Free Stanford University Online Course on Technology Entrepreneurship

How do you create a successful start-up? What is entrepreneurial leadership in a large firm? What are the differences between an idea and true opportunity? These are some of the questions the online course on Technology Entrepreneurship will try to answer.This class mixes in-depth case studies and research on the entrepreneurial process.The class will consist of lecture videos, which are broken into small chunks, usually between eight and twelve minutes each. Some of these may contain integrated quiz questions. There will also be standalone quizzes that are not part of video lectures. There will approximately be two hours of video content per week. You can watch the lectures at your leisure.

The course will be taught by Chuck Eesley who is a professor in Stanford University's Management Science & Engineering group. He is teaching and doing research on technology entrepreneurship so that the next generation of entrepreneurs can have the greatest chances of success possible. Before Stanford, Professor Eesley earned his Ph.D. at the MIT Sloan School of Management and a B.S. in Biological Basis of Behavior at Duke University. He has spent the past 10 years in and around startups, founding 3 of his own, worked in a Duke neuroscience lab, started a biotech consulting firm, worked with numerous pharmaceutical companies and two venture capital firms and mentored startups in the MIT $100K and Clean Energy competitions.

Click here to find out more about the class and register. No prerequisites are necessary but the course is targeted at Juniors and Seniors.