Students, under the supervision of a faculty member, participate in a startup experience with client firms. Along with the experiential component of working with founders and start-up firms, the course introduces students to frameworks for developing entrepreneurial strategies. This course examines issues and opportunities in creating new innovation-based start-up firms, providing students with the opportunity to explore and practice entrepreneurship and innovation. Students learn about management consulting, business model innovation, entrepreneurial finance, pricing, business valuation, term sheets and intellectual property strategy. Students work both individually and within teams. Delivery is in a seminar format with students taking significant responsibility for their own learning. There is a significant experiential learning component in this course. |