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 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.

READ IF YOURE IN THE MINOR/ THINKING ABT IT

I have such mixed feelings about this class. If you’re in the entrepreneurship minor, you have to take it, and you will probably take it with Wilson, so you’re just going to have to grin and bear it. The structure of his class is actually really engaging and 3 hour lectures actually pass by pretty quickly, despite his no computers policy. This is because participation matters and it counts for your grade, so people are incentivized to speak. He uses study guides about the textbook as assignments which are pretty helpful for studying for his midterm and final, which are incredibly long and detailed. The final exam was 18 short answer questions (some with multiple parts), 12 short case questions, and 90 multiple choices questions.
The group work, which is a significant portion of your grade, is a tragedy, and be prepared for 1 or two people in the group (who you work with all quarter) to do ALL the work. People are more than happy to sit back and let you do all the leg work which makes for high blood pressure high stress, and copious amounts of tears all quarter. There is also a group presentation with a business pitch similar to Shark Tank. And because participation matters, it will feel like one, because other students will try and rip apart your idea to get their participation points in.
Wilson himself will probably make you feel stupid and bad about yourself, especially if you don’t agree with what he’s saying. But honestly, this seems to be a trend with all the middle aged white male management professors, which seem to be plenty in Anderson.

The concept behind this class is fundamentally sound in that it's supposed be a general course analizing (almost) every facet of launching and running a business venture. However, the execution is quite messy and questionable.
First, you need to spend $100+ in course material among case studies and simulations that are compulsory since your grade depends on them.
Second, exams don't really test your knowledge. Rather, they test your ability to write down as much stuff as you can in your cheat sheet and type it verbatim as fast as you can in the answer boxes.
In general, I would say that this class has taught me more buzzwords than useful suggestions on how to run a business.
Finally, I was disappointed that no industry professional was invited to share their personal experience on the matter.

The reviews for this class are blown out of proportion. There is a good amount of busy work involved and some of the class material is pretty dry but the case studies are actually really insightful. Professor Wilson is pretty chill imo it seems like he has great experience in the field.

these reviews are way too harsh; not too difficult if you just pay attention in class and study (and midterm is open-note and short answer based, which means you don't need to worry about memorization as much as understanding the ideas). prof. wilson is pretty experienced and intelligent, wouldn't say he's particularly harsh or anything like what the other review do

What I wish I knew Before Taking the Class
1. Required to purchase 100 dollars worth of class material
2. Midterm, Group Presentation, and Final (remember to write down every single thing he says in class and whatever is in the assigned reading/textbook)
3. Always ask TA for help you may be able to find a lot of helpful information on how to prepare for the exam
4. Utilize study guides when preparing for the exam
5. Always always always participate in class.
6. Professor in my opinion was pretty funny but some view him to be not so caring of students (I don't disagree)
7. Assignments don't have a clear guidelines so make sure to start early and ask questions to the TA
8. 3 hours (once a week). Attendance is mandatory.

If you decide to take the class, go for it! Just know it's not gonna be easy. The exams can be brutal and a class that's 3 hours long can definitely drain you.

Engaging class, easy to do well if you take solid/thorough notes. Group grades seemed very arbitrary to me so I think it really depends on your TAs because they would mark things down for virtually no reason other than responses not being a sentence longer, etc.

I'm currently still taking this class so I do not know my final grade but I have enjoyed it very much so! I have had Professor Wilson for three entrepreneurship classes and he's been stellar. I had to miss a class because of a religious exception and he was super understanding. He also educated me on the stock market and we talked a lot about real estate during his office hours. I do not usually leave reviews for classes but honestly I have seen some of the one's about Professor and in my experience they are not accurate at all. He is a great guy and while the classes can be challenging, if you put the effort in you will get the grade you deserve. This class was mainly weekly presentations plus a 10 page paper at the end and it is super manageable. Highly recommend it!

This is a very fun class that teaches hands-on business venture analysis. In week 1, you make a group of five and you stick with them the whole quarter, so choose wisely. The next week, your group decides on a UCLA patented technology that was recently created. The next 8 weeks are spent researching and creating reports about different aspects of the technology to see if it should/shouldn't be commercialized. The main topics are on market sizing and patentability. The main portion of your grade comes from your team final presentation and Due Diligence Report. This class boils down to if you have a group that actually cares. I was fortunate to have a great group, so by delegation we all got A's with not too much work associated with it. Others were not so fortunate. Moral of the class: it is very interesting and is an easy A as long as you have a good group.