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GE 393 RLP - Business Plan Workshop for Technology Entrepreneurs

 

Course Instructors & Mentors

Course instructors. The course is team taught by the following instructors:

Marianne Dickerson, R. R. Donnelly & Sons Company, marianne.dickerson@rrd.com

David E. Goldberg, General Engineering, 117 TB, deg@uiuc.edu, http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/

On-campus mentors. Each team will be assigned an on-campus mentor to provide detailed feedback on business plans, presentations, and team progress. The course instructors and the following individuals will serve as team mentors:

Ray Price, price1@uiuc.edu

Brian Lilly, blilly@uiuc.edu

Communications consultant. Laura Hirschfeld, hirschfe@uiuc.edu, has agreed to act as a roving communications consultant to help teams with business-plan writing and presentation. In-class and by-appointment consultation will be available.

Off-campus mentors. In addition, off-campus industry-specific mentors will be sought for each project from the TEC network of entrepreneurs. Off-campus mentors will be drawn from the ranks of entrepreneurs and venture capitalists and will provided "reality therapy" to ensure realistic business plans that can survive tough scrutiny.