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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (176483)	1/12/2004 1:59:48 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

I took one of those entrepreneur classes at Stanford once. It was ok, and I actually learned a little. They talk about things like how much lead time is involved in order to get $xxx to fund your operations for the following year. A lot of tech management really doesn't know this info (I didn't) so the class was not a complete waste of time. They did spend a class on the topic which was basically "how to handle the wild men in engineering" which I as an engineering manager thought was quite a hoot. And pretty far offbase.

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (176483)	1/13/2004 1:50:49 AM
From: Amy J	Respond to of 186894

OT Brian, RE: "Entrepreneurship Course " You're viewing this from an incorrect assumption. Why would you assume I perceive an entrep course means people sitting around with a book? I think it should be implementation. Here's some tools, here's some interesting problems, here's the math around those issues, go for it. (I'm obviously leaving a lot out, to keep this short.) Too many people incorrectly assume they can't fix something or lead. RE: books I agree. Sitting around reading books about distant famous leaders only works to make students feel that they can't do it. They get to the bio section, and stop there. Having leaders talk to them in a down to earth way, makes them feel they can do it. If there's any type of book, it should be filled with facts and costs on the various problems in society. 50,000 people die per year in auto accidents, etc. $76M get sick from food poisoning annually. Too many people don't realize the costs of society's problems so as a whole, society works on the wrong issues or methods. Our society operates at an inefficient level, that we can ill afford. The auto industry struggles to motivate people to pay a thousand dollars more for safety features that could save billions in our society. I once had dinner with the son whose Dad created the crash car dummies advertisement - his Dad struggled to get the point about safety through to the public - he had to make the damage really graphic to get the point across and yet not too offensive, thus dummies. His frustration was, when people read about the cost of not being safe in a book, they don't grasp it. So he made it visual so the public would get it. Regards, Amy J