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Session #18 Mayfield Fellows Program 2006 Engineering 140A Management of Technology Ventures

Session #18 Mayfield Fellows Program 2006 Engineering 140A Management of Technology Ventures. Mayfield Fellows Program 2006. WINTER Select outstanding engineering seniors and co-terms to be Mayfield Fellows. I. SPRING Students learn structure and methods of start-ups;

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Session #18 Mayfield Fellows Program 2006 Engineering 140A Management of Technology Ventures

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  1. Session #18 Mayfield Fellows Program 2006Engineering 140A Management of Technology Ventures

  2. Mayfield Fellows Program 2006 WINTERSelect outstanding engineering seniors and co-terms to be Mayfield Fellows I. SPRINGStudents learn structure and methods of start-ups; Students matched with paid assignments at high tech start-up companies 3 Courses + Paid Summer Internship III. AUTUMNStudents bring back experiences and learn from them as a group • Each Fellow has 3 Mentors! • Venture Capitalist • Alumnus of MFP • Entrepreneur @ Summer Employer II. SUMMERLeverage the power of real- world, hands-on experience

  3. Texts: Moore, HBS Online Cases, HBR Articles, and Course Reader (including Collins and Lazier textbook) Several Frameworks Including Collins and Lazier’s V-I-E, Moore’s Chasm, Cialdini’sInfluence, Steve Blank’s Cust. Dev., and Sahlman’s Dynamic Fit. 10 Cases: CVT, Drugstore.com, MIPS, Visio, Juniper, Documentum, T/Maker, Vermeer, Wily, and Randy Hess 4 Special Sessions: Job Search, Accounting/Finance, Creativity, and Negotiation Video Clips, Web-based Readings, Email Broadcasts, and 8 ETL Seminars 30 Teachers and Mentors: 3 Stanford (Andrew, Tina, Tom), 6 Venture Capital Mentors, 12 MFP Alumni Mentors, & 9 E140A Guests in Class Case Openings and Email Assignments Term Project on “Profile of an Effective Entrepreneur” Other MFPForum Contributions Summer Job Search & Selection Our MFP Culture and Personality E140A “By the Numbers”:Part I of III for MFP 2006 Inputs Outputs What’s the Bottom Line? Studied the theory of entrepreneurial leadership as preparation for the practical experience in the summer.

  4. ~70% 90%+ Through MFP! The Essence of Entrepreneurship is Action (Fits Well with Kolb’s “Stages of Learning” Model) • Thinking & Conceptualization • Watching & Observation • Feeling (Passive Experience) • Doing and Active Experience “Learning is based on discovery guided by mentoring rather than on the transmission of information.” ~ Boyer Commission Report on Undergraduate Education

  5. Skill Development for Future Technology Leaders • Decision-making in real-time • Comfort with uncertainty and change • Appreciation for teamwork and culture • Creativity and innovation • Persuasion and negotiation • Oral and written communication • Tools for building an organization • Basics of finance, marketing, strategy

  6. E140B Highlights • KPCB on June 21th, Wed. • Open Houses • “Journaling” • Summer Reading • Alumni Reunion on July 20th

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