Launchwith

Thomas E. Nelson, Ph. D.

About me…

The details of my life are quite inconsequential... very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds- pretty standard really. At the age of twelve I received my first scribe. At the age of fourteen a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum... it's breathtaking- I highly suggest you try it.

Continued…

• Started, bought & sold several businesses• Consultant to several businesses• Worked with SBI at 3 universities• Degree in entrepreneurship from University of

Louisville• First semester teaching here• Taught at Ball State, West Virginia State, and

Louisville

Contact Info

• Cell Phone: (702) 420-8952• Twitter: DrThomas• Website: DrThomasNelson.com• Office: 225 Calhoun St. Suite 300.12• Skype: pyrxgl• On LinkedIn, Facebook and Google+

Course Description1. You will be operating in the real world.

2. You will sell a product or service.

3. You will learn an alternate view of entrepreneurship.

4. You will learn many foundational skills, by doing them.

5. You will attain a greater understanding of what it means to be an entrepreneur, and how important it is.

Required Materials

A laptop computer is required for all University of Cincinnati students. Please bring yours to class daily.

Also Required

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Academic Integrity

Course Objectives

• Start and operate a profitable business• Gain a better understanding of

entrepreneurship and business• Learn how business operates IRL• Support future student entrepreneurs

General Overview

1. Form teams & create a business

2. Read a couple books

3. Operate your business

4. Figure out where you fit in in the entrepreneurial world