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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.

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.