Launching a Healthcare Venture: The Nuts and Bolts of Founding a Start Up

This course prepares medical and graduate students to start their own healthcare venture. In the Spring quarter, students will work through the steps that can take them from ideation all the way through what to expect when fundraising, including: validating ideas, creating a revenue strategy, forming their company, developing business processes (like accounting, legal, and HR), and how to prepare for capital investment. Weekly lectures will feature guest speakers who will discuss their own experiences with innovation and building ventures in healthcare. Students will both learn common tools and create resources that can be used in their future ventures.