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5. The Founding Team

Chuck Eesley discusses some of the basics of forming a founding team for an entrepreneurial venture. He stresses that without a strong central team a project will often have very little chance of success — everyone needs to be willing to make sacrifices. Take the quizzes and find the rest of the course at eesley.blogspot.com [...]

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4. Business Model Testing, OAP Projects

Chuck Eesley discusses entrepreneurship as a search for a repeatable, scalable business model. In this video, he discusses the group projects in the class, using the business model canvas, including creating a low-fidelity website and market size analysis. Take the quizzes and find the rest of the course at eesley.blogspot.com Stanford University www.stanford.edu Management Science [...]

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26. Venture Finance, Part 1

Chuck Eesley discusses venture financing and raising money. The three main topics covered are the amount of funding, the structure of the deal, and sources of capital. Take the quizzes and find the rest of the course at eesley.blogspot.com Stanford University www.stanford.edu Management Science and Engineering at Stanford: www.stanford.edu Stanford University Channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com

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22. Entrepreneurship in the Life Sciences

Stephanie Marrus, a Silicon Valley business consultant who is affiliated with the Stanford Technology Ventures program and is a mentor for E145, discusses entrepreneurship in the life sciences. She defines life sciences as an industry, the path to test a new drug in humans, the details and funding of clinical research and trials, tech vs. [...]

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15. Startup Genome

Bjoern Herrmann and Max Marmer from the Startup Genome Project present their model and results on startup failures due to premature scaling. Take the quizzes and find the rest of the course at eesley.blogspot.com Stanford University www.stanford.edu Management Science and Engineering at Stanford: www.stanford.edu Stanford University Channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com

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25. Focal Labs

Fergus Hurley, a founder of Focal Labs, discusses entrepreneurship, the role on the founding team, and the importance of networking and work experience for building the startup team. Take the quizzes and find the rest of the course at eesley.blogspot.com Stanford University www.stanford.edu Management Science and Engineering at Stanford: www.stanford.edu Stanford University Channel on YouTube: [...]

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3. Nine Key Frameworks for Entrepreneurship

Chuck Eesley examines what he describes as the frameworks for entrepreneurship. He describes nine basic models and frameworks for entrepreneurship and hopes that by giving a very broad sense of what entrepreneurship is and what separates the successes from failures. Take the quizzes and find the rest of the course at eesley.blogspot.com Stanford University www.stanford.edu [...]

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10. Customer Development and Lean Startups

Chuck Eesley discusses the customer development methodology and the lean startup. In the video, he talks about how the scientific method can be applied to the process of entrepreneurship. Take the quizzes and find the rest of the course at eesley.blogspot.com Stanford University www.stanford.edu Management Science and Engineering at Stanford: www.stanford.edu Stanford University Channel on [...]

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1. Technology and Entrepreneurship Overview

Chuck Eesley provides an introduction and overview of the course on Technology Entrepreneurship (ENGR 145). Including topics such as what you will learn in the class, course design and logistics, “technology entrepreneurship” defined, and other options for entrepreneurship education at Stanford. Take the quizzes and find the rest of the course at eesley.blogspot.com Stanford University [...]

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16. Entrepreneurial Marketing

Chuck Eesley discusses entrepreneurial marketing, market positioning, and go-to market strategies. Take the quizzes and find the rest of the course at eesley.blogspot.com Stanford University www.stanford.edu Management Science and Engineering at Stanford: www.stanford.edu Stanford University Channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com

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27. Venture Finance, Part 2

Chuck Eesley discusses venture financing and raising money. In this video, pre and post-money valuation along with dilution are discussed with example calculations. Take the quizzes and find the rest of the course at eesley.blogspot.com Stanford University www.stanford.edu Management Science and Engineering at Stanford: www.stanford.edu Stanford University Channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com

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28. Venture Finance, Part 3

Chuck Eesley discusses fundraising. In this video, he talks about the economics, structure, and types of venture capital firms and the process of raising money from VC firms. Take the quizzes and find the rest of the course at eesley.blogspot.com Stanford University www.stanford.edu Management Science and Engineering at Stanford: www.stanford.edu Stanford University Channel on YouTube: [...]

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