Carle Illinois Medicine - MBA Innovation Capstone

Joshua Jones

An interdisciplinary, entirely project-based year-long capstone hosted jointly between the Gies College of Business, the Carle College of Medicine, and the Grainger College of Engineering. During the capstone, students work in cross-disciplinary teams and apply their learnings from the MBA program in a holistic manner to develop a new product that addresses health care challenges. The capstone concludes with devising a business plan and go-to-market strategy.

Skills / Knowledge

Apply business principles and methodologies to evaluate the market opportunity and create an executable business plan
Effectively communicate new ideas and business strategies to different stakeholders
Help develop and validate novel and appropriate product concept to address the identified need
Identify and validate a healthcare related end-user pain point/problem/need
Manage and work with consultant teams
Understand and apply market feasibility study for the proposed product concept
Work effectively in multi-disciplinary teams and develop relationships with individuals and groups across disciplines

Issued on

May 6, 2024

Expires on

Does not expire