Short Course Description
Course Description
The goal of the class is to introduce the Israeli high-tech ecosystem, provide insights into day-to-day job of VC professionals, learn to conduct in-depth company analyses and apply these skills to your personal career path. The coursework will be done in teams and students will be assigned to a specific high-tech industry and company, which they will analyze and prepare a full report for an Investor Committee. For this, we will learn how to conduct external and internal analyses. In the 1st stage, we will study the industry and the industry vertical; in the 2nd stage, we will take a closer look into the company and analyze its technology, customers, business model, competition, and associated risks.
The class emphasizes how to advance in your personal career; therefore, learning and applying presentation skills will be an integral part of the course. You will learn about the interactions between main players: Entrepreneurs, VC investors, Incubators/ Accelerators, Lawyers & Government, and hear from guest lecturers representing different perspectives.
Course Design:
The design of this class is to assemble teams around the various high-tech sectors (Ed-tech, ag-tech, fin-tech, food-tech, Enterprise software, energy, ad-tech, smart mobility, cyber-tech, sport-tech, life science, Industry 4.0 & travel-tech, etc.). To each high-tech sector, 4-5 students will be assigned. Each team will represent a company within the industry. During the class, the teams will do 1-2 group assignments based on the content, which includes solving real-world problems from the high-tech eco-system. Students are expected to actively participate and practice their presentation skills.
Course Objectives
After completion of this course, participants will:
- Have better exposure to the high-tech sector and its main players
- Learn how to conduct external and internal analyses of a high-tech company
- Prepare and present their analysis and recommendation for an Investment Committee
- Apply academic concepts to real-world business problems
Full syllabus is to be published
