2. e GO Program
“ [Your approach] gave me so much awareness of the
different factors you have to bear in mind in order
to create or sustain a business. Also really liked the
human centric approach. I keep telling everybody I
meet about it!”
- Beatriz Beeckmans, Design Management Institute Europe
Conference Attendee, Madrid, 2013
3. What we do
The GO Program helps entrepreneurs and
organizations who have the courage to design the
next economy with human-centric businesses. We
use design and technology to achieve this aim.
4. An Award Winning Program
• Awarded innovation fellowship by Behance
Network in New York in May 2012
• Featured in GOOD magazine and Stanford
Social Innovation Review in the US
• Recognized by DMI and OpenIDEO
• Invited by Singularity University at NASA
Ames Research Park in Silicon Valley for
the GSP impact program
10. Ideation by Using Design inking Methodology DRIVE
Human-centricity is the key of the GO
Program. For this purposed design is
used a tool at the ideation stage to
create human-centric businesses.
11. Understanding your Entrepreneurial Pattern rough Acting
Understand risk and ambiguity by trying
not with the mind but with your body,
emotions and actions.
13. Partnering with the US Government Peace Corps in Aica
Dare to Innovate program is run in
Guinea, Africa. The program’s
partners are The GO Program, The
US Government Peace Corps,
Guinea and Belgium The
association for the development
of Enterprise (AGUDIEP) and the
GO Program.
14. Featured on the Stanford Entrepreneurship Blog
The GO Program`s collaboration
with US Peace Corps in Dare to
Innovate is mentioned in Stanford
Social Innovation Blog, Stanford
University`s award-winning
magazine and website that covers
cross-sector solutions to global
problems.
15. e GO Program Has Been Taught at Several Universities
16. Applying Design inking in the Entrepreneurship Domain
“Impressive moment for me was to see the results that
we came out after grouping and matching the "what-if"
questions and could easily find out effective solutions
and new business ideas. Seed business idea made out
and led new business ideas which was the most
fantastic way I found. ”
— Attendee from the Design Thinking Class for Entrepreneurs at Ozyegin University
19. e Program Shifts Perspectives
“I was almost only proud of my start-up idea and its
originality, design, etc. Now, after the lectures, I am totally
proud of my team and our potential to execute our idea.
This realization changed quite a lot in our road-map &
strategy, and hopefully will help us to succeed . ”
— Burc Tanir