DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
University of Toronto
CSC454/2527F: The Business of Software
Course Schedule for January-April 2001 (subject to change)
Version of 2 February 2001
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Date |
Assign-ment Due |
6-7 p.m. Usually the lecture |
7-8 p.m. Usually the guest entrepreneur |
8-9 p.m. Usually the tutorial |
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8 Jan. |
Introduction, Innovation |
Riesenbach, Telepresence Systems |
What is a business? (Mladen) Brainstorming business ideas (Rosen, Mladen) |
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15 Jan. |
Assign. A: Ideas |
Focus+objectives |
Skapinker, BrightSpark |
Discussion of business ideas, venture selection (Rosen, Mladen) |
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22 Jan. |
Assign. B: Plan v.0 |
Focus+objectives (cont.); Oppor-tunity+timing |
Abrams, Perceptual Robotics |
Market and competitive research and analysis (Rosen) |
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29 Jan. |
Opportunity+ timing (cont.) |
Fox, Novator Systems |
Discussion of plans v.0 (individual tutorial) |
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5 Feb. |
Assign. C: Plan v.1 |
Technology and capability |
Effective group process (Blume) |
Oral presentations, business plans (Mladen, Rosen) |
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12 Feb. |
Technology and capability (cont.) |
Tatham, Janna Systems |
Discussion of plans v.1 (individual tutorial) |
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19 Feb. |
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READING WEEK |
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26 Feb. |
MIDTERM TEST |
Assign. D: Interim BUSINESS PLAN presentations |
Assign. D: Interim BUSINESS PLAN presentations |
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5 Mar. |
Marketing and distribution |
Marketing and distribution (cont.) |
Guest |
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12 Mar. |
Assign. E: Plan v.2 |
Finance + financing |
Guest |
Profit and cash, forecasting models and financial statements (Rosen) |
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19 Mar. |
Leadership + management |
Guest |
Discussion of plans v.2 (individual tutorial) |
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26 Mar. |
Partnerships |
Guest |
The legal picture, polishing the plan (Mladen) |
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2 Apr. |
END OF TERM TEST |
Assign. F: FINAL BUSINESS PLAN presentations |
More Q&A re plans (individual tutorial) |
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9 Apr. |
Assign. G: Plan v.3 (due 12 Apr.) |
Assign. F: FINAL BUSINESS PLAN presentations |
Assign. F: FINAL BUSINESS PLAN presentations |
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