Course overview: Spring 2020
Logistics:
Course meets Friday mornings, 9:00 - 10:50 AM. 227 Seeley W. Mudd
Office hours: 11:15-1:15 Fridays
Office: tba
Please note that I am only on campus on Fridays. There will be no office hours on January 31st.
email me anytime: dbs2154@columbia.edu
Method of Evaluation
Assignments, exams, class presentations will not be pre-announced. There may or may not be a final exsam. Grading is absolutely at the discretion of the instructor and will not follow a prescribed formula.
Prerequisites and qualifications: Each student will submit a written description of their business idea prior to being accepted to the course. Attendence is mandatory.
Course Objectives
1) To familiarize students with the scope of issues and decisions that managers in biotechnology face as their companies progress from their earliest stages to self-sustainability, and give students the vocabulary to participate and contribute to the business side of scientific enterprises.
2) To provide a procedural road map for students to start their own companies.
Method of Instruction
Lecture course with up to 60 students, instructor permission required.
Course meets Friday mornings, 9:00 - 10:50 AM. 227 Seeley W. Mudd
Office hours: 11:15-1:15 Fridays
Office: tba
Please note that I am only on campus on Fridays. There will be no office hours on January 31st.
email me anytime: dbs2154@columbia.edu
Method of Evaluation
Assignments, exams, class presentations will not be pre-announced. There may or may not be a final exsam. Grading is absolutely at the discretion of the instructor and will not follow a prescribed formula.
Prerequisites and qualifications: Each student will submit a written description of their business idea prior to being accepted to the course. Attendence is mandatory.
Course Objectives
1) To familiarize students with the scope of issues and decisions that managers in biotechnology face as their companies progress from their earliest stages to self-sustainability, and give students the vocabulary to participate and contribute to the business side of scientific enterprises.
2) To provide a procedural road map for students to start their own companies.
Method of Instruction
Lecture course with up to 60 students, instructor permission required.