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AI-Accelerated Entrepreneurship Practicum
Owen Graduate School of Management — Vanderbilt University
Spring 2026  |  Instructor: Oliver Luckett  |  TA: Baxter Webb
Monday & Wednesday  |  March 9 – April 22, 2026
Session Date Topic Readings / Assignments
Week 1
1 Mon. Mar. 9 Convergent Intelligence & Pod Formation
Course intro · Trinity Graph overview · Pod assignments
Read: The Social Organism, Ch. 1 & 3
In-class: Trinity Pod Formation App
Due before Session 2: "Convergent Intelligence Vision" memo (2 pages)
2 Wed. Mar. 11 Social Graph Architecture & Stakeholder Discovery
WHO layer · Network mapping · Letter of Intent
Read: The Social Organism, Ch. 3–4
Submit: Track Declaration (Client vs. Venture)
Due before Session 3: Stakeholder Map + Customer Discovery Summary
Week 2
3 Mon. Mar. 16 Vibe Coding & Brand Identity
-ity vocabulary · Competitive positioning · Radar mapping
In-class: Vibe Coding App — brand radar chart
Due before Session 4: Brand Positioning Memo (1 page) + 3 radar charts
4 Wed. Mar. 18 Knowledge Graph Design
WHAT layer · Entities, facts, triples · 100-triple domain KG
Read: AI Factory, Ch. 2–3
Due before Session 5: Knowledge Architecture Document + "What We Don't Know" risk analysis
Week 3
5 Mon. Mar. 23 Knowledge Graph cont. & Verification
Entity linking · Ontologies · Cross-graph integration
Read: Survey of Knowledge Graph Embedding Models (Brightspace)
Due before Session 6: AI Reliability Analysis (2 pages)
6 Wed. Mar. 25 AI Reliability Audit
Where AI gets it wrong · Why grounded AI matters · Domain risk
Due before Session 7: Persona Architecture Document + 2-min demo video
Week 4
7 Mon. Mar. 30 Persona Architecture & Context Midterm
15-min architecture walkthrough · Progress demo · Pod presentations
In-class: Midterm Pitch Timer
All pods present — both tracks
Midterm presentation due in class
8 Wed. Apr. 1 Trinity Agent Design
WHAT IF layer · RAG pipelines · Agent reasoning patterns
Read: RAG paper (Lewis et al.) + ReAct paper (Yao et al.) — both on Brightspace
Due before Session 9: Agent Logic Map (Miro/Figma) + "Why Context Changes Everything" analysis
Week 5
9 Mon. Apr. 6 Generative Graph & Creative Synthesis
Cross-graph traversal · Serendipity engine · Emergent outputs
Read: The Social Organism, Ch. 7
Due before Session 10: Semantic Architecture Document (15 -ity words)
10 Wed. Apr. 8 Semantic Architecture & Brand Strategy
-ity vocabulary · Competitive differentiation · Investor framing
Read: AI Factory, Ch. 5 (network effects & data moats)
Due before Session 11: Trinity Financial Model (Google Sheets link + 1-page narrative)
Week 6
11 Mon. Apr. 13 Business Model & Financial Architecture
Unit economics · Graph compounding · Revenue modeling
Use Osterwalder Business Model Canvas (template on Brightspace)
Due before Session 12: Technical Partner Brief (3 pages)
12 Wed. Apr. 15 Integration & Technical Brief
Infrastructure scaling · Constraints · Communicating to technical partners
Due before Session 13: User Feedback Report + Revised Demo Script + Updated system diagram
Week 7
13 Mon. Apr. 20 Integration Review & Demo Day Prep
Client delivery (Client Track) · Final rehearsal · Q&A prep
Client Track: final deliverable submitted to client
All pods: rehearse 15-min Demo Day presentation
No new written assignments — focus on final demo
14 Wed. Apr. 22 DEMO DAY Final
Live system demonstrations · External judges · Both tracks present
All pods present — 15 minutes each
In-class: Demo Day Scoreboard
Final deliverable due by end of class