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Lecture slides will be added after every class. Guest speaker info can be found on Guest Bios page.

Date Given Slides Speaker Bio Description
April 1 Lecture 1 Ken Pickar Introduction
April 3 Lecture 2 Ken Pickar Team Formation and Business Ecosystems
April 8 Lecture 3 Ken Pickar Technology Development & Product Life Cycle
April 10 Lecture 4 Ken Pickar Claire McCloud Case Discussion
April 15 Lecture 3b
Lecture 5
Ken Pickar Update to Technology Development Lecture
Project Research & Interview Techniques
April 17 No class No class No class
April 22 Progress Report Presentations Groups Progress Report Presentations
April 24 Lecture 6
Genzyme Case Review
Ken Pickar
Team Helios
Genzyme and Disruptive Technology
Genzyme Case Overview with Class Discussion
April 29 Rob Manning Lecture Rob Manning Technology Development & Management @ JPL, PW protected, see e-mail
May 1 Lecture 7
Kittyhawk Case Review
Ken Pickar
Team Metal Gear
Kittyhawk Case and Disruptive Technology
Kittyhawk Case Overview with Class Discussion
May 6 Lecture 8 Ken Pickar Examples of disruptive technology, Intro to Porter Analysis
May 7 Lecture 9
Last Supper Case Review
Ken Pickar
Team Tetra
Last Supper Case Discussion
May 8 Lecture 10
Lecture 11
Ken Pickar
Ken Pickar
Engineering Economics
Advice for an Industrial Career
May 13 Henry Kressel Case Discussion
Technobeast Case Discussion
Henry Kressel
Team Technobeast
Description of Investment Decisions made during the Telecom Bubble
May 15 Midterm Presentations Groups Midterm Presentations
May 20 David Baltimore Guest Lecture David Baltimore No slides. In-class discussion on pharmaceutical companies and bio-tech field.
May 22 Satyam Cherukuri Guest Lecture Satyam Cherkuri Developing international business. Slides Forthcoming.
May 27 Lecture 12 Ken Pickar Summary lecture, discussion of cases and ethics questions.
May 29 Final Presentations Groups In Same Room, 2:30 - 4:45