Technology Entrepreneurship
Graduate course on starting and managing technology-based new ventures, covering legal forms, IP, business models, product development, and financing.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.75 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.83 GPA, 94.4% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Describe entrepreneurship and the nature of opportunities, including the aspects of technology entrepreneurship that are distinct from other types of entrepreneurship.
Identify the appropriate legal form and potential intellectual property protections for a technology venture.
Evaluate and select appropriate business models and business strategies for technology ventures.
Create and plan appropriate product development, sales, and marketing activities for a technology venture.
Interpret financial reports in the context of technology venturing in order to evaluate and propose specific financing options.
Source: UW Guide
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Prerequisites
Course mapGraduate/professional standing or declared in graduate Business Exchange program
- Graduate/professional standing
- declared in graduate Business Exchange program
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- Graduate/professional standing
- declared in graduate Business Exchange program
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.75 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.83 GPA, 94.4% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).
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Topics
- Starting and managing technology-based new ventures
- Solving economic and social problems with technology
- Legal structures and intellectual property protection
- Financial analysis and venture financing
Skills
- Describing entrepreneurship and identifying opportunities specific to technology ventures
- Identifying legal forms and intellectual property protections
- Evaluating and selecting business models and strategies
- Planning product development, sales, and marketing activities
- Interpreting financial reports to propose financing options
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