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This course is designed for students interested in entrepreneurship, early-stage investing, and/or venture capital. Venture capital is going through a dramatic cycle as venture capital investment doubled from 2021 to 2022, then dropped by a third from 2021 into 2022, ending with the slowest quarter of investing in 9 years. Together with the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, it is a challenge for both the entrepreneur and the investor. We believe there is opportunity within that chaos and our course is designed to show you how to navigate and stand out in the current environment. Our course gives you that tactical edge with a special combination of two class projects, guest speakers and case-based instruction. You will be able to apply what you learn as we (and the guest speakers) offer candid and instant feedback. The course is fast paced with very current content. You will hear from over 15 investors and a half dozen entrepreneurs. The course is designed to complement other popular GSB courses about entrepreneurship such as Start-up Garage, Formation of New Ventures, and Lean Launchpad. Notably, students are permitted to use the same business idea in our course's team project that they use for those courses (with instructor permission). If you do not have a business idea or market sector interest, we will team you with another student with similar interests. We offer class topics that are typically not covered in other business school courses - such as how to find and use the power of early stage advisors and board members in building and funding a company, how Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) can make or break the evaluation of your early-stage company, how to find that ideal co-founder and figure out the equity split amongst the founding team, and what do VCs say behind closed doors at the VC's partners; meeting after the founder gives their funding pitch? We encourage challenging and meaningful class discussion to take the guests off-script and focus on sharing the street smarts of the entrepreneur and investor community. The course attracts students from diverse backgrounds (we intentionally reserve 10 seats for graduate students from outside the GSB). Students range in experience from serial entrepreneurs to students who are experimenting with entrepreneurship for the first time. We also see students with significant investment experience share their start-up investor experience as they add to the class dynamic.