I honestly don't know why Professor Wilson has such terrible reviews. They scared me when I first read them. This class really isn't bad at all, and I definitely learned a ton during it. The class consists of 5 case studies (1 done solo and all others with a group), an open note midterm, a final project done with your group where you pitch a business idea, study questions due every week based off readings (which are very helpful to have for the exams and are only graded on completion), and a final which was half open notes half closed notes. All in all, super informative course. It can just be tricky because of the breadth of concepts that are covered in such a short time period, as this class is designed to dip your toes in the water of practically every business topic there is.

Although there are a few things I would agree with on some of the other posts I have seen, I believe most of them do not serve Professor Wilson justice. Some reviews have suggested that Professor Wilson can be snarky but from what I have witnessed, this guy just disagrees with any response/idea that he does not see fit... which is perfectly fine. I am a sensitive person myself, and yet whenever he would shoot down a suggestion of mine I would not get offended because that is just how a class and learning goes. Professor Wilson was actually extremely helpful in making sure that everyone had an opportunity to improve their grade in class. The first time we took an exam, it did not go well so the class had an option to take a second exam to average the first score. I cannot emphasize enough that Professor Wilson was super accommodating about this and even held a session after class for students that wanted to talk over how the exam went, etc. It is true that most of his exams are based off the readings heavily and a bit off his recorded lectures, the live lecture is more for in class activities and to talk about the case write ups. Even if you feel like you did terrible on the exams (as I did, and trust me, my scores were BAD) Professor Wilson's curve is pretty beneficial for those that struggle and as long as you're in an awesome group for the case write ups and the final presentation, you should actually do pretty well in this class. There are so many ways you can improve your score. And yes it is true, he shoots down ideas for the class project/presentation but it's not like he just leaves you with nothing... he tells you the best one out of all the options you came up with that you can do. Professor Wilson is very knowledgeable and is a great connection to have at UCLA, not everything can be served to us. Just like at the work place, at school you have to smile through the pain and not complain!

I really enjoyed this class. Professor Wilson is really funny and we used engaging methods to learn (e.g. startup simulations and discussing the business news).
We had weekly quizzes that were pretty brutal tbh. They were usually almost identical to the practice quizzes but we had barely any time to complete them. I think barely anyone finished the first quiz. We all woke up after that lol. (Thankfully he’s drops your lowest grade). Also, you’re expected to know the answers from the readings word-for-word. On the positive side, you do get used to them by the third quiz at the latest. Also, studying properly for the quizzes is really great preparation for the final, which is pretty much a very long quiz.
The final was long (122 multiple choice and 40-something? short answer questions) and tricky. But it’s doable as long as you put significant effort into studying. Also be sure to read all the readings and slides fully at least once, because a few small details show up on the exam.
There are cases and a presentation that you will have to work on in groups. They aren’t very difficult or long.
Overall, this is a great class with heavy but doable workload. Would recommend taking Wilson.

The first half of this class you learn about the Business Model Canvas. Within the first week, you split up into groups of roughly 4 people. You create a startup idea and just run with it for the full 10 weeks. During that time, you try to create your business's version of the Business Model Canvas. During the last week of the course, you present it to the other students and to the professors. This term-long project is the focus of your discussion sections (which are mandatory).

During the second half of the class (while you're working on the BMC for your startup idea) they bring in some guest lecturers and talk about other aspects of creating a startup (corporations v partnerships, term sheets, IP, patents, etc.).

The readings give more detail on these projects. All of the readings are fair games for the exams. The final is cumulative. They post a review of the important slides, which you should definitely look over and memorize. Some of the short answers will ask you to draw the important diagrams from the review slides. If you skim through the readings and look over the slides, the exams are straightforward (a mixture of multiple choice and short answer).

Overall: an interesting class, cool to run with a startup idea and see how it evolves while engaging in the lean startup process.

Basically I agree with the comment above. The only key thing you get an A in this class is you know in advance that the midterm will be EXACTLY THE SAME as the practice midterm, and the final will also have about 1/3 of the SAME problems from the midterm. As a result, if you can memorize everything from the practice midterm, do the writings on time, and attend every class (he takes attendance), you are guaranteed an A- at least. But if you don't know that piece of information from midterm, well, the class average is 92%, and you know what you will end up with.

You do learn some from the class, but in my opinion, not a lot compared to other classes with similar topics. In general, I won't recommend him at all.

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The lectures are alright. The reading content (aka the stuff that determines your grade) is really really dry. You have to read a bunch of stuff about the frameworks and strategies and the exams expect you to memorize it all. The midterm is the same as the practice midterm. If you memorize it you get an A. I wanted to put that information out here because knowing that was the only way people got A's in the class. The median for the midterm was a 92%. The median for the final was 42%. the questions are all about defining, listing, mentioning what you read in the readings , so this change in the curve was caused just by the fact that you can memorize the midterm but not the final.

I did learn some interesting things about entrepreneurship in the discussion. However, the readings and testing procedure was so frustrating that it makes it hard to focus on the good stuff.

This class is a total waste of time.

This class has a LOT of information packed into each class session (at least in the slides). For the tests you have to memorize most of the diagrams and many of the details in the (mostly) long readings for the long and tight-on-time exams. Professor is mostly helpful in office hours.
But, the class group project takes up a lot of time and you don't even get any feedback about your final project/ presentation grade [at least for this quarter] which is about 30%-40% of your grade {presentations + participation is graded on a scale relative to how others do}, and the grading for every presentation seems very arbitrary [because the rubrics for presentations are never released, you just get a number for some of the presentations].

Has to be the worst professor at UCLA. He needs to read his reviews because I think most students would agree he is just a talentless professor who is terrible at his job. I have no idea how he even got a job here. His classes have a no electronics rule, so forget about taking notes on a laptop. His exams are just memorization and have nothing to do with concept. He is also just a completely rude, unlikeable, and nasty guy. Every minute in that class was a nightmare. Avoid this professor at all costs. Worst UCLA professor and class I have ever had.

This was the first class I took for the entrepreneurship minor and I was really concerned at first because the workload can be intimidating. Professor Wilson can come off as a little cocky but over the course of the class he warms up to you and you learn that his counter questions aren't meant to belittle you but make you really think about what you say in class. He always gives a 10-15 minute break halfway through class.

As for the grading, each week you have to submit a 1-2 page group paper about a case he assigns. Instead of a midterm he gives reading quizzes every week that are pretty challenging, but the saving grace is that he provides sample quizzes online that are usually (basically) the same as the quiz in class. Then there's a final (which compiles all the quizzes, plus questions that make you apply what you learned). Then lastly, you have a group project and presentation which all hinges on upon whether you have a good or bad group (and they are randomly assigned groups).

All in all, this class has a lot of material in comparison to most classes you take at UCLA but in my opinion everything you learn is pretty useful. Plus Wilson is funny and the classroom is always nice since it's in Anderson.