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2017-2018 Graduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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CISB 6230 - Teaming with Venture Investors


Credits: 2

Examines business practices and applications that are unique to the venture-funded, early-stage company. Building a fast-growth, venture-backed company is different from building a company using the entrepreneur’s own funds or those of friends or relatives. The entrepreneur must be effective working with “smart money.” Students learn management techniques, organizational processes, and collaboration models that contribute to success as an entrepreneurial executive in a venture-backed enterprise. Covers what the venture investor looks for; evolution of the entrepreneur’s role as the CEO; and board responsibilities, leadership, and behavior. Also, recognizing the key challenges and typical mistakes that lead to failure in the early-stage, venture-backed company and how to prevent them.



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