Overall, Nathan's a pretty chill guy, funny sometimes, but he lost his sxxt when half of the class didn't show up. I guess it was pretty self explanatory as to why they didn't show up. It got boring.

The tests were all memorization based; so, it would be more practical to cram it than listen to 1 hour 45 mins long lecture without a break. They go through so many materials at once, so, it's better that you take your time to study at home. (Or cram the night before) But, if you memorize all your readings and the slides, you should definitely be fine in terms of getting an A.

If you are an engineer, which most of you will be, and want to start a business, DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. You can do better without this class. This is a class where you learn how to put yourself in a box. It's true and I understand that you want to know the market and pre-evaluate your product before you get it in the market; but, those only hinder your ability to do, make, and invent great things. Instead of wasting your money, youth, and time on something useless like this class, use your resources to build your product first. The least you can get out of it is something to put on your resume. SO, START TODAY.

Professor Wilson teaches relatively easy and straight forward material but to boost himself up, he makes the exams unreasonably difficult and long. This would be especially hard if english is not your first language. His tests were all free response and 24+ pages long, which felt extremely excessive. On the final, I really tried my best to write as efficiently and fast as I could but it was such a long exam. Its not like they are hard, it is honestly was one of the stupidest exam that I ever took, he literally tested you on 4 different definitions of .entrepreneurship One answer was citing him self, two were from the book, and the last one was from the notes; also if you missed one word you didn't get it right. He doesnt even test you on if you have any understadning of the material, it is more like a test of how fast you can write and memorize random definitions. He even tested us on his "slang" that he used in class sometimes. My favorite part was the fact that on the midterm he wrote that after this line is EXTRA CREDIT questions. But since people did pretty good on the exam, he deicded to consider the extra credit part of the grade. What if some people decided not to answer them? The class material is very easy and not very helpful to CS major. Its not going tell you anything about how a start up works. If you are a cs major and have a dream to build your own company one day, don't take this course.

Not sure what my grade will be yet (just finished taking the final), but it's a very fun intro class to the entrepreneurship minor. There are weekly quizzes on readings, then also a few group case studies, one low weighted group presentation, a final, and also a 20% participation grade. The workload was pretty steady/manageable and was on quite interesting stuff as this was very much so a business class, had a lot of useful/practical information compared to the average college class so I'd definitely recommend taking it if you're interested in business or are thinking about the minor.

I am an engineering major and I took this class for my tech breadth. I really enjoyed the class, you learn some valuable stuff. I like talking about the current events at the start of every class.
For the class, the workload is quite heavy, there are assigned readings and a quiz every week. The quizzes are usually similar to the practice ones he posts, but you need to read the reading, make a summary, and a quizlet to be successful.
The group project is not too bad, you create your own product and pitch it.
The final is very long and hard. 36 short answer free response and 153 multiple choice in the 180 minutes. It is doable, but you need to pace yourself.
Overall, I highly recommend this class as it is one of the few I've taken where I learned something useful

Where do I begin on Professor Wilson? I admit he's funny, but at times it's sassy/sarcastic. I loved the class and thought it was a good introduction to entrepreneurship. I really only learned through the simulations, case studies, and maybe, parts of his lectures. HOWEVER, quizzes are brutal. Yes, he gives you the sample quizzes ahead of time, but it's a lot of information to memorize. Basically, he wants you to memorize the sample quizzes given, then comes quiz time in EVERY CLASS you must regurgitate that on paper EXACTLY from the text within 10-20 minutes tops. Bring an ice pack with you to every class since you'll be writing THE fastest that you can during the quizzes before the time runs out. No time to think, just write. RIP my hand. If you're shy and don't like to speak, this may not be the class for you because participation matters. So the final was 68 MC questions and 37 short answer questions. We were only given 1 hour & 50 minutes. Just so brutal...

This was by far the worst class I have ever taken.

Professor Wilson is a unique professor in the worst way possible. Allow me to explain a few of the largest pain points.

