Entrepreneurial Course List: 2014-15
This Course List is an overview of entrepreneurship related graduate-level classes in the 2014 - 2015 academic year across Stanford. Because class schedules change, this list may not be comprehensive. All classes listed are subject to change. Please contact your designated academic advisor to help plan your personalized course load. Some courses may be listed more than once under different categories where applicable.
For complete details and course description on any of the classes listed below, you can visit the Stanford Bulletin Explore Courses page.
Entrepreneurship Related Graduate Courses
- Experiential Courses
- Startup Foundations
- Marketing and Sales
- Building and Leading a Team
- Finance and Funding
- Product Design and Manufacturing
- Computing
- Legal Frameworks
- Search Funds
Entrepreneurship Related Graduate Courses: By Industry Verticals
- Social Impact
- Healthcare
- BioDesign
- Technology
- Energy & Sustainability
- Sports
- Food & Agriculture
- Education
- Family Business
- Other Ideas
Key for School Abbreviations:
- GSB - Graduate School of Business
- GSE - Graduate School of Education
- SoE - School of Engineering
- SoM - School of Medicine
- SoL - School of Law
- SoES - School of Earth Sciences
- SoHS - School of Humanities & Sciences
Experiential Courses |
| SCHOOL | COURSE | COURSE TITLE | INSTRUCTORS | QUARTERS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSB |
STRAMGT 356 |
Startup Garage: Design | ZeniosGur, Lin, Siegelman, Galen, Wood, Glickman | AUT |
| GSB |
STRAMGT 366 |
Startup Garage: Testing and Launch | Zenios, Gur, Lin, Siegelman, Galen, Wood, Glickman | WIN |
| GSB |
STRAMGT 321 |
Create a New Venture: From Idea to Launch I | Rohan | WIN |
| GSB |
STRAMGT 322 |
Create a New Venture: From Idea to Launch II | Rohan | SPR |
| SoE | MS&E 273 | Technology Venture Formation |
Fuchs, Lyons, MacLean |
AUT |
| SoE | ENGR 245 | The Lean LaunchPad: Getting Your Lean Startup Off the Ground | Blank | WIN |
| d.school | ME 301 | Launchpad: Design and Launch Your Product or Service |
Dearing, Klebahn |
SPR |
| GSB | OIT 384 | Biodesign Innovation: Needs Finding and Concept Creation | Yock | WIN |
| GSB | OIT 385 | Biodesign Innovation: Concept Development and Implementation | Yock | SPR |
| GSB | OIT 333 | Design for Extreme Affordability | Patell | WIN |
| GSB | OIT 334 | Design for Extreme Affordability | Patell | SPR |
| SES | ENVRES 380 | Collaborating with the Future: Launching Large Scale Sustainable Transformations | Banerjee, Shiv | SPR |
Startup Foundations |
| SCHOOL | COURSE | COURSE TITLE | INSTRUCTORS | QUARTERS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSB | GSBGEN 314 | Creating High Potential Ventures in Developing Economies | Ciesinski, Rosen | WIN |
| GSB | GSBGEN 514 | Creating High Potential Ventures in Developing Economies | Ciesinski, Rosen | WIN |
| GSB | STRAMGT 313 | The New Business Ideas Workshop | Reiss | WIN |
| GSB | STRAMGT 308 | Entrepreneurship from the Perspective of Women | Mandelbaum | WIN |
| GSB | POLECON 538 | Disruptive Innovation | Malhotra, Jaswa | WIN |
| GSB | GSBGEN 541 | Problem-Solving and Creativity | Bendor | SPR |
|
GSB |
STRAMGT 315 | From Launch to Liquidity | Rauh, Levav, Rao | WIN |
|
GSB |
STRAMGT 325 | Starting and Growing a Social Venture | Siegelman, Hattendorf | SPR |
|
GSB |
STRAMGT 353 | Formation of New Ventures - High Tech | Leslie, Rachleff | AUT |
| Formation of New Ventures - Diverse Ventures | Ellis, Chambers | AUT | ||
| Formation of New Ventures - High Tech / Diverse | Siegel, Brady | AUT | ||
| Formation of New Ventures - Diverse Ventures | Foster | WIN | ||
| Formation of New Ventures - Very Early Stage | Reiss, Chess | SPR | ||
