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Calendar for E140A - Management of Technology Ventures - Spring 2012
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 1:15-3:05 PM

Note: All sessions are held in Wallenberg Hall, Room 127 unless otherwise noted.
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(Click on heading to see detailed information about the readings and assignments for each session. Click here for a PDF version of the Class Schedule)

Week

Tues

 

Thur

 

I

4/3

Session 1  MFP Introduction and Class Culture  

4/5

Session 2  MFP Forum Overview & Job Search

Guests: MFP Alumni
  4/4 MFP Mentor Mixer: 7:30-9 pm @ Tina's

II

4/10

Session 3  Key Models and Frameworks

Floodgate Reception: 5:30 pm


4/12

Session 4  Accounting: Running the Numbers Workshop

Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers Reception: 5:30 pm

III

4/17

Session 5  Creativity and Innovation

4/19

Session 6    Product/Market Strategy I

Guest: Donna Novitsky
Case: California Vision Tools, Inc.
  4/18 Accel Reception: 6:00 pm @ Nola in Palo Alto

IV

4/24

Session 7  Negotiation Skills

4/26

Session 8  Product/Market Strategy II

Guest: Steve Blank
Case: IMVU


V

5/1

Session 9  Leadership and Networking

Guest: Heidi Roizen
Case: Heidi Roizen

5/3

Session 10  Job Search

  5/5 James Bradburne: 11:00 am @ STVP

VI

5/8

Session 11  Clean Tech Entrepreneurship

Guest: Katharine Ku
Case: Amyris - Team #1 Opens

5/10

Session 12  Product/Market Strategy III

Guest: Geoffrey Moore
Case: Documentum - Team #2 Opens

VII

5/15

Session 13  Venture Capital I

Guest: Ann Miura-Ko
Case: Yahoo! - Team #3 Opens

5/17

Session 14  Founder-CEO Succession

Guest: Peter Fenton
Case: Wily Technology - Team #4 Opens


VIII

5/22

Session 15  Startup Teams

Guest: Josh Schwarzapel
Case: Cooliris - Team #1 Opens

 

 

5/24

Session 16  Venture Capital II

Guest: Scott Kriens
Case: Juniper - Team #2 Opens


IX

5/29

Session 17   Ethics and Entrepreneurship

Case: Randy Hess - Team #3 Opens

5/31

Session 18  Life Sciences Entrepreneurship

Guest: Brook Byers
Case: Genomic Health - Team #4 Opens

 

 

X

6/5

Session 19  Entrepreneurial Leadership

Guest: John Hennessey

6/7

Session 20  Project Presentations

  6/11 Broad Takeaways Post Due
  6/11 Mayfield Fellows Team-Instructor Meetings