1. Participation - It was agitating to have participation as a significant portion of the grade (20%) seeing as Wilson essentially treated questions and comments as something to check off a list. Rather than engage with thoughtful comments or questions - Wilson consistently glazed over them and opted to flex his surface-level knowledge on people who spoke up with very simple questions. For Wilson, our questions were not to help our understanding, they were to give him a platform to stroke his ego talking in circles about the concepts we would not ultimately be tested on. More on that later. Moreover, at the end of the course, we didn't even find out our participation grade - we got an email saying that if we want to know what our participation grade was we would have to schedule a 1 on 1 zoom meeting during the next quarter.

2. Weekly Assignments/Exams - The vast majority of time in this class was focused on us discussing the weekly case studies. Frankly, that's fine. It's fine to me that we discuss the work that we were doing every week. However, THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT THE CASE STUDIES ON THE EXAM. AKA - THE WORK WE DO AND FOCUS ON DURING THE ENTIRE LECTURE EVERY WEEK HAD ZERO TO DO WITH THE EXAMS. The exams were only on the readings which were given very very little attention every week. The exams also had very little application - the midterm was 100% based on memorization and had no multiple choice. The final was better, it had multiple choice and questions which let you try to apply concepts, but it was still a small portion in comparison to the overwhelming free-response memorization.

3. So much potential - I was very excited to take this class. I thought that this would be fun and the material would be interesting enough that the professor wouldn't matter. I was very wrong. Professor Wilson leads with a thesis that ultimately.... applying entrepreneurial skills and acting in a hands-on approach will lead to the best learning in entrepreneurship. It's crazy that he's able to acknowledge that then give a test with no multiple-choice and no concept application. For this reason, it really just left me feeling like I had nothing to gain from the material. If application is the foremost important aspect... Why are we not applying? To be fair, we applied some ideas to the case studies, but even then it was unclear what the takeaways were. For example, Wilson spent over an hour digging into Tesla and how Elon Musk was irresponsible and made horrible entrepreneurial decisions at every corner. The takeaway was to not be like Elon Musk (The man who added $120B to his net worth during a pandemic). Shouldn't we be trying to figure out what went right despite making mistakes rather than just ripping into how overvalued and stupid it is? Professor Wilson, you're missing the point of your own curriculum entirely.

In conclusion, I really really did not like this class. Read the rest of the reviews on Bruinwalk, and please don't take this if you just want to dabble in entrepreneurship because it seems like a fun course to add to your schedule. If you're doing the entrepreneurship minor, I'm sorry for you because Wilson is the head of the department and I believe this is one of the required classes.

Good luck!

Man, I've been waiting for a while to comment on this class overall. I know that there has been previous comments on this professor that were EXTREMELY harsh. I couldn't agree more with what they said. However, I would have to argue on the opinions during lecture where he would disagree with student's opinions. He changed that which was good. But I just want to go over on the class materials.

Participation: Its worth 20% of your grade. We understand that this is a Management class (Business) and as business women and men, we would have to communicate and be able to interact with one another. But this is a class, not a business session?? Some people may not even participation because they are shy or have a fear of speaking in front of the class. We've tried our literal hardest on not getting onto your bad side from what was seen before. If it was 10% it would have been better. Do you expect for us to speaking the majority of the time when there are students who "take over" and don't give a chance for others to speak?? Every lecture, he expects you to have your camera on. A friend of mine told me that she only went to get a bottle of water and turned off her camera for a few minutes and the professor gave her a warning?!? IT WAS LITERALLY SECONDS!!! CMON. Please respect student's privacy. We should have the right to turn off our camera. I mean, it's may seem uncomfortable at times, especially eating during class. I mean I felt super uncomfortable when i had my camera on and eating. I honestly HATE when people see me eat so please change that rule. At least he wasn't rude when people said their opinions. But usually, his face would change and I think he had favorites too. I won't say who but I felt at times, that he didn't want to hear from me at ALL. It happened quite a few times. For example, during "Newsweek" I would have an article. When I presented my article, his face became serious or bored. But when his "favorite" was next, his face light up. To me, it felt really upsetting. It also reflects on the grade I got....

