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Lectures

Workshops

Monday & Wednesday, 1:15 to 3:05

Select Evenings, TBA

Economics Building (Room 140)

Economics Building (Room 140)

Professor's Office Hours

TAs' Office Hours

Tom Kosnik
Monday 4:00 – 6:00PM (Terman 402)

Noah Weiss
By Appointment

Alex Gould
Tuesdays 11:00AM – 2:00PM (Stanford Alumni Cafe, inside or outside)
Jessica Richman
By Appointment

Chi-Hua Chien
By Appointment

Steve Abraham
By Appointment

 



Course Calendar (Autumn 2007)

Date

Monday Session

Workshop

Date

Wednesday Session

Module 1:  The Entrepreneurial Perspective

1
Sep
24

Course Overview

 

2
Sep 26

Silicon Valley & Entrepreneurship
Guest Instructor: Alicia Morga
(CEO, Consorte Media)

Module 2:  Opportunity Recognition & Evaluation

3
Oct 1

From Idea to Opportunity: Our First Case Study
Case: Yahoo! (A): First-Round Financing

 

4
Oct 3

Entrepreneurial Marketing
Guest Instructor: Seth Sternberg
(CEO, Meebo)

5
Oct 8

From Idea to Opportunity II

Case: Facebook
Guest Instructor: Matt Cohler (VP, Strategy and Operations, Facebook)

Groups Presenting: Amazoogle, Big Slice, Lightning McKing, MTiPO, Notorious SVE, and Orca

A 
Oct 11
Accounting

6
Oct 10

Creativity and Improvisation
Guest Instructor:
Tina Seelig

7
Oct 15

Intellectual Property
Guest Instructor: Robert Sachs (Attorney, Fenwick and West)

 

Module 3:  Gathering Resources

      8
Oct 17

9
Oct 22

Venture Capital
Case: Mock Term Sheet Negotiation
Guest Instructors: Jim Fulton, et. al. (Attorneys, Cooley Godward)

Groups Presenting: Pnagaea, Purple Night, Renegades, Soldiers of Fortune, Take 6, X-Men

 



Module 4:  Managing Ventures
   

10
Oct 24

Team Effectiveness
Movies: Chariots of Fire, Startup.Com

11
Oct 29

Entrepreneurial Teams
Case: NanoGene

Guest Instructor: Gordon Davidson (Attorney, Fenwick and West)

Groups Presenting: Amazoogle, Big Slice, Lightning McKing, MTiPO, Notorious SVE, and Orca

12
Oct 31

Recruiting & Rewards
Case: Barbara Arneson
Guest Instructors: Kristin Major-Siciliano, Dan Siciliano


Groups Presenting: Pnagaea, Purple Night, Renegades, Soldiers of Fortune, Take 6, X-Men

13
Nov 5


Key Elements of Venture Finance: A Second Look and Recap

 

14
Nov 7

Negotiating Startup Challenges
Case: Venture Capital Vignettes, VC Vignettes

Groups Presenting: Amazoogle, Big Slice, Lightning McKing, MTiPO, Notorious SVE, and Orca

15
Nov 12

Initial Public Offerings


B
Nov
Making Effective Presentations

16
Nov 14

Mergers and Acquisitions
Case: Google (2006) and YouTube
Guest Instructor: Salman Ullah


Groups Presenting: Pnagaea, Purple Night, Renegades, Soldiers of Fortune, Take 6, X-Men

Module 5:  Entrepreneurship and You

17
Nov 26

Group Presentations I

 

18
Nov 28

Group Presentations II

19
Dec 3

Entrepreneurial Leadership
Guest Instructor: TBA

 

20
Dec 5

Course Summary

Final Exam: 
Final Exam (information on date and content TBA)

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