This course focuses on the venture assessment process from the perspective of early stage investors. This is because the ventures they focus on are inherently risky, they epitomize the ambiguous information-constrained environment in which decisions must be made, and because such investors have developed frameworks aiding those decisions. The skills you learn will thus be valuable not merely within investment firms, but also in various other settings, such as in start-ups, large firms, or law, accounting, and banking firms, that seek to launch, evaluate, or support new initiatives.  You will develop a skillset that will allow you to see value by mitigating the risks that others only see as barriers.