Course 2010-2011 a.y.

Course Objectives

This course is designed to develop a student’s ability to find, evaluate, and develop raw technical ideas into commercially viable product concepts, and build those concepts into business propositions. This course is part of the IT Consulting Major, offered by the EMIT MS.c. at Bocconi University, Milan.

Among other educational initiatives, the broader IT Consulting program includes a variety of other courses and seminars to foster students' capabilities in the crucial field of the Internet.

Specifically, the 20213 course focuses on theories and techniques for evaluating Internet technologies commercial capabilities, for gathering funds, for designing customer-compatible applications, for understanding the crucial role of the organizational support.

While the course is focused towards venture-funded Internet startups, the pedagogy is sufficiently general so that the knowledge and skills are also directly applicable to Internet adoption within a corporate environment.

Course Content Summary

• Part 1: Internet related technologies and their business models
• Part 2: Selling your idea to Angels. Where is the money?
• Part 3: Designing your interface and selling your idea to customers
• Part 4: Organizing your Internet business and your team

Detailed Description of Assessment Methods

Attending students:
Written exam and a business plan to be developed by the students
Non attending students :
Oral exam 

Textbooks

Attending Students

Handout prepared by Professor Proserpio. Plus a joint field project with other EMIT courses.

Non attending students

Non-attending students will be required to study 35 theoretical and managerial papers, then prepare a written essay, along with an oral exam. Titles of papers have to be requested to the professor.