|
GSB |
STRAMGT 359 | Aligning Startups with their Market | Barnett, Rachleff | SPR |
|
GSB |
STRAMGT 368 | Strategic Management of Nonprofit Organizations and Social Ventures | Meehan | WIN |
|
GSB |
STRAMGT 543 | Entrepreneurial Acquisition | Dodson, Kelly | AUT |
| GSB | STRAMGT 545 | Ensuring Social Innovation Scales: Across Borders, Across Sectors, and Across "the Valley of Death" | Davis | AUT |
|
GSB |
STRAMGT 546 | Small Business Strategy | Oyer | SPR |
|
GSB |
STRAMGT 547 | Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Developing Economies | Antoni, Ciesinski, Rosen | AUT |
|
GSB |
STRAMGT 584 | New Business Models in Emerging Markets | Bannick | SPR |
|
SoE |
CEE 246 | Entrepreneurship in Civil & Environmental Engineering | Fuchs, Levitt, Lyons | SPR |
|
SoE |
CHEM 296 CHEMENG 296 |
Creating New Ventures in Engineering and Science-based Industries | Levy, Rosen | AUT |
|
SoE |
CHEMENG 296 | Entrepreneurship in Engineering and Science-based Industries | Levy, Rosen | AUT |
| SoE | EE 203 | The Entrepreneurial Engineer | Melen | WIN |
| SoE | ENGR 145 | Technology Entrepreneurship | Byers, Eesley | AUT, WIN |
| SoE | MS&E 274 | Dynamic Entrepreneurial Strategy | Feiber | SPR |
| SoE | SOC 261 | The Social Science of Entrepreneurship | Tse | WIN |
|
SoE |
ME 410B | Identify Impactful Problems | Taneja | WIN |
|
SoE |
MS&E 277 | Creativity and Innovation |
Britos, Cavagnaro, Carroll, Pferdt, Seelig |
WIN, SPR |
Marketing and Sales |
| SCHOOL | COURSE | COURSE TITLE | INSTRUCTORS | QUARTERS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSB | GSBGEN 520 | The Frinky Science of the Human Mind | Shiv | AUT, SPR |
| GSB | GSBGEN 543 | The Power of Stories in Business | Aaker | SPR |
| GSB | MKTG 335 | Product Launch | Levav, Siegelman | SPR |
| GSB | MKTG 373 | Monetization - Choosing a Business Model | Nair, Thygeson | SPR |
| GSB | MKTG 552 | Building Innovative Brands | Aaker, Flink | AUT |
| GSB | STRAMGT 351 | Building and Managing Professional Sales Organizations | Bowman, Marks | WIN |
| GSB | STRAMGT 516 | Fundamentals of Effective Selling | Rhein | AUT |
| SoE | ME 378 | Tell, Make, Engage: Action Stories for Entrepreneuring | Karanian | AUT, WIN, SPR |
| SoE | MS&E 271 | Global Entrepreneurial Marketing | Kosnick, Smith | WIN, SPR |
Building and Leading a Team |
| SCHOOL | COURSE | COURSE TITLE | INSTRUCTORS | QUARTERS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSB | GSBGEN 111Q | Seminar in Entrepreneurial Communication | Schramm | WIN |
| GSB | GSBGEN 322 | Measuring and Improving the Impact of Social Enterprises | Brest | AUT |
| GSB | OB 522 | Managing Social Networks in Organizations | Hasan | SPR |
| GSB | STRAMGT 355 | Managing Growing Enterprises | Grousbeck | AUT |
| Peterson | AUT | |||
| Dodson, Kelly | AUT | |||
| Grousbeck | SPR | |||
| Peterson, Dodson | SPR | |||
| Ellis, Taweel | SPR | |||
| GSB | STRAMGT 555 | Managing Growing Enterprises | Dodson, Ellis | WIN, SPR |
| GSB | HRMGT 282 | HR for Startups | Rao | WIN |
| GSB | OB 3XX | The Psychology of Startup Teams | Greer | SPR |
| GSB | STRAMGT 376 | Entrepreneur Leader-Identity Development: A Critical-Incident Approach | Bristol | SPR |
| GSB | STRAMGT 544 | Scaling Excellence | Rao, Shantanu | SPR |
| SoE | ME 421 | European Entrepreneurship and Innovation Thought Leader's Seminar | Lee, Leifer | WIN |
| SoE | MS&E 178 | The Spirit of Entrepreneurship | Belani, Corey, Roizen | AUT, WIN, SPR |
| SoE | MS&E 279A | Entrepreneurial Leadership (Part of DFJ Entrepreneurial Leaders Program) | Roizen | WIN |
| SoE | MS&E 279B | Entrepreneurial Leadership | Roizen | SPR |
| SoE | MS&E 472 | Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders' Seminar | Byers, Kosnik, Seelig | AUT, WIN, SPR |
