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Fall 2006-2007ELE 591 na, npdf
High Tech Entrepreneurship
ENROLLMENT BY APPLICATION OR INTERVIEW. DEPARTMENTAL PERMISSION REQUIRED.
This "hands-on" practical course introduces students to the analysis and actions required to launch a successful high tech company. Using several conceptual frameworks and analytical techniques, it addresses the challenges of evaluating technologies for commercial feasibility, determining how best to launch a new venture, attracting the resources needed to start a company (e.g. people, corporate partners, and venture capital), preparing comprehensive business plans, structuring business relationships, and managing early stage companies toward "launch velocity" and sustainable growth.
Sample reading list:
William Sahlman, Some Thoughts on Business Plans
Michael J. Roberts, Legal Protection of Intellectual Property
Constance Bagley & Craig Dauchy, Venture Capital
Constance Bagley & Craig Dauchy, Going Public
Other Requirements:
Open to Graduate Students Only.
Other information:
This course includes lecture/discussion sessions, readings from articles, classroom discussions of "cases" describing real entrepreneurial situations, and visits to class by entrepreneurs to provide current "real world" guidance. Enrollment is by written application only. Applications must be picked up and submitted to room C-232 in the E-Quad by Tuesday, April 25, 2006.
Schedule/Classroom assignment:
| Class number | Section | Time | Days | Room | Enrollment | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20496 | L01 | 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm | T Th | Friend Center of Engineering 006 | Enrolled:4 Limit:59 |


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