Assignments/Case Studies: Damn. I hate the way the TAs grade it. No one's freaking perfect. There are specific requirements and usually the first one is by yourself. It wasn't pleasant. When your in a group, its better but I also think there was something suspicious about the way they grade. This also happened every case study we turned in. As we got our grades back, I would usually see my part (like a question and answer response) grade much lower than my group (peers). Sometimes, I thought "Is it because of my race? My ethnicity? Do they grade it harder on my part because I'm not good enough to do business?"

Exams: OMG I HATED THEM SO FREAKING MUCH. He uses Respondus so it makes way more FUN (not really). The first exam, as he says "is always the hardest one for students" or "students dont do well" Well, I WONDER WHY? 1) the first exam is literally 60 questions instead of 30 (because each question has two parts). You have an 1 hr and 10 mins to start it. WTF!! And this goes for the second one as well. The final is torture!!! 3 hours long (MC and Writing). Better yet, you dont even know what you got at the end (HE NEVER POSTED IT). The good thing is that he allows us to have study guides during the exam. The problem is, it wastes your time during the exam.

Group Project (Final Presentation): We literally had a final project the same time the final was so that made it so much worse. I still don't understand why he or the TAs grade it harder. We worked so hard on them to receive the grades we get. Let me remind them: THIS IS FOR PRACTICE ONLY.

TAs: I mean one of them was nice. The other, seemed really harsh. Marina is the nice one but unfortunately she's not going to be there. Sophia is the extremely harsh one. The weird part is that they weren't there all the time (like why??)

Professor: I mean rating from 1-100%, 70%. I just felt like there was some racism behind it but im not too sure.

If your taking this for the Entrepreneurship Minor, good luck. If your not, don't even bother taking this class. Take management 167 (Northrop is the best).

I am not sure what I am learning from this class honestly. I never skipped any lectures, but I just never understood what he was trying to say. His lectures were very unorganized. It seemed like he only threw random stories that had little relation to the lecture materials. Instead of trying to make it fun, he ended up bringing unrelated materials. The exam? The exams were all pure memorization. You don't have to understand anything. As long as you can memorize, that's good enough. I learn nothing from this class. There is a group project as well. Honestly though, it is completely meaningless. Everyone faked their interviews. Go take ENGR 110 or 111. These classes are more fun and better.

This has to be the worst class I've ever taken at UCLA. No laptops are allowed, which I've never encountered in any of my other classes. It's also a 3-hour class, and we only get a 5-minute break halfway through. The professor never ends early and uses every single second to ramble about useless information that I guarantee I will never use in real life. This class is required for my minor, so I have no choice, but many people dropped after the first day.

Eighty percent of the grade is based on exams and participation, and all the participation feels incredibly forced. Everyone just raises their hand to get a good grade, not because they actually care about contributing. The frequent quizzes are just memorizing random, arbitrary details from made-up case studies.

The professor is extremely unlikeable and unfunny, and he's strict about the no-laptop rule—he’ll even call you out and deduct participation points if you're using one. The TAs are just as frustrating, grading everything extremely harshly for no reason, and they talk loudly during the class, which is really distracting. I honestly don't know how I'll survive this class. If I had known I had to suffer through this abysmal experience, I wouldn't have pursued the entrepreneurship minor.

This class wasn't as bad as everyone says on BruinWalk, but it was not great. I'd avoid it if you can. It's basically one long group project the whole time. He gives you feedback on each step, but most of the feedback is contradictory and stupid. He just tried to find something to say about the work and would never approve of the presentations even if they were up to par. It can be worse if you have a bad group, so be careful who you choose to be in a group with. It's doable, just not fun.