Celebrated local entrepreneur brings expertise to informatics classroom
November 6, 2008
[ Mark Hill talks about his Entrepreneurship class, explaining its goals and expected outcomes. ]
Mark Hill, managing partner of venture capital firm, Collina Ventures, LLC, will again be teaching the art of entrepreneurship in a popular class offering next semester (Spring 2009). The course, Entrepreneurship-Informatics, focuses on three key themes associated with starting an information technology company: The Value Proposition, Funding, and Teamwork.
Available to students on both the IUPUI and IUB campuses, Entrepreneurship-Informatics features interactive presentations by Indiana entrepreneurs, who share their business start-up experiences. Among the scheduled lecturers are David Becker, First Internet Bank; Don Brown, Interactive Intelligence; Scott Dorsey, ExactTarget; and Chris Baggott, Compendium.
Employing teleconference technology, Hill will engage students on both campuses by providing what he calls the pragmatic nature of what it takes to start a business.
"I agreed to teach this course because I believe strongly that we need more young Hoosiers who are prepared to launch and grow successful businesses in Indiana," said Hill. "These guest lecturers have all been through the fire, so to speak, and they want to keep fledgling entrepreneurs from getting burned."
The course is cross-listed at IUPUI as NEWM-N485, INFO-I590 and INFO-I400 Topics in Informatics. Registration is now open - contact Informatics Student Services for additional information.
"Education about entrepreneurship and fostering such a culture for our students and faculty is an important priority for the School of Informatics," said Bobby Schnabel, dean, IU School of Informatics. "We are very grateful to Mark Hill, one of the leading IT entrepreneurs in Indiana and a person who has done so much to build the IT community in the state, for offering to organize and teach this course."
