Comprehensive Orientation in New Venture Management
The Global Entrepreneurship Program at UCSC Extension in Silicon Valley is a unique, six-evening course built from the ground up for the working entrepreneur. During this highly specialized training, experts from some of Silicon Valley’s most successful startups will lift the veil from what it’s really like to manage and succeed in the volatile and demanding business environment that all new ventures confront.
What Makes This Program Different?
This is the only program of its kind developed in conjunction with representatives of the entire venture community: angel investors, VCs, incubators, bankers, legal and financial advisors, intrapreneurs, entrepreneurs, and early-stage managers. Also unique is the in-depth treatment of the pre-money stage. In addition:
- The only public open-enrollment training of its kind in the Bay Area
- Exclusive focus on the highly volatile early stages of the new venture lifecycle
- Emphasizes a proven, market-driven approach to generating revenue and new customers
Micro M.B.A. for Working Entrepreneurs
The program is like a short, intense MBA in startup management for working and aspiring entrepreneurs. It will prepare you for the major contingencies you are likely to confront. Key topics you’ll learn about include:
- Business models and plans
- Customer-driven product development
- Marketing and sales
- Incorporation and capital structure
- Financing strategies and funding alternatives
- Assembling and successfully managing the core team
- Intellectual property and employment law
- Financial management best practices
- Managing at the early stage
- Avoiding common pitfalls of new ventures
- Global new venture management
Learn from Pros Who've Made It
Each segment is facilitated by a subject-matter expert with hands-on experience inside early stage Silicon Valley companies. In addition to successful entrepreneurs, you'll study with key advisors from major firms. Attorneys who specialize in company formation, capital structure, intellectual property, compliance, securities, and employment law and financial advisors who specialize in early-stage financial management are all part of the teaching team.
Discover What It Takes to Manage Successfully
This program will open your eyes in ways you couldn't have imagined. You would have to go through a dozen startups yourself to learn the where the all pitfalls lie and how to navigate them. Our instructional team has done that footwork for you and offers you decades of insight and sage advice about how to deal with the reality of managing a successful new venture.
