Syllabus

Instructor: Jon Burgstone

Co-Instructor: Jacob Christfort

Office Hours: 4117 Etcheverry, Mon, 3:00 to 4:00pm

Class Location: 150 GSPP

Class Meeting Time:  4:00-5:30 MW

GSI:  Jeremy Schiff

GSI Office Hours: 511 Soda, Wed, 11:00am to 12:00pm.

Texts: 

	Sahlman, Stevenson, Roberts and Bhide, The Entrepreneurial Venture, Harvard Business School Press, 1999.
	Selected case studies

Grading:

	50% -- Class participation and assignments
	25% -- Midterm examination
	25% -- Final group project presentation

Course Instruction Modules

	Views of entrepreneurship
	Strategies and tactics for building ventures
	Acquiring resources
	Managing and leading entrepreneurial ventures
	Personal entrepreneurial strategies

Course Format:

This course will be composed primarily of case study analysis.  Students will analyze approximately two case studies per week.  Class discussions will focus on issues raised in case studies, including:  analysis, diagnosis, brainstorming and recommendations.  Through the course of the semester, students will gain exposure to a wide variety of entrepreneurial opportunities, technologies, business models and personalities.

Class Participation:

Students should expect mandatory class participation for IEOR 190.  Class sessions may begin with a "cold call" where one student will be responsible for summarizing the major issues and opportunities in the case study.  Students will be graded on the quality and quantity of their contributions in class.

Class Attendance:

Class attendance is strongly recommended.  Absences for critical and unavoidable reasons should be arranged in advance whenever possible.   Each unauthorized absence will result in 1/2 letter grade penalty (i.e. A- to B+, B+ to B, B to B-).

Example of authorized absence: jury duty

Example of unauthorized absence: job interview

Grading:

100-90 = A, 89-80 = B, 79-70 = C, 69-60 = D, 59 - 0 = F

Students must take IEOR 190A for a letter grade. Pass/Fail is not possible due to the case method format.