Spring 2027

Wisconsin Applied Ventures in Entrepreneurship (wave)

WAVE course where students develop, refine, and present business models using the Lean Start-Up approach, culminating in a presentation to the WAVE Board.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Dan Olszewski

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.93 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Apply market discovery techniques to identify and assess customer needs, preferences, and potential product-market fit.

  • Design and conduct entrepreneurial experiments to validate key assumptions and test early-stage business models.

  • Evaluate and refine venture concepts by providing and incorporating constructive feedback from peers, instructors, and industry experts.

  • Communicate venture ideas and findings clearly and persuasively through written and oral presentations tailored to potential investors and stakeholders.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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M H R 715, 722, 734, or 741

MHR 738

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.93 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Business model development and refinement using the Lean Start-Up approach.
  • Customer and market discovery techniques, including assessing needs and product-market fit.
  • Designing and conducting entrepreneurial experiments to validate assumptions.
  • Investment potential assessment and feedback from the WAVE Board.

Skills

  • Market discovery, validating business model assumptions, and conducting entrepreneurial experiments.
  • Evaluating and refining venture concepts using constructive feedback.
  • Communicating venture ideas and findings through written and oral presentations.

Grades

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MHR 738 · Spring 2027

Wisconsin Applied Ventures in Entrepreneurship (WAVE)

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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