Design thinking is a critical component and has a potential impact on business competitiveness. The effort should start early so that younger generations can develop their intellectual abilities to be able to think creatively and develop innovative products or services through the ideation stage until commercialization. The significance of this study is building interest among students taking a subject on entrepreneurship on the importance of new product development and the stages that they need to go through before commercialization takes place. The research aims to determine whether educator-student interaction, student to student interactions, and critical thinking skills can influence motivation.