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First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship
First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship

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This free course was written by the B205 Exploring innovation and entrepreneurship [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] course team.

Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence.

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Course image: old wheel © iStockphoto/malerapaso; typical railway station clock © iStockphoto/assalve; black locomotive © iStockphoto/omersukrugoksu; vintage phone dial © iStockphoto/MyImages_Micha; bicycle post © iStockphoto/didemgecegezer; military radar screen © iStockphoto/petersimoncik. Full acknowledgements for course image used elsewhere.

Figure 1: from www.the-scientist.com/

Figure 2: Eric VANDEVILLE / Getty Images

Figure 3: © Eames Office LLC (eamesoffice.com)

Figure 4: © Vitra International AG

Figure 5: Igor I. Sikorsky Historical Archives, Inc © 2015

Figure 6: Igor I. Sikorsky Historical Archives, Inc © 2015

Video

Activity 1: Video: Westhill Wind Farm courtesy of http://energyshare.com/

Activity 8: Video: Mexico courtesy of www.cultureunplugged.com

Activity 8: Video: Peru courtesy of www.cultureunplugged.com

Activity 9: Video: courtesy of Jason Magbanua www.youtube.com/ watch?v=cQCHvO2H0_0

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