Lectures

Workshops

Tuesday & Thursday, 1:15 to 3:05 and 3:15 to 5:05

110 Thornton

Professor's Office Hours

TAs' Office Hours

Tom Byers
Mondays 11:30AM - 1:30PM

Ann Miura-Ko
Tuesdays: 3-5 in Terman 324

Randy Komisar
Teaching Thursdays 5:05 – 6:00PM (Thornton 110)

Emily Cox
Thursdays: 1-3 in Terman 423

Tom Kosnik
Tuesday/Thursday 3:15 - 4:30PM

Anand Subramani and Austin Rachlin
By Appointment

Course Calendar (Winter 2008)

Date

Tuesday Session

Workshop

Date

Thursday Session

Module 1:  The Entrepreneurial Perspective

1
Jan 8

Opening

2
Jan 10

Silicon Valley & Models

Module 2:  Opportunity Recognition & Evaluation

3
Jan 15

Creativity and Improvisation
Guest Instructor: Tina Seelig

Workshop: Accounting

4
Jan 17

Entrepreneurial Marketing

5
Jan 22

From Idea to Opportunity

Case: Advanced Inhalation Research

6
Jan 24

From Idea To Opportunity II

Case: Facebook

7
Jan 29

Intellectual Property
Case: Palm Computing

8
Jan 31

Partnerships
Case: WebTV

Module 3:  Gathering Resources

9
Feb 5

Key Elements of Venture Finance

Workshop: Finance

10
Feb 7

Team Effectiveness

11
Feb 12

Financing
Case: SolidWorks

12
Feb 14

Stock Options
Case: Barbara Arneson

Module 4:  Managing Ventures

13
Feb 19

Team Challenges
Case: NanoGene

14
Feb 21

Initial Public Offerings
Case: BioTransplant

15
Feb 26

Mergers and Acquisitions

Case: Palm Computing II

16
Feb 28

Social Innovation

Case: Think

Module 5:  Entrepreneurship and You

17
Mar 4

Group Presentations I

18
Mar 6

Group Presentations II

19
Mar 11

Careers

20
Mar 13

Course Summary

Final Exam: 
Take Home: Due Monday, March 17th at 9:00AM in Terman 417