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This first meeting will provide
a complete overview of the course, including instructor introductions
and expectations for students. We will discuss the overall meaning
of high-tech entrepreneurship and our goals and objectives in
learning its fundamentals.
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Relevant
Textbook Chapters
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Discussion
Questions
- What is entrepreneurship? Can it be taught?
- Why should engineering, science and humanities students
study entrepreneurship?
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Slidedeck:
Welcome to High-Tech Entrepreneurship
Professors Tom Byers and Randy Komisar's slidedeck for
this opening session. |
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Jeff
Hawkins: What is an entrepreneur?
Jeff Hawkins has never thought of himself as an entrepreneur.
According to him, being an entrepreneur is not a career choice,
but it is something you do at certain points in your life
because you have to. Hawkins believes entrepreneurship is
a means to an end, as opposed to an end in itself. |
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Jeff
Hawkins: What I had wished I learnt in college
Jeff Hawkins responds to - Is there anything you wish you
had learned in college? According to him, to be a successful
entrepreneur one has to have knowledge about a broad range
of disciplines like finance, law, human resource management,
etc. Universersities should teach engineers (and MBA's), about
basic corporate, structural and employee issues that entrepreneurs
will need in order to lay a strong foundation for their company
from the very beginning. |
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Vinod
Khosla: Technology and the driver of change
My view of the role of technology-driven entrepreneurship
has not changed in the past years. I continue to believe that
technology will have a bigger and bigger impact on life, society
and the economy. At every level, we will be driven almost
completely by technology in terms of the change that will
happen. There are other changes, but less radical. Technology
is a consistent driver of change, and there is a role for
startups. Technology will continue to be a bigger part of
the GNP for the next foreseeable future, until we decide that
progress and efficiency aren't important...I also believe
that most of the environmental issues have technology-driven
solutions, whether it is energy, population, water, food.
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Stanford
ENGR145: High-Technology Ventures
Website for Stanford University's introductory class on high
technoloyg ventures, as taught by Professor Thomas Byers and
silicon valley guru Randy Komisar. Contains complete and updated
syllabus and associated video clips. |
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Stanford
Technology Ventures Program Website
STVP is dedicated to accelerating
high technology entrepreneurship education, creating scholarly
research on technology-based firms, and disseminating its
research and teaching knowledge.
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