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CS638 Spring13

Page history last edited by Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau 10 years, 11 months ago

Background

 

Welcome to this class! The goal of the class is to help you build a software startup.

We will learn about a number of different aspects of the process, including technical (CS),

business, law, and other related information.

 

Materials

 

There is a lot of terrific material available on the web for free; an enterprising student

will find and digest as much of this as needed. That said, for class we will focus on

(some subset of) the following materials:

 

Schedule

 

01/28: CLASS BEGINS

02/04: Peter Gunder, Marty Buchheim, others (AmFam): Insurance case study

02/11: Jon Eckhardt (B. School): Market analysis, Business planning

02/18: Andy Boszhardt/John Philosophos (Great Oaks Ventures) and [CP#1: PITCH YOUR IDEA]

02/25: Lean Startup: Presentation (or this) and Discussion

03/04: TechStars event @ Monona Terrace (sign up!)

03/11: Stephen Anderson (Bendyworks)

03/18: Jeff Glazer, Anne Smith (UW Law Clinic) and [CP#2: INITIAL DEMO] 

03/25: SPRING BREAK

04/01: Todd Tannenbaum (Condor)

04/08: Paul Barford (Online Ads)

04/15: Justin Beck and Forrest Woolworth (PerBlue) [Also, TAXES DUE]

04/22: [CP#3: DEMO TO CLASS] 

04/29: Dan Olszewski (B. School) - Slides

05/06: FINAL PITCHES 

 

Grades

 

Your grade is determined by your final pitch and demo; it's that simple. 

 

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