IMPORTANT NOTES:
1. For any issue related to course logistics, please contact Erika Morey at erika.morey@chicagobooth.edu. (773) 702-1235 in Harper Center suite 208. 2. If you are unable to come to class and turn in memoranda, email them to erika.morey@chicagobooth.edu prior to your section’s class time. DO NOT email them to me.
Introduction
Week 1 : Introduction, Organization, and Overview
A. Case: Yale University Investments Office.
Investing in Start Ups B. Case: Technical Data Business Plan.
Week 2: A. Case: Technical Data Corporation 9-283-072 (to be handed out in class during week 1) B. Case: Zipcar
Week 3: A. Case: Honest Tea B. Case: UltraVisual Medical Systems
Week 4: A. Case: Dropbox “It Just Works” B. Case: Horizon Communications
Week 5: A. Case: RightNow Technologies B. Case: edocs, Inc.
Week 6 : A. Case: Metapath Software
Private Equity B. Case: Kirk Riedinger and Jamie Turner
Week 7: A. Case: Pacific Source
International Dimensions
B. Case: Ducati & Texas Pacific Group: A “Wild Ride” Leveraged Buyout
Week 8: A. Case: Surya Tutoring B. Case: Oriental Fortune
The Future of the Private Equity Market
Week 9: A. Case: Spectrum Equity Investors, LP. B. Case: The Sale of Citigroup's Leveraged Loan Portfolio
Week 10: A. Case: The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
B. Course Recap.
FINAL EXAMS
Handout final exam on 3/11 for 34101-01/81.
Handout final exam on 3/12 for 34101-02.
EXAMS DUE
Final exam due on 3/18 for 34101-01/81.
Final exam due on 3/19 for