

Cool products from the 2009 Cool Product Expo