This course explores the unique territory of startup businesses. Photo: "Entering startup." (Courtesy of dierkin on Flickr. License: CC-BY.)
Instructor(s)
William Aulet
Howard Anderson
Prof. Matt Marx
MIT Course Number
15.390
As Taught In
Spring 2013
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course covers the process of identifying and quantifying market opportunities, then conceptualizing, planning, and starting a new, technology-based enterprise. Students develop detailed business plans for a startup. It is intended for students who want to start their own business, further develop an existing business, be a member of a management team in a new enterprise, or better understand the entrepreneur and the entrepreneurial process.