Experiential Learning | Tech MBA: Tech Solutions

What is Tech Solutions?

Innovation is no longer just for start-ups, and large, established companies can also make innovation a priority. Tech Solutions is an experiential learning course focused on how established organizations develop and implement new products and ideas. Students examine the organizational factors that affect innovation, including culture, leadership, structure, processes, and stakeholder management.

The course combines case discussions, guest speakers, and a semester-long client project. Student teams address a technology-related business challenge by designing and building a technical solution for a company ranging from small startups to large multinational companies. The final deliverable includes a business case, presentation, and functional minimum viable product (MVP) or similar technical solution.

Tech Solutions is a required component of the Tech MBA program. Current students will receive more information throughout the program. 

Past Project Example
"Our team was asked to determine how our client, a boutique cybersecurity firm, could create a product that integrates their firmware security solution directly into their clients' development workflows."

Semester Work
"The first phase of our project involved familiarizing ourselves with our client's product offering and their clientele by conducting interviews with their existing customers and industry experts to get an understanding of the firmware security landscape. The second phase saw us leveraging our findings to devise a solution, which included creating a product storyboard, defining user personas, and crafting a go-to-market strategy."

Client Deliverable
"At the end of our project, we delivered to our client a minimum viable product consisting of implementable computer code, product wireframes and a positioning pitch that collectively would facilitate the development of the product in full and help them sell it immediately to customers once completed."