Venture Advising

3 units

Section 1: Students who complete the course will gain a deep understanding of the issues of both operational management and investment management of start-up firms from a different region of the world. Students will learn how to take into account the macroeconomic, political, and cultural issues that affect start-up businesses that are both operating internationally and raising capital internationally. Students will better understand the interpersonal dynamics between the relevant stakeholders, will become proficient in the terminology of start-up investing, and will learn how to create structure to unstructured problems thus improving their ability for critical thinking. Participants will be given the opportunity to apply their efforts beyond their basic functional business skills, and towards issues of relationship management and strategy. Required immersive experience to Herzliya, Israel in January. Prerequisites: MBA core and Introduction to Entrepreneurship recommended. Application via sa.wustl.edu is required. Enrollment limited to 40. Section 2: Students who complete the course will gain a deep understanding of the issues of both operational management and investment management of start-up firms from a different region of the world. Students will learn how to take into account the macroeconomic, political, and cultural issues that affect start-up businesses that are both operating internationally and raising capital internationally. Students will better understand the interpersonal dynamics between the relevant stakeholders, will become proficient in the terminology of start-up investing, and will learn how to create structure to unstructured problems thus improving their ability for critical thinking. Participants will be given the opportunity to apply their efforts beyond their basic functional business skills, and towards issues of relationship management and strategy. Required immersive experience to Berlin, Germany in March. Prerequisites: MBA core and Introduction to Entrepreneurship recommended. Application via sa.wustl.edu is required. Enrollment limited to 40.