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).

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.

I have never met a professor who is more of a narcissist in my entire life. Professor Wilson not only speaks in a monotone voice for the entirety of the class, is a failed entrepreneur who does the opposite of inspire, spends an hour and a half just talking about either AI or Tesla, and talks down to students repeatedly, but he also is incredibly unreasonable and unclear in his grading scheme and mechanisms. AVOID HIM AND THIS CLASS AT ALL COSTS FOR YOUR MENTAL STATE!!

First, Professor Wilson began this class by saying that everyone would receive an A and he had no tricks up his sleeve. I then proceeded to complete all course work and evaluations, earning an A on each assignment. My final grade in Bruin Learn still says that I have an A, and the only thing that is missing is my "participation grade" which if worth a total of 30%. Participation, as per the syllabus is based on attendance and class participation. Given that I attended every class and participated regularly, I did not expect to earn a 50% on participation. However, when I met with him to discuss why this was the case, he told me that the reason why he had decided upon this grade was because I had a closed computer on my desk for the second half of the class. For context, this is a no tech class, however there is a 30 minute work period where we get to use our computers. After the work period, almost every student simply shut their computers and continued taking handwritten notes.

Professor Wilson, however, deemed it necessary to fault the class for simply having their closed technology on their desks. He never once asked students to put away computers and never once clarified that a closed computer (essentially the same as a brick) would cost us our grades. I asked the professor to clarify that even though I had earned an A on every course assignment, attended every class, and participated fully (he confirmed that I was one of the students who participated most), he thus felt it justifiable to lower my grade to a C due to a CLOSED laptop. He looked me in the eye and said yes.

I respectfully asked him to reconsider one last time given what seemed to be purely punitive. He then proceeded to say inappropriate comments about "having a drink" and laughed in my face, completely void of any sense of empathy or understanding. A professor has a responsibility to inspire and engage with the next generation of students. Professor Wilson made me despise entrepreneurship, discredited all of the work I, and all my peers who were receiving the same punishment, had put into the course and the minor as a whole, and essentially said that due to his status, his experience, and his role in the department, I shouldn't even be asking questions about my own grade or inquire about my own learning experience.

I don't understand who or how a professor could be so devoid of any sense of respect for his students, compassion for their lives, or understanding of their effort. Other students in this class have had their grad school acceptances revoked due to him or lost their job offers (because of a CLOSED computer!!!), and he simply doesn't care about his actions or the impact they have on students' lives. For your own sake, avoid interacting with professor Wilson... trust me, you deserve better from a school like UCLA.

Took this class cuz I was interested and need upper div non major class. and now I wish I DID NOT. Participation to speak up in every class is a must, the workloads are fine tho. Basically reads off the slides too. A pdf combo of $100 is required just for couple group assignments. Everything that is not graded on completion is all group work. Hard test, by that I mean the final was three hours non stop intensive writing and answering questions. Similar for the midterm just shorter amount of time. No one in my class ever finished early in test. The final is almost 300 points with only minutes to each questions that requires you to really think and apply creative strategies answers. The final score also never come back until it showed the final letter grade in your quarter report. I got almost full credits for the final big group project, and was overall at 90% before the final. After the final exam it was C+. Didn’t even know the final score till now. His class has nothing to do with the exam’s question, final was also a lot harder than the midterm which I got a okay grade.

If you’re taking a class with Professor Wilson, don’t expect to gain anything valuable for entering the world of entrepreneurship. His class is nothing but busy work—endless assignments that do little to prepare students for real-world business challenges. It’s widely known among students that his class is one of the most disliked in the entrepreneurship minor, yet somehow, he is the chair of the program.

I met with him to discuss ways to improve the minor, and when I brought up a different entrepreneurship class that every student loved and actually found useful, he became extremely negative about it, almost as if he was jealous of the professor who taught it. That professor is highly successful and widely respected, yet Wilson went out of his way to criticize his teaching style instead of acknowledging that students found real value in his class. It’s ironic because the class I praised is the only one students agree is worth taking in the minor, while Wilson’s is the most disliked—yet he’s the one in charge.

His attitude toward students is just as bad. He’s extremely dismissive, constantly disagreeing just for the sake of it, and shows zero interest in actually listening. Rather than encouraging students, he takes a negative and condescending approach to teaching, making the entire learning experience frustrating. If you want to be inspired, this is NOT the professor for you.

The entrepreneurship minor could be something great, but not with Wilson running it. If you actually want a useful, engaging course that helps you prepare for real-world business, stay far away from his class.

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.

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.