%0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2011 %T A Rapid Prototyping Environment for Student Entrepreneurs %A Frank Horsfall %X This article describes a project initiated in the Technology Innovation Management (TIM) program at Carleton University to develop a common development and test environment for entrepreneurs associated with the program. This environment will support a collaborative entrepreneurial community that is building complementary products around a core platform; the goal is to accelerate the quick delivery of projects to market while acknowledging that the community's resources are limited. As described in this article, the solution that was developed is called the TIM Rapid Prototyping Environment (TIMRPE). Thee TIMRPE provides a competitive advantage for entrepreneurs in the TIM program. A TIM entrepreneur can quickly jump into the development of their prototype, knowing that timely assistance and support is available. This environment now hosts several entrepreneurial projects, some of which have been described in recent issues of the OSBR, including this one. This article introduces the rapid prototyping approach, provides an overview of the TIMRPE, shares lessons learned from the early experiences with the environment, and outlines the project's next steps. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 06/2011 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/448 %N June 2011 %9 Articles %1 EnTeraSec Inc. Frank Horsfall is a graduate student in the Technology Innovation Management (TIM) program at Carleton University in Ottawa. He is the Chair of the TIM Entrepreneur Council, the founder/lead of the Bloom data visualization project, the project founder/lead of the TIM Rapid Prototyping Environment (TIMRPE), and a member of the TFN200 architecture team tasked with the design of a next generation web-based communications collaboration platform at Carleton University. Frank is also President of EnTeraSec, a security and IT professional services company in the Lead to Win business ecosystem.