NBA 5645

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NBA 5645
Dilemmas in Founding New Ventures

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

The purpose of NBA5645 Dilemmas in Founding New Ventures is to increase your startup's chances of success by helping you avoid the #1 reason for startup failure: not strategy, not product, not execution, but TEAM-related mistakes. We start by analyzing the very first decision in any new venture, whether to found solo or with others. If you have co-founders, who will they be? And how will you split the equity? Finally, we wrestle with the fundamental tradeoff in entrepreneurship: Growth vs. Glory. Can you grow your startup quickly without being replaced by a "seasoned" CEO? I'll teach you techniques for keeping control, which too many founders realize too late they have lost. For further information, please visit: http://nba5645.org.


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  •   Seven Week - Second. 

  • 1.5 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 12195 NBA 5645   LEC 001

    • M Cornell Tech
    • Mar 12 - May 17, 2025

    • Marx, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: TECHIE 5310 or permission of instructor. Enrollment limited to: Johnson Cornell Tech Master of Business Administration (MBA) students The instructor will alternate being in person at Cornell Tech Campus NYC and streaming to Ithaca and vice versa. Dates for each location to TBA.
    Add/Drop Dates: 9:00 am, March 13, 2024 - 11:59 pm, March 20, 2024. Students will be assessed a $100 late fee and be required to obtain faculty permission to add/drop after March 20, 2024. If you drop after April 10, 2024, you will also receive a "W" on your transcript in addition to the late fees.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - Second. 

  • 1.5 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 12310 NBA 5645   LEC 002

    • M
    • Mar 12 - May 17, 2025

    • Marx, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: TECHIE 5310 or permission of instructor. Enrollment limited to: Master of Business Administration (MBA), Johnson Master of Professional Studies (MPS), and Ithaca-based graduate students. The instructor will alternate being in person at Cornell Tech Campus NYC and streaming to Ithaca and vice versa. Dates for each location to TBA.
    Add/Drop Dates: 9:00 am, March 13, 2024 - 11:59 pm, March 20, 2024. Students will be assessed a $100 late fee and be required to obtain faculty permission to add/drop after March 20, 2024. If you drop after April 10, 2024, you will also receive a "W" on your transcript in addition to the late fees.

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