Week

Date

Topic(s)

notes and multimedia

Assignments

Confirmed Guest Speakers

1

Jan. 19

Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Development

notes01.ppt

Lou Bucelli, Bucelli and Co, LLC.

2

Jan. 26

Economic Growth and the Technology Entrepreneur (Graff)

dean kamen

mark koska

notes02.ppt

venture01.doc

QuadChart.ppt

Amy Prieto, Co-Founder, Prieto Battery

3

Feb. 2

Opportunity Evaluation and Product Planning (Marchese)

Stephen Schmutzer, Founder, Firefly Medical

4

Feb. 9

Competitive Strategy (Turley)

reading1.pdf

reading2.pdf

notes04.pptx

four questions every venture should ask

venture02.doc

Bryan Willson, Co-Founder, Envirofit International and Solix Biofuels

5

Feb. 16

Innovation Strategies (Turley)

W.S. Sampath,Co-Founder, Abound Solar

6

Feb. 23

Indentifying Customer Needs (Marchese)

Ulrich, Ch. 4

notes06.doc

venture04.docx

(due date TBD)

Ken Reardon,CTO, OptiEnz Sensors

7

Mar, 2

The Business Plan (Turley)

Justin Discoe, Co-founder, Sprig Toys

8

Mar. 9

Product Specifications (Marchese)

notes06.doc

case-study.ppt

copeland

venture04.docx

(due March 30)

9

Mar. 16

Spring Break

10

Mar. 23

Types of Ventures (Graff)

Scott Deeter, CEO, Ventria Bioscience

11

Mar. 30

Legal Formation and Intellectual Property (Graff)

notes11.ppt

mutschler-graff-paper.pdf

Tim Reeser, COO, Cynergy, Todd Headley, CSURF

12

Apr. 6

Sources of Capital (Graff)

Catherine Merigold, Vista Ventures

13

Apr. 13

The Marketing and Sales Plan (Turley)

Book Report Presentations

14

Apr. 20

Envirofit Case Study (Hudnut)

Envirofit Case Study

notes14.ppt

Tim Bauer , VP Engineering, Envirofit International

15

Apr. 27

The New Enterprise Organization (Marchese)

Ed Van Dyne , VanDyne SuperTurbo

16

May 4

Final Presentations