2026 Autumn · Syllabus

Introduction to Management

Introductory9/25IntroductoryGuidance

01Part 1 Choosing What to Build

19/28, 10/1What Kinds of Businesses Are Out There?Assignment due · 9/30 (Wed), noon
210/5, 10/9Putting Your Idea on One PageAssignment due · 10/8 (Thu), noon
No class10/12No class
310/16 (rescheduled), 10/19, 10/23Does Anyone Actually Want It?Assignment due · 10/25 (Sun), noon
410/26, 10/30How Many Buyers Are There?Assignment due · 10/29 (Thu), noon

02Part 2 Testing Whether It Works

511/2, 11/6Check It, Then Rebuild ItAssignment due · 11/5 (Thu), noon
611/9, 11/13Why Would You Win?Assignment due · 11/12 (Thu), noon
711/16, 11/20What Do You Charge?Assignment due · 11/19 (Thu), noon

03Part 3 Money and Numbers

811/23 (rescheduled), 11/27Does It Really Make Money?Assignment due · 11/26 (Thu), noon
911/30, 12/4Which Numbers Should You Watch?Assignment due · 12/3 (Thu), noon
1012/7, 12/11What Does It Cost to Build?Assignment due · 12/10 (Thu), noon

04Part 4 Making It Real: How Companies Work

1112/14, 12/18How Do You Raise the Money?Assignment due · 12/17 (Thu), noon
Supplementary12/21SupplementaryWhy Earn Money?Which supplementary session runs on 21 December will be announced once decided.
No class12/22〜1/7No classWinter break
No class1/11No class
121/8, 1/15What Changes When You Take Investment?Assignment due · 1/14 (Thu), noon
131/18, 1/22Who Does What, and Building the PitchAssignment due · 1/21 (Thu), noon

05Part 5 Raising the Money

141/25, 1/29The Funding PitchAssignment due · 2/1 (Mon), noon

06Supplementary

2Date to be decidedWhere Do Clothes Go?
3Date to be decidedWhy Earn Money?
4Date to be decidedWhy Do We Work?

Further reading

Reading real pitch decksExamples to follow when you make your pitch deck in Sessions 13 and 14. Lesson content is available in Japanese only.