Winter Course Info: MS&E 275, Intelligent Growth in Startups

Dear students,

Next quarter, we are offering MS&E 275: Intelligent Growth in Startups, a class taught by Floodgate Partner Ann Miura-Ko (seed investor and founding board member in companies like Lyft, TaskRabbit, Ayasdi, Xamarin, and Refinery29). 

There will be an info session for the class from 5-6pm on Wednesday, November 13 at STVP in Huang Basement. To attend, register here: tinyurl.com/mse275info

Students will learn what successful venture scale companies look like in the early days and what these companies seem to have in common. We will explore everything from product-market fit to team construction and  category development. This is not a class in which you will explore a business plan. Instead, we will learn what world class businesses look like. We will use case studies, expert guests, and experiential learning projects in order to fully grasp these topics. Prior speakers include:

• Mike Krieger | Co-Founder of Instagram

• Michael Seibel | CEO of YC

• Ryan Smith | CEO of Qualtrics

• Heather Fernandez | CEO of Solv

The course will integrate intellectual and experiential learning by combining readings, presentations, and discussions, frequent exercises, live and field examples, and will focus on the process of learning from experience.

Please also find a flyer attached with information about the course. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to one of the TAs, Maurice Chiang (mauricec@stanford.edu) or Mark Shelton (mark.shelton@stanford.edu).

Due to demand, this class is application-based. Applications are due on the evening of the first day of class (January 9th at 9:00PM). Apply here: tinyurl.com/mse275app

Best regards,

MS&E 275 Teaching Team