The Course
Students & Teams develop principles that will influence companies and their personal growth.
Values
Fundamental beliefs that allow us to make overall judgments.
Principles
Actionable rules of conduct that provide guidance for life and business decisions. Principles are derived from our values.
Enrollment
Small Groups
Students can apply in small groups, which meet to elaborate on the principles formulated from the case discussions.
Any Background
Students are from any background, as the variety of experiences leads to multiple points of view and stimulates engaging discussions.
Early Admission
Seats are limited, so take advantage of early application to improve the chances of admission and form small groups right away.
Applications are now closed - please come back in fall 2021 when we will start taking applications for the class during winter quarter 2021
2021 Applications are now open! Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
Early deadline: 12/6 (accepted applicants will hear back from us by 12/15)
Final deadline: 12/13 (all applicants will hear back from us by 12/31)
The first class session will be held on:
Monday, 01/11/2021 on Zoom
Some of our Guests
Joshua Carter
CEO @ Aperia Technologies
After receiving an MS from Stanford in MechE - Design Methodology, Joshua co-founded Aperia Technologies, of which he is CEO.
Jim Castelaz
CEO @ Motiv Power Systems
Jim was a PhD student in EE at Stanford when he founded Motiv. He was featured in the Silicon Valley Business Journal 40 under 40.
Vanessa Larco
Partner @ NEA
Vanessa was a Product Lead at Playdom where she shaped an industry during the haydays of social gaming. In 2016, she became a Parter at NEA, focusing on Enterprise SaaS and Consumer Services investments.
Bruce Cozadd
CEO @ JAZZ Pharmaceuticals
A GSB alumnus, he held various exec positions with ALZA Corporation until 2001. In 2003 he co-founded Jazz Pharmaceuticals.
Ray Dalio
CEO @ Bridgewater
He founded Bridgewater in 1975 which became the world’s largest hedge fund. He is author of the #1 NYT Bestseller ’Principles: Life and Work’.
Matthew Prince
CEO @ Cloudflare
Matthew is a professor of law, but also the co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare, the WSJ 2013 most innovative internet and network company.
Christian Chabot
Chairman @ Tableau
Stanford and GSB alumnus, Christian started his career as a data analyst at Cornerstone Research, but ended up co-founding Tableau in 2003.
KR Sridhar
CEO @ Bloom Energy
Prior to founding Bloom Energy, KR was Director of the Space Technologies Laboratory, professor at the University of Arizona and served as an advisor to NASA.
Hilarie Koplow-McAdams
Former SVP @ Oracle
Hilarie is a Venture Partner at New Enterprise Associates. She was SVP at Oracle, President at Salesforce and sits on the Board of Tableau and Duo.
The Teaching Team
Jack Fuchs
Lecturer MS&E
Jack has been teaching at Stanford for over 7 years. He is an Operating Partner at Blackhorn Ventures and board Member and Advisor of, among others, Motiv and Aperia.
Scott Sandell
Managing General Partner @ NEA
#16 on The Midas List in 2018, Scott has been with New Enterprise Associates for more than 20 years. His most notable exits include Workday, Tableau, Mulesoft, Uber and Coursera.
Tom Byers
Entrepreneurship Professor MS&E
Tom has been teaching at Stanford for 24 years and has been a Faculty Director, since inception, of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP). He received Stanford University's Gores Award.
Teaching Assistants
The Volunteers
Valerie Huynh
Investment Analyst
@ NEA
David Nawrath
Management & Technology
@ TU Munich
Grayson Zulauf
Ph.D. Candidate
@ Stanford
David Zweig
Co-founder
@ PeerHouse
