COURSE NUMBER: EWMBA 295A-1

Please note that this description is from Fall 2010. We will update when we have the information.

COURSE TITLE: Entrepreneurship

UNITS OF CREDIT: 3 Units

INSTRUCTOR: Jack Fuchs, Naeem Zafar, and Ron Star

E-MAIL ADDRESS: jfuchs@gmail.com, nzafar@haas.berkeley.edu, rstar@howardrice.com

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MEETING DAY(S)/TIME: Monday, 6:00pm-9:30pm

PREREQUISITE(S): PF/PS as a pre or co-requisite

CLASS FORMAT: The class will combine readings, lectures, case materials and regular class involvement by entrepreneurs and business professionals.

REQUIRED READINGS: The readings for this course are duplicated articles, book chapters and cases that will be published in an electronic Reader.

BASIS FOR FINAL GRADE:The course grade will be based upon:

The group exercise:

  • Written business plan (including draft deliverables) 40%
  • Oral plan presentation 30%

    From class:

  • Class participation and non-business plan deliverables 30%

    ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES:
    This course is about how to create an entrepreneurial business – a Startup! The main requirement for the course will be the development of a business plan on a venture of the student's choosing, subject to faculty approval. Students will work together, in teams of four or five, to develop an idea for a new venture, research its potential and perform analysis to identify what resources are needed and when. This work serves as the basis for two substantial efforts: first, development of a written business plan, including detailed sales and marketing objectives and financial projections; and second, an oral presentation of that plan to a panel of investors, VCs and business professionals who will be surrogates for your most likely source of start-up capital. This course will prepare you for starting your own business or analyzing a new business as an entrepreneur.

    BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:

    Jack Fuchs
    Jack currently provides global business, financial and strategic leadership for ForteBIO, a Pharma and Biotech instrumentation company. Prior to ForteBIO, Jack held business leadership roles with three private companies, two of which resulted in successful company acquisitions. Previously in his career, Jack served seven years as a strategic management consultant at McKinsey & Company, where he served health care and wireless clients. He has also held sales, marketing and strategic leadership roles with Becton Dickinson, a $4 Billion medical technology equipment company. Jack graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth College with a bachelor's degree in Engineering Sciences and received an M.B.A. from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. .

  • Naeem Zafar
    Naeem is the founding partner of Concordia Ventures, a company dedicated to educate and help entrepreneurs with all aspects of starting and running a company. Naeem has been with six startups and has extensive experience in mentoring and coaching CEOs. His last assignment was the president and CEO of Pyxis Technology Inc., a company specializing in advanced chip design software for nanometer technology. Naeem has been president and CEO of two other high tech startups (Silicon Design Systems and Veridicom, a Bell Labs spin-off that invented the silicon fingerprint sensors today found on most laptops). Naeem has held senior marketing and engineering positions at several companies including Quickturn Design Systems that had an IPO in 1993 and grew to $125M in revenues. Naeem holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Brown University (magna cum laude), Rhode Island, and a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota.

    Ronald Star
    Ron is an attorney at the San Francisco law firm of Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, A Professional Corporation (www.howardrice.com). He focuses on securities law, financings, venture capital, intellectual property and mergers and acquisitions. He works closely with start-up and private companies on issues related to equity and financings, intellectual property matters, the structuring of executive compensation (including stock arrangements), strategic ventures, acquisitions and management buy-outs.

    Ron is a frequent lecturer on entrepreneurship, venture capital transactions, acquisitions, computer law, multimedia, strategic partnerships, employment matters and closely held businesses.

    Ron received his J.D. from Harvard Law School where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review and an editor-at-large of the Harvard Environmental Law Review). He also received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. His undergraduate degree was in Economics from Harvard University.