| SoHS | URBANST 131 | VIP: Very Impactful People - Social Innovation & the Social Entrepreneur | Litvak | AUT, SPR |
| SoE | ME 368 MS&E 489 |
d.Leadership: Design Leadership in Context |
Utley, Klebahn, Sutton |
WIN |
| d.School | ME 379 | Fail Faster |
TBD |
SPR |
Finance and Funding |
| SCHOOL | COURSE | COURSE TITLE | INSTRUCTORS | QUARTERS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSB | ACCT 332 | Mergers and Acquisitions | Kasznik, Catz | AUT |
| GSB | FINANCE 385 | Angel and Venture Capital Financing for Entrepreneurs and Investors | Strebulaev, Gouw | AUT |
| GSB | FINANCE 587 | Private Equity - An Overview of the Industry | Parker, Powers | AUT |
| GSB | FINANCE 373 | Entrepreneurial Finance | Bernstein, Siegel | WIN |
| GSB | STRAMGT 354 | Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital | Wendell, Nasr | WIN |
| Ziebelman, Glynn | WIN | |||
| GSB | OB 581 | Negotiations | Neale | AUT |
| Halevy | AUT, WIN, SPR | |||
| GSB | FINANCE 381 | Private Equity in Frontier Markets: Creating a New Investible Asset Class | Meehan | WIN |
| SoE | MS&E 276 | Entrepreneurship Management and Finances | Byers, Loy | SPR |
| SoL | LAW 522 | Private Equity Investing | Quigley | WIN |
| SoL | LAW 465 | Venture Capital I | Rodkin, Siciliano | WIN |
| SoL | LAW 401 | Venture Capital II: Starting and Running a Venture-Backed Company | Rodkin, Siciliano | SPR |
| SoE | MS&E 476 | Entrepreneurship Through the Lens of Venture Capital: Venture Capital from Past to Present | Blank, Fu, Weyant | SPR |
Product Design and Manufacturing |
| SCHOOL | COURSE | COURSE TITLE | INSTRUCTORS | QUARTERS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SoE | ENGR 280 | From Play to Innovation | Boyle, Brown, Thompson | SPR |
| SoE | ME 115A | Introduction to Human Values in Design | Kelley, Munro | AUT |
| SoE |
ME 115B |
Product Design Methods | Edson | WIN |
| SoE | ME 203 | Design and Manufacturing | Beach | AUT, WIN, SPR |
| SoE | ME 314 | Good Products, Bad Products | Beach | WIN |
| SoE | ME 318 | Computer-Aided Product Creation | Milroy | AUT, WIN, SPR |
| SoE | ME 216A | Advanced Product Design: Needfinding | Carryer | AUT |
| SoE | ME 216B | Advanced Product Design: Implementation 1 | Carryer | WIN |
| SoE | ME 218A | Smart Product Design Fundamentals | Carryer | AUT |
| SoE | ME 218B | Smart Product Design Applications | Carryer | WIN |
| SoE | ME 313 | Human Values and Innovation in Design | Newman | AUT |
| SoE | ME 366 | CreativeGym: A Design Thinking Skills Studio | Burgess-Auburn, Hawthorne | SPR |
| SoE | ME 377 | Design Thinking Bootcamp: Experience in Innovation and Design | Goel, Murphy, Olesund | AUT |
| SoE | ME 495A | ME Seminar Series: Product Design | Okamura, Roth | WIN |
| SoE | MS&E 488 | Prototyping and Rapid Experiment Lab | Hinds | SPR |
Computing |
| SCHOOL | COURSE | COURSE TITLE | INSTRUCTORS | QUARTERS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
SoE |
CEE 155 |
Introduction to Sensing Networks for CEE |
Rajagopal |
WIN |
|
SoE |
CS101 | Introduction to Computing Principles | Parlante | SPR |
|
SoE |
CS106A | Programing Methodology | Sahami, Schwarz, Stepp |
AUT, WIN, SPR |
|
SoE |
CS106B | Programing Abstractions | Lee, Stepp |
AUT, WIN, SPR |
|
SoE |
CS 224W | Social and Information Networks | Leskovec | AUT |
|
SoE |
CS547 | Human-Computer Interaction Seminar | Bernstein | AUT, WIN, SPR |
|
SoE |
EE 392I | Seminar on Trends in Computing and Communications | Singh | SPR |
|
SoE |
ME 220 | Introduction to Sensors | Kenny | SPR |
|
SoE |
CS 231B | The Cutting Edge of Computer Vision | Li | SPR |
|
SoE |
CS 309A | Cloud Computing | Chou | AUT |
Legal Frameworks |
