Teaching Entrepreneurship SummitMay 2026
AI Co-Founders, Finance & How AI is Innovating Entrepreneurship Education

AI Idea Generation and Ideation Prompt

Aug 17, 2024

How many times have you heard the same repetitive business ideas students come up with?

Uber for ______________. A new bar or restaurant. A clothing brand.

If you want your students to come up with unique and impactful ideas, introduce them to the AI Idea Generation Prompt.

This prompt will help your students:

  1. Explore a wider range of business opportunities
  2. Teach them how to use AI effectively

To see the prompt in action, click to watch the video below:

Use the AI Idea Generation Prompt In Class

To share the prompt with your students, download the slides below and integrate them into your next lesson:

Steps to download the slides that lead students to the AI Idea Generation prompt

Want to take idea generation to the next level? Turn these prompt slides into a full lesson…


Lesson: AI Pitch Competition

Let’s walk through how you can turn this AI idea generation prompt into an engaging lesson.


Step 1: AI idea generation

Show students the AI prompt slides.

Give them 10 minutes to generate 3-5 business ideas that each target a unique customer segment.


Step 2: Pair & polish

Students pair up, share their top ideas with each other, and pick the most exciting one.

Have them refine their ideas using AI, diving into product details, pricing, and scalability.


Step 3: Rapid pitches

Each student delivers their AI-crafted idea as a 30-second pitch to the class.

You write each pitch on a sticky note and display them for all to…


Step 4: Vote & decide

Students vote on the ideas that 1) they’re most excited to work on, and 2) they would want to buy.

Mark their choices on the sticky notes.


Step 5: Reflect & learn

Wrap up by discussing lessons learned on:

    • How to harness AI.
    • Discovering ideas that ignite passion.
    • Sharpening pitching skills.

To use this engaging lesson in class, download the prompt slides:

Categories

Popular Posts

Want More Exercises?

Check out the new…

Learn More

Related Posts

7 Award-Winning Experiential Entrepreneurship Exercises

7 Award-Winning Experiential Entrepreneurship Exercises

Every entrepreneurship professor has experienced it. You introduce a new concept. Maybe it is customer discovery. Maybe it is financial modeling. You explain it clearly. You even share examples. And then you look out at your classroom and hear it. Crickets. Students...

AI Image Generation for Marketing

AI Image Generation for Marketing

Halfway through the term, a student raises their hand and says, “We have a great product idea, but none of us are designers.” Ten years ago, that would have stopped the project cold. Today, it is a teachable moment. With AI image generation, students can go from ideas...

AI Marketing Lesson Plan: Marketing Madness

AI Marketing Lesson Plan: Marketing Madness

You can always tell when students are phoning in marketing assignments. The ads look fine. The copy sounds professional. But if you ask why one idea is better than another, the room gets quiet. They've learned how to make things look “good.” They haven't learned how...

Join 15,000+ instructors
and get new resources:

New Lesson Plans

New Syllabi

Free Invites to Teaching Workshops