ECE 498 LEE - Advanced Lectures in Engineering Entrepreneurship

Summer 2009 | Fall 2009 | Spring 2010 | Summer 2010
Section Type Times Days Location Instructor
LEE LCD 1700 - 1815 T   1404 Siebel Center for Comp Sci  Andrew Singer
Laura Hollis

Official Description Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in electrical and computer engineering intended to augment the existing curriculum. See Class Schedule or departmental course information for topics and prerequisites. May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary.
Hours 0 to 4 hours.
Course Prerequisites
Course Directors Andrew Carl Singer
Description Analysis of concepts of entrepreneurship and commercialization of new technology in new and existing businesses. Guest speaker topics vary, but typically include: idea validation and opportunity assessment; commercializing new technologies; venture funding; legal issues; product development; marketing; international business issues. Critical analysis of case studies in high-technology ventures with specific emphasis on ventures based on technologies in electrical and computer engineering.
Credit 1 hour
Topics
  • Opportunity assessment and idea validation   
  • Commercializing new technologies in emerging and existing enterprises       
  • Obtaining financing through private and public sources      
          Term sheet evaluation         
  • Intellectual property protection and management      
  • Sales/Marketing         
  • Strategic partnerships         
  • Profitability and cash flow

Course Syllabus (doc)
Course Prerequisites Permission of instructor or co-admission in the IVentures 10 program.
Texts Harvard Business Review on Entrepreneurship, Harvard Business School Press, 1999.

C. Christensen, The Innovator’s Dilemma, Dearborn Trade Publishing, 2003.

Selected readings from other texts and articles.