| 605.759 New Technical Ventures The Johns Hopkins University SAMPLE SYLLABUS FORM PREVIOUS YEARS |
| COURSE DESCRIPTION. This course is for those who are considering their own high tech or Internet venture or developing a new technical venture within their existing organization. The purpose of the course is to profive a basic understanding of the success factors of a new venture including personal, technical and market factors. In addition, the course seeks to prepare potential entreprenerus to plan a venture, write a business plan, assemble a team and secure financing. Course topics include the traits of an entrepreneur, market analysis, product positioining, competitive advantage, securing venture capital and funding, corporate partners and joint ventures, building organizations and managing growth. The course will draw heavily on case studies of technology based businesses. Students will work individually or in small groups to develop a product concept and a business plan around a new innovation in their concentration area. |
| PREREQUISITES: Graduate or special student status with at least 4 technical courses completed or at least two years of working experience in a technical field. |
| INSTRUCTOR. The course instructor is Edwin R. Addison. His background can be found by clicking the previous link. All students must send an initial email to the instructor to get course handouts and "register" for class announcements. Send email and all course assignments to Mail to: Ed Addison |
| TEXTBOOKS AND REFERENCE MATERIALS Launching New Ventures, by Kathleen Allen, Houghton-Mifflin, 1999 The Successful Business Plan, Rhona Abrams, Running R' Media, 2000 Crossing the Chasm, Geoffery Moore, Harper Business, 1991 Leveraging the Horizon, Edwin R. Adison (Draft Notes to be handed out in class) |
| Additional References Powerpoint Slides will be available for each lecture. Students may receive them via email by request. Send an email request to the instructor at the link above for this information. Additional links to entrepreneurial resources are given at the end of each chapter in Allen. |