Practical Business

The purpose of the class is to provide an overview of basic business concepts and tools with a focus on practicality. The course will be project based, broken into three parts ¿ Class case study over 6 weeks, looking at 1-2 companies ¿ Small group project over 2 weeks on a company of the student's choice ¿ Project presentations over last two weeks Class will include discussions with leaders across different industries, such as Steven Gutentag, Co-Founder, Thirty Madison; Max Shron, Director of Data, Warby Parker; Edwin Jager, Managing Director - Fundamental Equities, the D. E. Shaw group (Stanford alumnus); Monish Kumar, Senior Partner & Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group.