[bioundgrd] Fwd: New Enterprises (15.390B/10.98) class seats available for Spring 2009

[Janice Chang]

>From: "Scott Alessandro" <salessan at MIT.EDU>
>Subject: New Enterprises (15.390B/10.98) class seats available for Spring 2009
>Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:45:14 -0500
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>Do you want to learn to organize a new venture, write business plans 
>and get an opportunity to pitch them to Venture Capitalists?
>Here is your opportunity. New Enterprises class 15.390 B (or 10.98 
>in the School of Engineering) is being offered this semester and 
>seats are still available to grab this opportunity. This is a full 
>term course and is taught by Dr. Noubar Afeyan who is a successful 
>entrepreneur and currently the Managing Partner of a VC fund 
>"Flagship Ventures". Please contact Ben Frenkel or Atul Gupta for 
>further information.
>Ben Frenkel: <mailto:bfrenkel at mit.edu>bfrenkel at mit.edu
>Atul Gupta: <mailto:atulg at mit.edu>atulg at mit.edu
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>Class Details:
>      * Monday, from 6:00 - 9:00 pm
>      * Room E51-315
>      * Units (9 units)
>      * Enrollment available
>      * First Class Monday, Feb 9th, 6:00PM
>The class invites students across all the engineering disciplines on 
>campus to collaborate with Sloan students on business plans. Many 
>business plans that started off in the class have successfully 
>entered MIT 100K and won awards.
>Brief Course Description:
>Entrepreneurship involves the conception, design, launch and 
>development of a new enterprise. Intended for students who want to 
>start their own business, further develop an existing business, be a 
>member of a management team in a new enterprise, or better 
>understand the entrepreneur and the entrepreneurial process, this 
>course covers a broad range of topics such as opportunity 
>assessment, the value proposition, the entrepreneur, legal issues, 
>entrepreneurial ethics, the business plan, the founding team, 
>seeking customers and raising funds.  In addition to lectures and 
>case examples from current startups, you will "learn by doing" 
>through writing a full business plan as part of a team, and 
>presenting to invited venture capitalists. The course uses case 
>examples from the Life Sciences as well as Cleantech/Energy and IT 
>sectors.
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