“He's so nice. He's prepared. Brings positive attitude to class. This was the best course I've taken so far.”

100% recommend this class - our professor is highly engaging, there are amazing guest speakers, and you have the opportunity to learn from your classmates everyday. Hands down the BEST class I have taken at Haas. Grab it while you can!

Abhishek is a pleasure to have as a teacher. He puts in A LOT of work into his classes and works hard to bring in founders with real world experience. There is a great amount of theory and real world application

Any other class or a combination of them wouldn't be able to provide similar knowledge.”

“It was one of the best classes I have taken … the case discussions were amazing!”

YOU HAVE TO TAKE THIS COURSE! It is an experience, whether or not you're thinking of starting your own business, you will learn so many concepts you can apply to business and Abhishek does an amazing job teaching it. He's thought of everything to design an interesting, well-designed class … we had great team assignments, just all around I can't say enough good things about Abishek's teaching style. Berkeley--hold onto him!!!

This is one of the most remarkable and important courses at Haas! The instructor brings timely, real world case studies and connects the class to some of the mover and shakers in the entrepreneurial world - resulting in an incredible learning experience.

Run, don't walk, and sign up to take this course. It is truly amazing! You will read relevant case studies, and have a chance to interact with legitimate founders of multimillion dollar companies. I cannot say enough good things about the course. Professor Nagaraj is a treasure!!!!

Strong recommend. Great content and inspiring enthusiasm make this basically a must take at Haas. Fast comment pace in class is missed in some other classes. Reviewers should look to this course as a modelor template.

One of the best classes I've taken at Haas. The professor is incredibly knowledgeable and comes very prepared to class. Each class we had guest speakers from the cases which was an awesome opportunity to learn first hand from industry folks whose decisions you questioned and deliberated. Class worked well in the block week format as well and there wasn't too much pre-work needed. Would highly recommend.

Frameworks introduced in class are practical and straightforward. The class does a good job of bridging the theoretical with the real world.

WOW. Best course I have taken by far, not even exaggerating! I've used these frameworks in my projects, class discussions, and interviews several times.

The professor is smart and kind, and his process of focusing heavily on real-world examples of startups, integrating their struggles and journey's within the context of the class frameworks, has resulted in substantial learning not replicated by other courses.