Course Description
Case studies of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial ventures. Covers multiple areas, from structuring the new business to fundraising to defining the market. Students will learn from the experience of others in creating an entrepreneurial venture.
Athena Title
Intro to Entrepreneurship
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in ENTR 5500, ENTR 5500E
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, students should be able to: - Understand entrepreneurial opportunity as a novel chance to create value for multiple stakeholders - Summarize methodologies used to reduce the inherent risks of founding a startup - Predict the consequences of tradeoffs that founders may make to gain access to resources needed to grow early-stage startup businesses - Evaluate the consequences of misalignment of roles, relationships, and rewards within a founding team - Formulate a realistic recommendation to a founder facing an obstacle within a new business - Present common themes of successful entrepreneurship distilled from a broad array of entrepreneurial narratives (e.g., case studies, guest speakers, podcasts)
Topical Outline
Defining relationships, roles, and rewards Partner selection Key hiring decisions Splitting up the equity Start-up governance Venture finance Managing a growing concern Decision making with uncertainty Risk evaluation Types of legal structures for start-ups Valuation
Syllabus