| SCHOOL | COURSE | COURSE TITLE | INSTRUCTORS | QUARTERS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SoE | CS 202 | Law for Computer Science Professionals | Hansen | AUT |
| SoE |
ME 208 MS&E 278 |
Patent Law and Strategy for Innovators and Entrepreneurs | Schox | AUT |
| SoL | LAW 326 | Intellectual Property: Patents | Lemley | AUT |
| SoL | LAW 324 | Intellectual Property: Copyright | Goldstein | AUT |
| SoL | LAW 331 | Intellectual Property: Strategy for Technology Companies | Kipnis | AUT |
| SoL | LAW 337 | Intellectual Property: Trademark and Unfair Competition Law | Goldstein | WIN |
| SoL | LAW 409 | Introduction to Intellectual Property | Ouellette | SPR |
| SoE | ME 265 | Technology Licensing and Commercialization | Hustein | SPR |
Search Funds |
| SCHOOL | COURSE | COURSE TITLE | INSTRUCTORS | QUARTERS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSB | STRAMGT 543 | Entrepreneurial Acquisition | Dodson, Kelly | SPR |
Social Impact |
| SCHOOL | COURSE | COURSE TITLE | INSTRUCTORS | QUARTERS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSB | GSBGEN 322 | Measuring and Improving the Impact of Social Enterprises | Brest | AUT |
| SoE | ME 297 | Forecasting for Innovators: Technology, Tools and Social Change | Benjamin, Saffo | WIN |
| SoE | ME 290 | GIVE BIG OR GO HOME |
Roumani |
SPR |
Healthcare |
| SCHOOL | COURSE | COURSE TITLE | INSTRUCTORS | QUARTERS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSB | STRAMGT 381 | Leading Strategic Change in the Health Care Industry | Burgelman, Pearl | AUT |
| GSB | GSBGEN 551 | Innovation and Management in Health Care | Chess | WIN |
| GSB | STRAMGT 542 | Entrepreneurial Investing in Health Care |
Zenios |
AUT |
| SoM
|
SOMGEN 275 | Leadership and Strategies for Health Care Delivery Innovation |
Boyle, Brown, Thompson |
AUT |
| SoE & SoM | ME 294 | Medical Device Design |
Milroy, Srivastava |
AUT |
| SoM | MED 200 | The Medical Device Entrepreneur's Course Primer | Entcheva, Gardner | SPR |
| SoE | ME 423 | D.HEALTH: Design Thinking for Better Health |
Boyle |
WIN |
| GSE | EDUC 335X EDUC 135X MED 235 |
Designing Research-Based Interventions to Solve Global Health Problems |
Sorcar |
SPR |
BioDesign |
| SCHOOL | COURSE | COURSE TITLE | INSTRUCTORS | QUARTERS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSB | OIT 384 | Biodesign Innovation: Needs Finding and Concept Creation | Yock, Brinton, Milroy | WIN |
| GSB | OIT 385 | Biodesign Innovation: Concept Development and Implementation | Yock, Brinton, Milroy, Watkins | SPR |
| GSB | OIT 587 | Global Biodesign | Yock, Doshi, Pietzsch | SPR |
| SoM |
BIOE 371 MED 271 OIT 587 |
Global Biodesign: Medical Technology in an International Context | Pietzsch, Doshi, Shen, Mairal, Yock |
SPR |
| SoM |
BIOE 273 MED 273 |
Biodesign for Mobile Health | Zanchi, McConnell, Wang, Yock |
AUT |
| SoE | MS&E 256/256A | Technology Assessment and Regulation of Medical Devices | Jan Pietzsch | SPR |
|
SoM |
MED 275B |
Biomedical Innovation Incubator |
Gardner |
SPR |
Technology |
| SCHOOL | COURSE | COURSE TITLE | INSTRUCTORS | QUARTERS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSB | OIT 256 | Electronic Business (Accelerated) | Mendelson | WIN |
| OIT 356 | Electronic Business | Mendelson | WIN | |
| STRAMGT 371 | Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation | Burgelman, Siegel | AUT | |
| EE 402A | Topics in International Technology Management | Dasher | AUT | |
| EE 402T | Entrepreneurship in Asian High-Tech Industries | Dasher | SPR | |
| MS&E 270 | Strategy in Technology-Based Companies | Eisenhardt | AUT | |
| ECON 225 | Economics of Technology and Innovation | Moser | WIN | |
| ME 350A | Design @ the Intersection of Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship | Feiber | SPR |
