Principles of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Schedule

Schedule: Principles of Innovation and Entrepreneurship ENTR.3000.202   Fall 2017             [Full Syllabus Here]
Jack M Wilson, PhD, [Jack M. Wilson],                                                                                              [Case List Here]
Distinguished Professor of Higher Education, Emerging Technologies, and Innovation;
jack_wilson@uml.edu;   Office: Pulichino-tong 202C Office Hours: Mon.&Wed. 12:00-2:00
Course Times: Mon.&Wed.: 2:00-3:15 pm  Location: Pulichino-Tong Bldg. 160
http://www.jackmwilson.net/Entrepreneurship/Principles/index.html

Wk.	Date	Monday	Wednesday
1	4-6 Sep	Labor Day	Course Intro. & Meet Some Entrepreneurs Ch. 1-What is a startup?
2	11-13-Sep	Ch. 2- The Democratization of Startups [Why Entrepreneurship matters.]	ILinc Case - [Text]; [Slides]
3	18-20-Sep	Ch. 3-Opportunities Case: Segway	Difference Makers Ideation Exercise
4	25-27-Sep	Ch. 4-Approaches to Opportunity Eval.; Bus.Models, Lean Launchpad and Business Model Canvas	Privo Technologies DailyWorth Wall Street Journal Top 25 cases
5	2-4-Oct	Ch. 5-People; Building a Team	Google
6	9-11-Oct	Columbus Day Holiday	Ch. 6- Pain [Needs, Pain, and Solutions]
7	16-18-Oct	Exam 1 [Review Sheet] Use Blackboard to go to the class homepage and then take the test.	Ch. 7 Product [New Product Development] Online class today. Read the text chapter 7 and the linked slides on your own, and then answer the questions on Blackboard's Discussion section.
8	23-25-Oct	Entrepreneurship is Global	Case: Harish Hande- SELCO-India
9	30-Oct-1-Nov	Ch. 8-Market; Marketing	Case: Stacy's Pita Chips
10	6-8-Nov	Ch. 9-Plan Planning; also revisit Lean Launchpad & Business Model Canvas Read: https://hbr.org/2013/05/why-the-lean-start-up-changes-everything	Ch. 10-Pitch The Pitch and Business Plans -or not.
11	13-15-Nov	Guest Lecturer: Andrew Sutherland, Co-Founder and CFO, Applied Biomath LLC	Business Model Canvas Template Individual BMC Projects Due and Presentations
12	20-22-Nov	Fund raising for a new venture Ch. 11-Raising Money; Case-[Kickstarter]	Day before Thanksgiving No Class
13	27-29-Nov	Ch. 12-Pitfalls [How to Fail at Entrep.] Case: Altaeros Energy	Case - [Snapchat]
14	4-6-Dec	Ch. 13-Don't quit your day job unless.. Term project is due -Summary Review	Exam 2 [Review Sheet -Ch. 1-13] Use Blackboard to go to the class homepage and then take the test.
15	11-13-Dec	Team presentations (Final)	Team presentations (Final)