Jiang Fellows Entrepreneurship Cohort Seminar

Catalog description

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.