This class was very interesting! Prof Nathanson is very knowledgeable and an engaging lecturer. The guest speakers were very interesting too. There are quite a few readings and online assignments, but they are very manageable. It seems as though the class did not do very well on the midterm/final. However, if you throughly study the textbook and do the practice problems, it is very easy. The Prof also uses the basic Anderson grade distribution (about 50% As). Easy class overall!

Professor Nathansom is the man. While it's week 10 and I have not yet got my final grade, I can truly say I learned a lot from his course. Prof Nathanson has many businesses of his own and actually practices what he preaches.

Grade breakdown
45 percent of the class is free points based on completion assignments, attendance and participation. The rest of your grade comes from the midterm worth 15 percent, final worth 30 percent and 10 percent for assignment where you have to interview an entrepreneur. The exams are just memorization of concepts.

Very interesting and engaging class, and manageable even for non majors. The professor is super knowledgeable and speaks from experience. I got a really solid understanding of entrepreneurship from this class, would definitely take it again.

The fuck is the purpose of a professor if we get no graded feedback. I don't need to enroll at UCLA to read a book. If im being so real right now the professor is awesome and very funny. All assignments are easy, and the final is easy. The material is useful in life but can also be learned through simple real-world experience which will train you better than this class. But the professor and teacher assistant lack grader feedback plus the breakout learning cases (which I'm sure you read about from other reviewers) is actually brain dead.

Btw you should know if you take this class, it will be a maximum of 50% of students who can get an A but that doesn't matter because it's usually only around 40% who get an A.

I really liked this professor. He is clearly very knowledgable and learning from someone who has actual experience in entrepreneurship made the class so interesting! There are some lengthy assignments but nothing difficult. You're also graded based on attendance, participation, cases (which are easy and mainly have to do with summarizing or personal opinions), midterm, final, paper, and reading assignments (through CONNECT). Therefore, it's easy to improve your grade if you didn't do well on a final or midterm because there's so much taken into account! Also, the exam is memorization based, The information he presented was engaging and interesting and I definitely recommend his class!

Prof. Nathanson makes this course unnecessarily challenging due to poor organization. Assignment due dates were inconsistent across Canvas, the syllabus, and McGraw Hill, leaving students confused about which due date to abide by for some assignments. He was also vague about exam content, leading to a midterm average of 70%, with the highest score being 92%. While he curved scores by 15%, he failed to correct mistakes in the midterm answers despite admitting they were erroneously marked as incorrect during the review session. These errors were never updated in Canvas, causing students to lose points unfairly. His study guides and subcategories also don’t align well with the exams, forcing students to study everything, even though only a small portion (around 20%) is relevant. The midterm was a mix of scattered class concepts, Breakout Learning quizzes, and other notes, making preparation frustrating. Despite this, Prof. Nathanson is extremely knowledgeable about business. He answers questions on various topics, including finance, deal terms, and anything you can possibly ask about business, and his expertise is impressive. He also admits to being "technologically disadvantaged", which might explain the organization issues. Also, the course content itself is valuable, covering equity dilution, deal terms, and liquidation preferences. It helped me confidently discuss business topics and prepared me for internship interviews. Additionally, his fun approach to case studies and presentations on current business concepts made the course worthwhile.

Arguably the best Professor in the minor, he issues a lot of reading material but keep in mind that you only have class once a week. Worked in the same group the entire cohort so be extremely cautious when choosing your group! Very practical and learned from his great real life experience.

I honestly think that the other reviews on this page are WAY too harsh. The professor absolutely taught us important concepts. He told us exactly how to study for the exams. Sure, some of the questions were a little nit-picky and definitely require some memorization of the concepts, but I'm not sure what's really wrong with that. The comments I had read on bruinwalk prompted me to study way more intensely than I normally do, but I guess it paid off because I did fine on the exams.

The class was fairly expensive but when people complained, the professor said we could get our money back (except for the textbook cost but like textbooks are a part of college?) I honestly feel like some of these reviews are exaggerating and people just want to find something to complain about. The class met once a week for 3 hours and the homework was so manageable. It had a way lighter workload than the other courses I took that quarter.

This was also the first course I took relating to econ, accounting, or business anything and I got an A+. Hope this eases some nerves for students who don't have a choice but to take this class. I actually enjoyed it a ton!

I'd say the other reviews blow Dan's behavior way out of proportion. He's overall a great guy that's always willing to chat and cares for his student's education. Realistically I hadn't put in significant effort and came out with an A. Just study for the midterm and final using the smartbook recharge and you'll be more than fine.

Also for those claiming it was unfair, he literally decided that if you did better on the final than the midterm it would replace your grade for it, although it wasn't in the syllabus originally. Overall extremely kind and accommodating.