A14909 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Main goals:

1. Learn how to use the experience of the  Silicon Valley Entrepreneurial Ecosystem to develop your own professional life;
2. Be inspired to build Entrepreneurial Ecosystem around your own professional activity;
3. Provide the tools needed to go on in Silicon valley with the in-depth analysis of that ecosystem.

1. How important is for a company to be part of an Entrepreneurial Ecosystems;
2. Which are the keys to success of the Silicon Valley Ecosystem. Besides being the most famous Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, it’s also the most long-lived and the most important reference point the other Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in the world;
3. The peculiar startup business model of the Bay Area;

      D. The way of doing business in Silicon Valley.

 Silicon Valley (or Bay Area):

• Story
• Strength points
• Melting pot

     Silicon Valley Entrepreneurial Ecosystem:

• American Way of doing business

• Venture capital
• Angels
• Stock option
• Mentors
• Advisors

• Co-working space, incubators, accelerators
• Pitch
• Networking
• From university research to start-up
• Leadership and company management
• The Bay Area academic ecosystem

Startups:

• Definition
• Exit strategy
• Building a new start-up
• Startup Business Plan
• Team
• Funding
• Legal
• Managing a start-up

Case studies:

• WhatsApp
• Etc.

Lessons will be of 16 hours in class from theory to practice with case histories (some of them in videoconference).

Evaluation will result from the preparation and the discussion of a paper and the level of participation to classes.