Class Id: 8626
Days: TTh
Start Time: 01:30 PM
End Time: 02:50 PM
Building: FRIEN
Room: 006
Course Id: 3813
Departments and Numbers: EGR 491, ELE 491, ORF 491
Area:
Title: High-Tech Entrepreneurship
Description: 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.
Prerequisites: Enrollment for the course is by written application. Applications are available at C-205 in the E-Quad. All applications must be completed and returned by December 8, 2009.
Professors: Ed Zschau
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