Announcements

• Hi! Welcome to the MIT AITI class. We are so excited to teach you this summer. 
• The course curriculum is now available: AITI Course
• The course mailing list is cs172-aiti@mit.edu
• Please find your github project project under the AITI organization 
• Final Demo Day is Aug 2nd 4-6pm.

Enterpreneurship

Lectures

Jun 19, 2012: L1 Introduction to the course and internet trends

Jun 21, 2012: L2 Idea generation

Jun 26, 2012: L3 Idea refinement

June 28, 2012: L4 Pitching contest

Jul 3, 2012: L5 Hackathon + github + readthedocs.org + ...

Jul 5, 2012: L6 Target Markets, IT in the Philippines

Jul 10, 2012: L7 Value prop and competition

Jul 12, 2012: L8 Engineering good design & usability

Jul 17, 2012: L9 Execution: go go go!

Jul 19, 2012: L10 Early adoption testing

Jul 19, 2012: Visual Design Techniques

Jul 24, 2012: L11 Growing: Marketing

Jul 26, 2012: L12 Growing: Financing and Financial Template

Homework

Due on Jun 21, 2012: None!

Due on Jun 26, 2012: 3 business model canvas

Due on Jun 28, 2012: Total revenue and total cost  and pitch with updated business model canvas

Due on Jul 3, 2012: Find an advisor, 50 word bio, update business canvas/revenue, and 100 word description

Due on Jul 5, 2012: Find 20 minutes (during lab is ok) to meet with Danny/Kavita to review your team progress

Due on Jul 10, 2012: Create a Target Customer Profile, TAM, and Persona for your business (see lecture), submit 1 per team on the Wiki

Due on Jul 12, 2012: None!

Due on Jul 17, 2012: Find out about your competitors

Due on Jul 19, 2012: Act on the feedback given to you for your Wiki, README, and GitHub Issues

Due on Jul 24, 2012: Find one customer for your product

Due on Jul 26, 2012: Build a Marketing Model (put on wiki) and Prepare to Pitch

Due on Jul 31, 2012: Complete all elements of your GitHub wiki (which serves as you executive summary) 

Readings

Jun 19, 2012: Internet trends

Jun 21, 2012: Business model generation

Jun 26, 2012: None!

June 28, 2012: None!

Jul 3, 2012: Pro Git book

Jul 24, 2012: Beginners Guide to SEO

Guest Lectures

Jul 5, 2012: Michael Ngo Dee - IT and the RP

Jul 10, 2012: Luis Sison - Enterprise for Partners + Ideaspace

Jul 24, 2012: Michelle Santos from Globe

Jul 26, 2012: Paul Pajo, Noni, and Grace from Smart

Software Development

Lectures

Jun 19. 2012: Introduction to Python

Jun 21. 2012: Intermediate Python

Jun 26. 2012: Introduction to Django and Models

Jun 28. 2012: Django Views and Templates

Jul 03. 2012: Deploying Django Apps on Heroku (read this first to get an idea on how to setup Heroku. )

Jul 05, 2012: None! We will help you deploy Heroku during the lecture time today.

Jul 10. 2012: Introduction to Android

Jul 12. 2012: Android Activities, Event Handlers and Intents

Jul 17. 2012: Databases and Multithreading in Android

Jul 26 2012: Smart API

For Jun 21, 2012: Chapters 3 - 9 from The Python Tutorial

For Jun 26, 2012: Chapters 1 - 6 from The Django Book

For Jun 28, 2012: Chapters 7 - 11 from The Django Book

For Jul 3, 2012: Heroku (check out the architecture of Heroku)

For Jul 10, 2012: Go through this tutorial: Building your first android app

For Jul 12, 2012: Check the lessons on: Android Lifecycle

For Jul 17, 2012: Check the lessons on: Android Deployment

For Jul 24, 2012: Check the material on: Globe API