Professor	Teaching Assistant	Teaching Assistant	Tutor
Rakesh Kumar rakeshk@eng.ucsd.edu (858) 945-3758 Office Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays: 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM at EBU3B 4124 By appointment (contact through piazza or email).	Dharmil Chandarana dharmil@ucsd.edu Office Hours: Wednesdays 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM at CSE Basement B225	Swetha Krishnakumar swk032@eng.ucsd.edu Office Hours: Wednesdays 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM at CSE Basement B225	Hamid Tavakolifard hamidre13@gmail.com

Note: Please include 'CSE 190' in the subject line when sending us an email.

Course Objectives

• Encourage innovation.... the opportunities are HUGE!
• Encourage entrepreneurship.
• Familiarize students with the "How-To’s" for setting up, and implementing a Start-up company related to the many facets of Microsystems.

Many of these themes will be applicable to "Intrapreneurship" - setting up and implementation of Projects within large Corporations.

Homework Submission:

This course has been setup on TritonEd, and all students are required to submit all their Homeworks and Bonus Homeworks on TritonEd only.

• Always upload PDFs unless you have animations in your presentations that need .pptx
• Give the file title as HWNumber-FirstNameLastName.pdf. For example: HW1-SteveJobs.pdf (Similarly HW1Bonus-SteveJobs.pdf). If its a team assignment, give the title as HWNumber-TeamName.pdf.
• All the homework assignments will be due at 6.30 PM on the due date.
• No late submissions are allowed
• In case there are issues, please email the TAs

Reference Texts

• Ash Maurya, “Running Lean”, O’Reilly Media
• Giff Constable,“Talking to Humans”
• Kathleen Allen, “Entrepreneurship for Scientists and Engineers”
• Bill Aulet, “Disciplined Entrepreneurship”
• Sean Wise & Brad Feld, “Startup Opportunities – Know when to quit your day job”
• Lucas Carlson, “Finding Success in Failure”
• Steve Blank &Bob Dorf, “The Startup Owner’s Manual”
• Eric Ries, “The Lean Startup”, Crown Business
• Harvard Business Review articles online
• Rakesh Kumar, “Fabless Semiconductor Implementation”, McGraw Hill

Grade Distribution:

NOTE: The grade distribution given here is a tentative/approximate distribution. It shouldn't be used to calculate your overall score for this course. The final weightage will be determined by the instructor.

• Class Participation – 10 points
• Homework – 50 points
• In-class Quizzes – 5 points
• Special Quizzes (MidTerms)– 10 points
• Presentation:
  • Team – 20 points
  • Individual – 10 points
• Final Report (Business Plan) – 10 points
• Bonus points –
  • Homework "extras" or Bonus Homeworks – 5 points
  • Demonstrated interest in following thru with a Start-up
    e.g. Von Liebig Center, iCorps or External Incubators

Logistics

• CSE 190D on Piazza - We will be using Piazza for Q&A in this course. Preferably, all online communication between students and instructors should be directed through Piazza. Piazza will be the center stage for all important announcements.
• CSE 190D on TritonEd - We will be using UCSD TritonEd (formerly called Ted) for Homework submissions.