Energy & Sustainability |
| SCHOOL | COURSE | COURSE TITLE | INSTRUCTORS | QUARTERS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSB | GSBGEN 332 | Sustainable Energy: Business Opportunities and Public Policy | Reichelstein, Reicher, Wood |
AUT |
| GSB | GSBGEN 3HH | Clear Energy Project Development and Finance | Reicher, Brown, Rogers |
WIN |
| GSB | GSBGEN 553 | Intrapreneurship for Sustainability: Driving Environmental Change from Within Corporations | Stewart, Waage | WIN |
| GSB | CEE 207A CEE 173A EARTHSYS 103 |
Energy Resources | Knapp, Woodward |
AUT |
| SoE | CEE 177X/277X | Current Topics in Sustainable Engineering | Davis | WIN, SPR |
| SoE | CEE 277S | Design for a Sustainable World | Davis | SPR |
| SoE | CEE 265D | Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries | Davis | SPR |
| SoE | CEE 301 ENERGY301 |
The Energy Seminar | Benson | AUT, WIN, SPR |
| SoE | CEE 174A | Providing Safe Water for the Developing and Developed World | Mitch | AUT |
| SoES | EARTHSYS 121 HUMBIO 110 |
Building a Sustainable Society: New Approaches for Integrating Human and Environmental Priorities | Novy-Hildesley | WIN |
| SoES | ENERGY 101 EARTHSYS 101 |
Energy and the Environment | Durlofsky, Kovscek |
WIN |
| SoES | ENERGY 102 EARTHSYS 102 |
Renewable Energy Sources and Greener Energy Processes | Gerritsen, Kovscek |
SPR |
| SoES | ENERGY 104 | Transition to Sustainable Energy Sytems | Benson, Brandt |
SPR |
| SoES | EARTHSYS 103 CEE 173A |
Energy Resources | Knapp, Woodward |
AUT |
Sports |
| SCHOOL | COURSE | COURSE TITLE | INSTRUCTORS | QUARTERS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSB | GSBGEN 360 | Sports Business Management | Foster, Grey | WIN |
| GSB | GSBGEN 561 | Sports Business Financing | Foster, Marathe | SPR |
| GSB | GSBGEN 562 | Sports Marketing | Foster, Kaval | SPR |
Food & Agriculture |
| SCHOOL | COURSE | COURSE TITLE | INSTRUCTORS | QUARTERS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
SoES |
EARTHSYS 106 ECON 106 EESS 106 |
World Food Economy |
Falcon, Naylor |
WIN |
|
SoES |
EARTHSYS 289A EARTHSYS 289B |
FEED Lab: Innovating in the Local Food System | Dunn, Rothe |
WIN, SPR |
|
SoES |
EARTHSYS 180B EESS280B |
Principles and Practices of Sustainable Agriculture | Archie, Lence |
AUT, SPR |
Education |
| SCHOOL | COURSE | COURSE TITLE | INSTRUCTORS | QUARTERS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSE | EDUC 342 | Child Development and New Technologies | Barron | WIN |
| GSE | ME 231: EDUC 139X EDUC 239X ME 139 |
Educating Young STEM Thinkers | Carroll, Goldman, Roth |
WIN, SPR |
| GSE | EDUC 338X | Innovations in Education: Designing the teaching experience | Speicher, Wise |
SPR |
| GSB | STRAMGT 535 | Entrepreneurial Approaches to Education Reform | Lee | WIN |
| GSE | EDUC229X / ME 231 | Learning Design and Technology Seminar | Forssell | AUT |
| GSE | EDUC 303X | Designing Learning Spaces | Forssell | SPR |
Family Business |
| SCHOOL | COURSE | COURSE TITLE | INSTRUCTORS | QUARTERS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSB | STRAMGT 512 | The Yin and Yang of Family Business Transitions | Francis | AUT, WIN |
| GSB | GSBGEN 334 | Family Business | Linbeck | WIN |
Other Ideas |
| SCHOOL | COURSE | COURSE TITLE | INSTRUCTORS | QUARTERS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSB | GSBGEN 306 | Real Estate Investment | Abbey | WIN |
| GSB | MKTG 534 | The Travel and Airline Industry | Nair, Gillani | AUT |
| SoE | ME 219 | The Magic of Materials and Manufacturing |
Beach, Switky |
AUT |
| SoE | ENGR 281 | d.media 4.0 - Designing Media that Matters |
Allen, Baggeroer, Doorley |
WIN |
| SoHS | COMM 140/240 | Digital Media Entrepreneurship |
Grimes |
SPR |