Dilemmas in Entrepreneurship

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This is a required course for the campus-wide Entrepreneurship Minor as well as the Entrepreneurship Concentration in the Dyson School. The purpose of the course is to examine a series of decision points, or dilemmas, faced by founders in the process of starting and growing new ventures. These include dilemmas of a) whether and when to start a company; b) whether to be a solo founder vs. recruiting co-founders; c) which co-founders to recruit, and how to allocate potential rewards among co-founders; d) how to go to market, either independently or partnering with incumbents; e) whether to “bootstrap” by reinvesting revenues vs. raise outside financing; f) whether to relinquish control in order to accelerate growth; and g) whether and when to exit.