The Introduction to Venture Capital class is a combination of Professor Meadow’s Commercializing Innovation and Entrepreneurial Finance + Private Equity classes taught at Chicago Booth. This course will empower scientists to understand the underlying economics of a new business. Participants will also gain insight into how investors make decisions. The course is recommended for those interested in entrepreneurship and technology commercialization. No previous business experience is required. Read the syllabus here. >> 

There is no cost to take this non-credit course. Attendance is mandatory. Teams or ideas are not necessary for application. This course can serve as a precursor to or a continuation of the Polsky Center I-Corps Program or the Entrepreneurship for Science and Medicine course, which was offered in the Autumn 2017 quarter.

Class Details
Wednesdays, January 3 – March 7, 2018
6:00 – 9:00  p.m. | Harper Center, Room C-07 (5807 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago)

Audience
Graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, researchers, and faculty in the sciences at UChicago, Argonne, and Fermilab