| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Part I: The global environment for entrepreneurship | ||
| 1 | Course overview and introduction | |
| 2 | Issues for entrepreneurs in developing markets | |
| 3 | How entrepreneurial companies respond to corruption | Resumes posted |
| 4 | Opportunities amid extreme unpredictability | |
| 5 | Team-building mixer | |
| 6 | How the government shapes the entrepreneurial environment | |
| 7 | Legal environments and IP protection | G-Lab bidding forms due in class |
| Part II: The challenges facing entrepreneurial firms | ||
| 8 | Working in a G-Lab project | Company matches announced |
| 9 | Life sciences overview, biotech entrepreneurship | |
| 10 | Internationalization | |
| 11 | Team meetings | |
| 12 | You are not alone | Team workplans due in class |
| 13 | Research methods Team meetings | |
| 14 | Global sales strategies for ambitious entrepreneurs | Teams obtain and submit workplan sign-offs from host companies |
| 15 | Being an entrepreneur | |
| 16 | Team meetings | |
| 17 | Entrepreneurial finance | |
| 18 | Team meetings with faculty advisors | |
| 19 | Investigation and analysis | |
| 20 | Commercialization | Interim research reports due in class |
| 21 | Team meetings with faculty advisors | |
| 22 | Organizational development and human resource management | |
| 23 | Best practices overview | |
| 24 | Building trust | Teams submit interim research reports to host companies |
| Part III: The internship and final reports | ||
| 25 | Following month: G-Lab internship | |
| 26 | One week following end of internship: Faculty meetings | Final report due Copy or summary of company deliverables due |
| 27 | 10 days following end of internship: G-Lab poster session | Teams prepare posters on their projects and submit electronic copies to faculty |