Get this: some folks get together for the weekend for the purpose of starting a business. By the end of the weekend they have designed a product, built it, advertised it on the web, and have sales by Monday. Wow. Obviously we’re talking about a technology business and the product is an ap or electronic tool, not the next driverless car, but still that’s amazingly fast.
I read this story in Basil Peters book, Early Exits. If I could think of a way to bring this activity to a classroom, I would. But I can’t right now. Why not have a couple of kids from your class tag along on one of these and put together a video about the experience? If you can’t bring Mohammed to the mountain…