AI-Accelerated Entrepreneurship Practicum

Vanderbilt University — Owen Graduate School of Management Spring 2026 | March 9 – April 22

Instructor: Oliver Luckett TA: Baxter Webb Room: 214 Days: Monday & Wednesday

Course Arc

WHO
Social Graph
Weeks 1–2

WHAT
Knowledge Graph
Weeks 3–4

WHAT IF
Generative Graph
Weeks 5–7

Session Schedule

#	Date	Topic	Reading	Due Before Next Session
WHO Social Graph
1	Mon Mar 9	The Graph Is Everything Graph theory, Euler/Königsberg, Trinity Graph, IAM OS, VanderBot	Social Organism Ch 1, 3	VanderBot interaction
2	Wed Mar 11	Trinity Graph Hands On Conversation→graph nodes, 14 runes, Omega Protocol, Kirk Progression	Social Organism Ch 3–4	VanderBot interaction + initial Trinity Graph nodes
3	Mon Mar 16	Vibe Coding & Brand Identity "-ity" vocabulary, competitive positioning, radar mapping	—	Brand Positioning Memo (1pg) + 3 radar charts
WHAT Knowledge Graph
4	Wed Mar 18	Knowledge Graph Design Entities, facts, triples, 100-triple domain KG	AI Factory Ch 2–3	Knowledge Architecture Doc + "What We Don't Know" risk analysis
5	Mon Mar 23	Knowledge Graph Verification Entity linking, ontologies, cross-graph integration	KG Embedding survey	AI Reliability Analysis (2pg)
6	Wed Mar 25	AI Reliability Audit Where AI fails, grounded AI, domain risk	—	Persona Architecture Doc + 2-min demo video
7 ★	Mon Mar 30	MIDTERM — Persona Architecture 15-min architecture walkthrough, all pods present	—	—
WHAT IF Generative Graph
8	Wed Apr 1	Trinity Agent Design RAG pipelines, agent reasoning, context engineering	RAG paper + ReAct paper	Agent Logic Map + "Why Context Changes Everything"
9	Mon Apr 6	Generative Graph & Creative Synthesis Cross-graph traversal, serendipity engine	Social Organism Ch 7	Semantic Architecture Doc (15 "-ity" words)
10	Wed Apr 8	Semantic Architecture & Brand Strategy "-ity" vocab, differentiation, investor framing	AI Factory Ch 5	Trinity Financial Model + 1pg narrative
11	Mon Apr 13	Business Model & Financial Architecture Unit economics, graph compounding, revenue modeling	—	Technical Partner Brief (3pg)
12	Wed Apr 15	Integration & Technical Brief Infrastructure scaling, constraints	—	User Feedback Report + Revised Demo Script + Updated system diagram
13	Mon Apr 20	Integration Review & Demo Prep Final rehearsal, Q&A prep	—	—
14 ★	Wed Apr 22	DEMO DAY Live system demos, external judges, 15 min per pod	—	—

Grading

25%

Midterm Presentation (Session 7)

25%

Demo Day (Session 14)

35%

Weekly Assignments

15%

Participation

Required Readings

Luckett & Casey, The Social Organism (Hachette 2016) — Ch 1, 3, 4, 7
Iansiti & Lakhani, AI Factory — Ch 2, 3, 5
Lewis et al., RAG paper (Brightspace)
Yao et al., ReAct paper (Brightspace)
Survey of KG Embedding Models (Brightspace)

Project Tiers

Tier 1 — Inkwell Labs: BackyardOne, Artiquity, Enginuity, Aura Health, Ubiquity
Tier 2 — Community Partnerships: Nashville and Los Angeles
Tier 3 — Student-Originated Initiatives

Tools

VanderBot (WhatsApp AI agent) · Gemini · Claude · NotebookLM · Manus · Trinity Graph API · Brightspace · Google Sheets

Office Hours

After each Mon/Wed class — 1 hour, Room 214
Thursday Zoom workshop
Assignment questions: contact Baxter Webb via Brightspace messaging