Systems Engineering Distance Learning Program
NBA 5070 - Entrepreneurship for Scientists and Engineers
Designed for mentored independent study, this course uses streaming video, guest speakers, distance learning, and special lectures/tutorials. There is no homework and few required class meetings. Work is focused on one project: Students form a start-up team, choose a technical business idea, and develop and found a business that can attract venture investors. Tutorial sessions with instructors apply lessons to the team business plan. Students learn how high-technology ideas are converted into world-class businesses in venture-backed start-up companies and in new business development in existing companies. Slides take the student from idea to initial public offering. Grading is based on a final exam focusing on the video lectures, a written business plan, and its final presentation to a judging panel.