We’ve updated the course website by adding the current syllabus (see sidebar), which has changed significantly from Spring 2009. A description of the course is shown below. Several students have signed up already, so it looks like we will have a pretty full class. The writing intensive designation process is progressing, so it should be approved soon.

Please register on the website so that you can post comments to the website. This website is intended to facilitate out-of-class learning and knowledge-sharing. If you have any questions, please send us an e-mail: Hans at rawho003@umn.edu; Nachiket at bhawe001@umn.edu.

MGMT 4080, Applied Technology Entrepreneurship, is a new course that provides a unique understanding of how technology-focused firms are created, and provides students with experience commercializing real technologies. Technology commercialization topics that lie at the intersection of technology and business will be the focus of the class, and upper-division technology and business students are the target audience. Topics will include intellectual property, technological convergence, industry creation, technology standards, modularity, and technology strategy. Students will apply these principles by assessing the commercial potential of real technological ideas, either their own, or ideas provided by UMN’s Office of Technology Commercialization. The final outcome of student group work will be a business plan for commercializing the new technology.

This semester we have been provided two portfolios of intellectual property from UMN researchers. The first is in medical educational simulation (virtual reality training and learning related to surgeries). The second portfolio is based on intelligent surveillance and monitoring. Two student groups from first offering of MGMT 4080 in Spring 2009 are currently proceeding with start-up activities. If you would like to learn more about the class, please visit our class website: http://www.techventuresource.org or e-mail bhawe001@umn.edu for more information.