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Calendar for E140A - Leadership of Technology Ventures - Spring 2013
Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:15-3:05 PM

Note: All sessions are held in Wallenberg 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

4/2

Session 1  MFP Introduction and Class Culture  

4/4

Session 2  MFP Job Search

Guests: MFP Alumni

Floodgate Reception: 5:30 pm

II

4/9

Session 3  Key Models and Frameworks



Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers Reception: 5:30 pm

4/11

Session 4  Accounting, Opportunity Discovery & Case Method

III

4/16

Session 5  Creativity and Innovation

4/18

Session 6  Negotiation Skills  


IV

4/23

Session 7  Market Strategy I

Guest: Geoff Moore
Case: Documentum

Accel Reception: 5:30 pm @ Nola in Palo Alto

4/25

Session 8  Market Strategy II

Guest: Donna Novitsky
Case: California Vision Tools - Team #1 Opens

Draper Fisher Jurvetson Reception: 5:30 pm

V

4/30

Session 9  Market Strategy III

Guest: Steve Blank
Case: IMVU - Team #2 Opens

April 28th Dinner at Tina's

5/2

Session 10  Job Search

Note: This session is moved to Sunday April 28th

VI

5/7

Session 11  Clean Tech Entrepreneurship

Guest: Katharine Ku and Steve Perricone
Case: Amyris - Team #3 Opens

5/9

Session 12  Leadership and Networking

Guest: Heidi Roizen
Case: Heidi Roizen

VII

5/14

Session 13  Startup Teams

Guest: Josh Schwarzapel
Case: Cooliris - Team #4 Opens

5/16

Session 14  Founder-CEO Succession

Guest: Peter Fenton
Case: Wily Technology - Team #1 Opens


VIII

5/21

Session 15  Venture Capital I

Guest: Ann Miura-Ko
Case: Yahoo! - Team #2 Opens

5/23

Session 16  Venture Capital II

Guest: Scott Kriens
Case: Juniper - Team #3 Opens


IX

5/28

Session 17  Entrepreneurial Leadership

Guest: John Hennessey

5/30

Session 18  Life Sciences Entrepreneurship

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

X

6/4

Session 19 Ethics and Entrepreneurship

Case: Randy Hess

6/6

Session 20  Project Presentations
NOTE: Class will be held from 12:00 to 2pm.

June 6th Dinner at Tom's

  6/7 Mayfield Fellows Team-Instructor Meetings
  6/10 Broad Takeaways Post Due