Technology Ventures

Introduction
About This Site
About The Textbook
About The Authors
McGraw-Hill Book Website

Book Contents
Table of Contents
I	Opportunity and Strategy
II	Creating New Ventures
III	Functional Development
IV	Growth and Financing
	Business Plans (App. A)
	Case Studies (App. B)
	Online Sources (App. C)

Sample Syllabus
Course Overview
Calendar of Sessions
I	Entrepreneurial Perspective
II	Idea or Opportunity
III	Gathering Resources
IV	Managing Ventures
V	Entrepreneurship and You

Additional Resources
STVP Educators Corner
Courses Using This Textbook

As courses start using this textbook as a resource, we hope to generate a list of contact names and links to websites from these course instructors and facilitators. If you are interested in sharing with us your high-technology entrepreneurship course information, please send a email to Professor Tom Byers (tbyers@stanford.edu) with information about your course.
	Stanford University High-Technology Entrepreneurship Professors Tom Byers and Randy Komisar For juniors, seniors, and first year masters students of all majors. No prerequisites. Introduction to concepts and tools essential to the entrepreneurial process, overview of the technology enterprise and the role of the individual within. Case studies, lectures, workshops and projects covering high-growth ventures from IT to biotechnology. 4 units, Winter Quarter. Link: http://www.stanford.edu/class/engr145

	University of California, Davis Management 244 Professor Richard Dorf The course is focused on the development and management of the new business ventures as an entrepreneurial enterprise. We will examine the characteristics of the successful entrepreneur and determine the critical steps in building or acquiring a growth business from startup to revenues of greater than $10 million in a period of five years or less. Teams will develop a business plan that can be used to obtain the resources to build this business. Link: Course Syllabus in (pdf)
Partial list of adopters in USA: • Babson College / Olin College • Boston University • Bradley University • Carnegie Mellon University • Colorado School of Mines • East Tennessee State University • Florida Institute of Technology • Illinois Institute of Technology • Louisiana Tech University • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Michigan Technical University • Miami University, Ohio • North Dakota State University • Northwest Arkansas Community College • Stanford University • Syracuse University • Trinity University • Tufts University • University of Alabama, Birmingham • University of Alabama, Huntsville • University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa • University of Arkansas, Fayetteville • University of California, Berkeley • University of California, San Diego • University of California, Davis • University of California, Santa Barbara • University of Illinois • University of Kentucky • University of Louisiana, Lafayette • University of Maryland • University of Nevada, Las Vegas • University of Sioux Falls • University of South Florida, Tampa • University of Texas, Arlington • University of Wyoming • Vanderbilt • Wake Forest University Partial list of international adopters: • Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) • London Business School • Mahidol University (Thailand) • National University of Singapore • Swiss Institute of Technology (EPFL) • University College London • University of Edinburgh • University of Queensland, Australia


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