ENGRG 1022

Kessler Fellows Entrepreneurship Cohort Seminar

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.

The purpose of the course is to prepare Jiang Fellows for a summer internship at a startup. Course introduces Jiang Fellows to the startup culture, job skills, and methods to evaluate possible internship opportunities. Students will also be introduced to the entrepreneurship ecosystem at Cornell and the various entrepreneurship resources available. Topics to be discussed include: interview skills and expected questions, conducting research on private companies, employee roles and responsibilities at startups, role of a product manager, creating "OKRs" (Objectives and Key Results), venture financing, and the Business Model Canvas and critically thinking about startups. Will include guest speakers from current startups.

When Offered Spring.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: Jiang Fellows Program students.
Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite or corequisite: AEM 2220, AEM 3249, AEM 3380, AEM 4200, ENGRG 2270, ENGRG 4610, NBA 3000 or NBA 5070.

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