In spring 2024, InE will launch a themed ESS lecture series focusing on the domain of entrepreneurship and capital. This series aims to provide DKU students with in-depth insights into innovation and entrepreneurship from investors’ perspectives. In the first themed ESS, we are honored to have Mr. Kehan Dong, Head of Investment and Operations at MiraclePlus, to share with us the process of entrepreneurship from 0 to 1.
At Duke Kunshan University, Tianyi Zhang is a 2024 master’s student in Medical Physics, who majored in Electronic Information Engineering as an undergraduate and participated in DJI product development. Meanwhile, Renzo Balcazar Tapia is a 2025 undergraduate student in Data Science who comes from Peru, with research interests in algorithms and has won numerous awards in International Mathematical Olympiads. On the journey of learning and life, they were originally two clearly demarcated parallel lines. However, the college innovation and entrepreneurship project “Research on Autonomous Localization and Navigation Technology Algorithm of Robot” has brought these two parallel lines together, embarking on a road of scientific research.
In the era of globalization, how can we effectively position ourselves and chart a clear path for our future careers? As DKU students benefiting from the integration of both Chinese and international educational philosophies, how can we leverage this advantage to enhance our professional competence and become well-rounded talents? How can we fully utilize our skills and soft power to open the doors to top global enterprises, truly integrate into the international community, and become qualified global citizens? For those eager to secure high-paying, high-quality job opportunities on Wall Street during their undergraduate or graduate years, what steps should they take to prepare? In this ESS session, we were thrilled to have Nancy Chen share her invaluable insights and unravel the secrets of job-seeking skills.
This season is all about pushing the boundaries of innovation by employing the power of critical thinking to address real-world challenges and create meaningful change. It is also the first step in the application phase of the DKU innovation incubator (Dii). We encourage you to submit proposals that showcase your ability to think critically, analyze…
We’re thrilled to announce the finalists for the DKU Innovation Challenge Season 1 – a showcase of unparalleled creativity, innovation, and potential impact. After careful consideration, we present to you the exceptional projects that have risen to the top:
In this ESS event, we are honored to have Mr. Li Lixin, a partner and chief consultant at Jade Capital, as our guest. Through this sharing session, he will elucidate how investors evaluate entrepreneurs from various angles and how to increase the chances of entrepreneurial success. He will also provide a brief introduction to the company and its investment focuses.
For this ESS event, we are privileged to have Mr. Huang Junyan, the current Senior E-Commerce Manager for the renowned fashion accessory brand CASETiFY in China, as our guest speaker. Through this lecture, he will help students gain a deeper understanding of the underlying principles of e-commerce and how to develop a mature strategic framework and model within the ever-evolving landscape, particularly in the AI era.
Vy Doan is a senior at Duke Kunshan University, majoring in Digital Media Arts. “HeritageAR”, as part of her undergraduate innovation and entrepreneurship project, aims to create an interactive narrative game based on augmented reality technology for the Imperial City of Huế in Vietnam.
In this ESS, we were glad to have Mr. Zhao Fei Fan, the Head of Strategic New Business Integration Marketing at NIO, share his seven years of experience in the marketing industry and his unique insights into marketing.
In this IEE sharing session, we are honored to invite Dr. Zhiqiang Xia from Nanyang Technological University to deliver an inspiring sharing session. This session will comprehensively explore various challenges and concepts in entrepreneurship, encompassing key elements of entrepreneurial journeys such as risk and uncertainty, prediction and control, failure and learning, rationality and irrationality, assumptions and hypotheses, targeting or aiming, persistence or pivoting, business models, lean entrepreneurship, and design thinking.
