Hand-in Assignment Week Topic Reading In-Class Activity (Before class) 1 Entrepreneurship, Identifying and Exploiting Forming teams and Idea the Right Opportunity (Description in Final Generation Project) 2 Evaluating Is it real? Can we win? Is it Idea pitches Sirtris Pharmaceuticals Opportunities worth doing? (Description in Final HBS Case How to pitch a brilliant idea Project) (Only BB Submission. Submit this case analysis or one for Cork’d) 3 Founding Team, Assembling the startup Collect seed fund HBS Case Cork’d and Entrepreneurial team (Description in Final (Only BB Submission. Networks Project) Submit this case analysis or one for Sirtris listed above) 4 Business Plan How to Write a Great Discuss business Zipcar HBS Case Business Plan (POCD plan template (Only BB Submission) framework) Note on the Business Model Analysis for the Entrepreneur 5 Funding New Venture Financing Updates: How Venture Capitalists 120-second Evaluate Potential Venture presentation each Opportunities team 6 Industry Analysis The five competitive forces Industry analysis of that shape strategy your business 7 Wrap-Up A Note on Managing the Opportunity for Hand In the Envelope teams to work on (In class, & Description Growing Venture your business plan, in Final Project) and final presentation 8 Final Presentation Presentations: 10 Final Presentation, and minutes each team, Business Plan with 5 minutes of (Only BB Submission) Q&A (Description in Final Project)
Week Topic Reading In-Class Activity Hand-in Assignment (Before class) 1 Entrepreneurship, and Idea Generation Identifying and Exploiting the Right Opportunity Forming teams (Description in Final Project) 2 Evaluating Opportunities Is it real? Can we win? Is it worth doing? How to pitch a brilliant idea Idea pitches (Description in Final Project) Sirtris Pharmaceuticals HBS Case (Only BB Submission. Submit this case analysis or one for Cork’d) 3 Founding Team, and Entrepreneurial Networks Assembling the startup team Collect seed fund (Description in Final Project) Cork’d HBS Case (Only BB Submission. Submit this case analysis or one for Sirtris listed above) 4 Business Plan How to Write a Great Business Plan (POCD framework) Note on the Business Model Analysis for the Entrepreneur Discuss business plan template Zipcar HBS Case (Only BB Submission) 5 Funding New Venture Financing How Venture Capitalists Evaluate Potential Venture Opportunities Updates: 120-second presentation each team 6 Industry Analysis The five competitive forces that shape strategy Industry analysis of your business 7 Wrap-Up A Note on Managing the Growing Venture Opportunity for teams to work on your business plan, and final presentation Hand In the Envelope (In class, & Description in Final Project) 8 Final Presentation Presentations: 10 minutes each team, with 5 minutes of Q&A (Description in Final Project) Final Presentation, and Business Plan (Only BB Submission)