MANAGEMENT SCIENCE & ENGINEERING 273
TECHNOLOGY VENTURE FORMATION

 
   
  Fenwick & West
   
 

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Enrollment Instructions

The class list will been posted by Friday of the first week.

Fill out (typed) and print the Enrollment Form anytime before the first class session. Hand in your completed Enrollment application form in the very first class session.
Admission decisions will be posted on this website by the next day. The waitlist will be cleared within a week.


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General Enrollment Tips

NOTE: You MUST attend the first class session to be considered for admission.

The enrollment process will be open to all graduate students. The teaching team will make an effort to accomodate MS&E masters students concentrating in Tech Entrepreneurship who are graduating in the current quarter. We expect 25% to 35% of our 48 person class capacity will be taken by these priority students.

All other enrollment decisions will be made based on the input given by applicants on the enrollment form along with your preparation and participation in the Nova Software case discussion in the first lecture. Admission decisions for MS&E273 are NOT based on a first-come-first-served criteria. Priority for enrollment is based on the Teaching Team's subjective selection of top students who are graduating soon from a diverse mix of technical and business backgrounds.

Teams that are already formed to work around a specific business idea should clearly indicate that, and hand in their applications together. However, please note that interdisciplinary teams have produced superior business plans in past years, so we generally do not accept a team where all individuals come from the same department (e.g. all MS&E or all GSB).
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A word to the wise...

Year after year, the most common feedback we get is to warn the next quarter's prospective MS&E273 students about the extraordinary time commitment required for this course.

Consider yourself warned! By applying for enrollment in MS&E273, you are applying for entry into a class that:

  • takes up three of your Saturday mornings this quarter (two in spring 2007)
  • can and will affect your other coursework (for better AND worse!)
  • has a weird two-day finals schedule during dead week
  • has a zero-tolerance policy for absences