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Introduction to Entrepreneurship

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Information for Spring 2012

 

Professor: Jennifer Walske
walske@haas.berkeley.edu
TAs:   Angela Wang
(Interview with an Entrepreneur)
aywang8@berkeley.edu
  Ayan Agarwal
(Attendance & Quizzes)
Agarwal.ayan@berkeley.edu
  Joe Wadcan
(Forums & IDEAFest)
joe_wadcan@mba.berkeley.edu
 
Office & Hours: Monday 2:00-3:00 p.m. or by appointment
F608, Haas Business School, Faculty Building
   
Class Time: Mondays, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.,
Andersen Auditorium, Haas F295

 

[Full Syllabus for Spring 2012 as a PDF]

[Summary for Spring 2012 as a PDF]

[Video web page - current semester]

[video archive - previous semesters]

 

[L&S 5 page]

 

This is a two unit graded course offered jointly by the College of Letters and Sciences and the Haas School of Business. 

 

Course Objective:   Our goal is to disrupt your day, and with any luck, maybe your life.  Through this course, we want you to reflect on what entrepreneurship may mean towards your college and post collegiate aspirations.  In order to get there, we want you to create your own, personalized view of entrepreneurship, by engaging with invited speakers, by interviewing an entrepreneur of your choosing, and by creating a novel idea for a product or service.

Two quotes from our two textbooks for the course:

“Perhaps a few realized that what was to be the highlight of their day had just arrived:  The Diversion. The Disruption. The Hope for Escape, however temporary, from the routine of another day at school.”   Orbiting the Giant Hairball, p. 17.

“….if your life was to end suddenly and unexpectedly tomorrow, would you be able to say you’ve been doing what you truly care about today?  What would you be willing to do for the rest of your life? What would it take to do it right now?”  The Monk and the Riddle, p. 156.




 

Jennifer Walske


Director of Social Entrepreneurship

Lester Center for Entrepreneurship

 

Spring 2011 Videos

 

 

January 24

Jennifer Walske
Lecturer in Entrepreneurship
[no video]

 

 

January 31

Charles Huang
Co-Founder, Guitar Hero

[bio & video]

 

 

February 7

K. Peter Hirth
CEO, Plexxikon

[bio & video]

 

February 14

John Foraker, CEO, Annie’s, Inc.
Bob Burke, President (former) Gordon Biersch Brewing Company

[bio & video]

 

March 7

Selina Lo, President & CEO, Ruckus Wireless

[bio & video]

 

March 28

 

Krutal Desai, Founder, Sponge
Sahil Jain, co-Founder, WebMynd Corp.
Raymond Lei, Founder, ooshirts
Alamgir Mand, CEO and President at Taggstr

[bios & video]


April 4 -

Penny Herscher, President and CEO, FirstRain
[bio & video]


April 11 -

Stephen G. Newberry, CEO & Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors,
Lam Research
[bio & video]


April 18 -

David Stanton, President & CEO, APTwater, Inc.
[bio & video]


April 25 -

Matt Flannery, Co-Founder and CEO , Kiva.
[bio & video]


May 2 -

IDEAFEST
[video]


 

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