ENTR 5500
Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Updated
Thursday, Oct 15
Read Smartix and Yieldex for discussion — Prepare both cases for discussion. These are discussion readings; no formal case analysis is assigned for either one.
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Upcoming
Work with your interview group and post progress (Due by EOD) — No regular class meeting. Choose one group member to post what you accomplished, interview/scheduling progress, and questions or blockers in your project channel, @mentioning John.
Read Financing Entrepreneurial Ventures — Prepare for the financing workshop. Keep the Odeo financing figures from October 6 handy. The next quiz’s timing will be announced in Slack.
Write the Savage Beast case analysis — Maximum 400 words excluding title and headings. Use prose for the first four sections and bullets for Implementation; AI is limited to spelling and grammar help.
Write the Rent the Runway case analysis — Complete the case analysis in your shared workbook; no second upload is needed.
Complete five developed themes (Due by EOD) — At least two sources per theme, with limits and reflection. Starting beliefs may be skipped; students write the prose.
Submit both final group deliverables — All groups submit the paper and full creative-deliverable links before the first presentation day, including groups presenting later. Follow the full requirements and rubric.
Complete two external reflections (Papers 2 and 3) — Roughly 250 words each in the shared workbook. Paper 1 is waived with full credit; work marked completed before rubric needs no rewrite.
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Ongoing
Move the entrepreneur interview forward — Analyze the interview and identify themes or unanswered questions. A shorter second interview is optional when needed. More final-project guidance is planned for Thursday.
Develop your themes and external reflections — Write your own prose in the shared workbook. Five themes are due November 3 at 11:59pm; two external reflections are due November 19 before your section’s class. Paper 1 is waived.
Keep up with class participation — Post in your section’s dated Slack participation thread by 11:59pm Eastern. Daily personal notes are optional.
Financing quiz — Friday, October 16 — Read Financing Entrepreneurial Ventures and complete the quiz in eLC. Check the quiz listing for its exact closing time; the Friday date was announced October 13.
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Updates
Class 17: Financing, dilution, and investor incentives
Corrected share-count examples, valuation versus cash, and the incentives behind debt and equity. Financing quiz due Friday; case discussion Thursday.
Financing quiz is available; due Friday, October 16
Grading update: external engagement now has its own 10 points
Class 16: Independent entrepreneur-interview workday
Move the interview project forward and have one group member post an end-of-day progress update, @mentioning John.
Class 15: Odeo, financing, and entrepreneur interviews
Competition and financing reshape a founder’s choices. Interview preparation covered good questions, tested recordings, and transcript access.
October 8 is a group workday
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