Description
During this brief criteria around entrepreneurship and new venture creation.
Special 9-Series Workshop on
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND NEW VENTURE CREATION
Instructors: Entrepreneurs Neil Senturia & Barbara Bry
Neil Senturia has started and/or led several technology
companies including Atcom/Info that pioneered high speed
Internet access in hotel rooms and was sold for $80 million.
Currently, he the CEO of two startups—Oberon Fuels and
LonoCloud. Neil taught in the MBA program at SDSU where he
was one of the most highly rated professors. Barbara Bry has
been an entrepreneur in both the for-profit and non-profit
sectors. She is a co-founder of Atcom/Info and was on the
founding management team of Proflowers.com that was sold
for $477 million. She is the founder of San Diego Athena and
was the first associate director of CONNECT.
Who should take this class? This course is designed for
individuals who want to start a company, serve on the
management team of a start-up, or lead or participate in an
entrepreneurial venture within a large organization.
When and Where: Nine Tuesday evenings (6-9 pm) starting
October 2, 2012 and ending November 27, 2012; UCSD campus.
Fee: $525 for working professionals and non-UCSD students;
$125 for UCSD students. Includes all materials. Class size is
limited to 40, and UCSD graduate students will be given
preference for 20 spaces. If you are interested in applying for a
space, please email Barbara Bry, [email protected].
As a scientist, my career path has always seemed
predetermined: graduate school, post-doc,
industry or academia. This workshop made a
daunting alternative seem within reach--
planning, funding and launching my own startup.
-Christine Shulse, PhD candidate, UCSD
Division of Biological Sciences
The class is full of energy, and I was always
engaged in the discussion. I truly feel that
entrepreneurship is a lifestyle choice, which can
be honed and tweaked.
-Thomas Zheng, Neuromorphic
Engineer, Qualcomm
Neil and Barbara's entrepreneurship class tells you
all about what's it's like to be an entrepreneur in
the real entrepreneurial world. It will surely
prepare you.
-Irene Chen, PhD candidate, UCSD
Forget all the textbook fairytales, this is a crash
course in business in the real world. The class
focuses on the realities of deal making plus
invaluable advice every start-up or entrepreneur
should know.
-Derek Ouellette, Marketing Director,
Angeles BeautyCare Group
Workshop Description: This high-energy, interactive fast-paced
workshop will examine the entrepreneur and the entrepreneurial
process in start-up, high growth and large organizations. It will help
you understand how to think in an entrepreneurial way and how to
analyze hard facts in all aspects of starting and growing a company.
This is not a “war story” workshop. You will leave with practical tools
that you can apply in a variety of situations. Be prepared to actively
participate and engage with your classmates and instructors. The
curriculum includes Harvard Business School case studies, guest
speakers and a team project focused on a business plan presentation.
You will not be bored. Simply imagine spending your evening with
Larry David channeling Woody Allen and Tina Fey.
Class is sponsored by Knobbe Martens Intellectual Property Law
doc_211021967.pdf
During this brief criteria around entrepreneurship and new venture creation.
Special 9-Series Workshop on
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND NEW VENTURE CREATION
Instructors: Entrepreneurs Neil Senturia & Barbara Bry
Neil Senturia has started and/or led several technology
companies including Atcom/Info that pioneered high speed
Internet access in hotel rooms and was sold for $80 million.
Currently, he the CEO of two startups—Oberon Fuels and
LonoCloud. Neil taught in the MBA program at SDSU where he
was one of the most highly rated professors. Barbara Bry has
been an entrepreneur in both the for-profit and non-profit
sectors. She is a co-founder of Atcom/Info and was on the
founding management team of Proflowers.com that was sold
for $477 million. She is the founder of San Diego Athena and
was the first associate director of CONNECT.
Who should take this class? This course is designed for
individuals who want to start a company, serve on the
management team of a start-up, or lead or participate in an
entrepreneurial venture within a large organization.
When and Where: Nine Tuesday evenings (6-9 pm) starting
October 2, 2012 and ending November 27, 2012; UCSD campus.
Fee: $525 for working professionals and non-UCSD students;
$125 for UCSD students. Includes all materials. Class size is
limited to 40, and UCSD graduate students will be given
preference for 20 spaces. If you are interested in applying for a
space, please email Barbara Bry, [email protected].
As a scientist, my career path has always seemed
predetermined: graduate school, post-doc,
industry or academia. This workshop made a
daunting alternative seem within reach--
planning, funding and launching my own startup.
-Christine Shulse, PhD candidate, UCSD
Division of Biological Sciences
The class is full of energy, and I was always
engaged in the discussion. I truly feel that
entrepreneurship is a lifestyle choice, which can
be honed and tweaked.
-Thomas Zheng, Neuromorphic
Engineer, Qualcomm
Neil and Barbara's entrepreneurship class tells you
all about what's it's like to be an entrepreneur in
the real entrepreneurial world. It will surely
prepare you.
-Irene Chen, PhD candidate, UCSD
Forget all the textbook fairytales, this is a crash
course in business in the real world. The class
focuses on the realities of deal making plus
invaluable advice every start-up or entrepreneur
should know.
-Derek Ouellette, Marketing Director,
Angeles BeautyCare Group
Workshop Description: This high-energy, interactive fast-paced
workshop will examine the entrepreneur and the entrepreneurial
process in start-up, high growth and large organizations. It will help
you understand how to think in an entrepreneurial way and how to
analyze hard facts in all aspects of starting and growing a company.
This is not a “war story” workshop. You will leave with practical tools
that you can apply in a variety of situations. Be prepared to actively
participate and engage with your classmates and instructors. The
curriculum includes Harvard Business School case studies, guest
speakers and a team project focused on a business plan presentation.
You will not be bored. Simply imagine spending your evening with
Larry David channeling Woody Allen and Tina Fey.
Class is sponsored by Knobbe Martens Intellectual Property Law
doc_211021967.pdf