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Le-Marie Thompson BMGT461 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 05/13/2024	This class sucks, they should really remove this as a management requirement course because it brought no value to my life and it was just a constant headache. Take the other reviews seriously. Along with the class sucking, the professor is not good at all. She claims she's an "engineer" but has never explained anything she has created or done as an entrepreneur. She also teaches the class as if she read a "Business 101" textbook. She literally had no real world business experience. You should be able to get a high grade though.
Le-Marie Thompson BMGT461 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/10/2023	She is a terrible professor. Seriously take my review seriously I saw these reviews and took this class anyways. It is WAY more work than you anticipate. If you want an A expect to work 10-15 hours a week on this class. You not only are responsible for mind numbing stupid assignments that take too much time. You have to quite literally run a business from scratch with no help or assistance. You basically are told sink or swim and if you sink thats your problem. I only got an A in this class because I worked my ass off. Do NOT take this class if you can
Le-Marie Thompson BMGT461 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/06/2023	Lots of useless assignments, rubrics don't match assignment descriptions, professor never provides an accurate answer if you ask her a question. Overall horrible class I recommend to stay away from it if you can. You'd be better off geadornesuddy :/
Le-Marie Thompson BMGT461 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 05/11/2022	She teaches an interesting course in entrepreneurship yet completely ruins it by putting so many unnecessary assignments with descriptions and rubrics that don't align. The goal of the class is to make the most money with your entrepreneurial venture yet you have to make presentations each week and do readings, taking time away from making sales. All of our ventures are in predetermined and it's very hard to come up with something within days and try and make money with it in 10 weeks. Overall, avoid taking this class with her!
Le-Marie Thompson BMGT461 Anonymous 04/07/2022	Professor Thompson is one of the least organized professors I've ever had. She has her TAs do all of the grading and her syllabus and course schedule are copied from a different Professor. Her ELMS page makes no sense and the grading system in this course is IMPOSSIBLE to follow. You essentially have no idea how you're doing the entire time and then you're graded based on how well others do. Her assignments are extremely confusing (the rubric almost never matches up with the assignment description) so it is so tricky to follow. And when you ask her a question in class, she seems like she has no idea what is going on. If you can avoid this class, AVOID IT! It is way too unconventional and I am not learning anything more than I would watching an episode of Shark Tank. If you have to take this course for the minor, do everything you can to have a different Professor. Seriously the worst class I've taken at UMD.
Maurice Boissiere BMGT461 Expecting an A Anonymous 03/28/2022	DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. I cannot stress this enough. While Boissiere is nice and seems very knowledgeable about entrepreneurship this class is a waste of time. You are literally starting a business with strangers. We had to take a survey and submit a resume to be grouped based on some algorithm by someone they tell you nothing about no credentials, nothing. I indicated I did not want to work with any of the people in my group and was still placed in a group with them. You are taught through YouTube videos and readings that you can easily find on your own. Showing up to class is next to pointless. The class elms page is poorly structured and assignments aren't clearly defined. Grading is based on a 'karma point' percentile system that has never fully been explained, or based on your companies profits. If someone in your group doesn't contribute you are essentially on your own. The idea of running a company with strangers is AWFUL. Even if you go into it with friends some will care more than others and put in more effort even though equity doesn't reflect that. Creating and running a business is extremely time consuming and is ten times harder when you have to schedule things with other people, ask and value their opinions AND complete & submit useless class assignments. The idea of this class sounds exciting but you are better off taking another class where you can actually get your money's worth. You can start a business on your own and use resources like the Dingman center which are free. There are many resources on campus that you can utilize instead of this course. Honestly you can learn more from shark tank than this joke of a class. Seriously can't believe this course is a major requirement, it goes to show how little Smith cares about non finance/accounting majors. There's a lot of potential for a class on entrepreneurship and none of it is utilized here.
Brent Goldfarb BMGT461 Expecting a B Anonymous 10/31/2018	Interesting class overall, although I don't think it helps you become an entrepreneur. Course is graded on weekly assignments, including case studies and videos, which are discussed in class. During the semester a business is to be created and run throughout with randomly assigned team members. There are two ways to get an A in the course, by making a significant amount of profit or having more points by winning competitions based on the business through the semester. Several groups in all sections have to turn away from their first idea and pivot to another to survive. On the plus side, the lowest grade in the syllabus is a C with 0's for everything.

Le-Marie Thompson
BMGT461

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
05/13/2024

This class sucks, they should really remove this as a management requirement course because it brought no value to my life and it was just a constant headache. Take the other reviews seriously. Along with the class sucking, the professor is not good at all. She claims she's an "engineer" but has never explained anything she has created or done as an entrepreneur. She also teaches the class as if she read a "Business 101" textbook. She literally had no real world business experience. You should be able to get a high grade though.

Le-Marie Thompson
BMGT461

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/10/2023

She is a terrible professor. Seriously take my review seriously I saw these reviews and took this class anyways. It is WAY more work than you anticipate. If you want an A expect to work 10-15 hours a week on this class. You not only are responsible for mind numbing stupid assignments that take too much time. You have to quite literally run a business from scratch with no help or assistance. You basically are told sink or swim and if you sink thats your problem. I only got an A in this class because I worked my ass off. Do NOT take this class if you can

Le-Marie Thompson
BMGT461

Expecting a B
Anonymous
05/06/2023

Lots of useless assignments, rubrics don't match assignment descriptions, professor never provides an accurate answer if you ask her a question. Overall horrible class I recommend to stay away from it if you can. You'd be better off geadornesuddy :/

Le-Marie Thompson
BMGT461

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
05/11/2022

She teaches an interesting course in entrepreneurship yet completely ruins it by putting so many unnecessary assignments with descriptions and rubrics that don't align. The goal of the class is to make the most money with your entrepreneurial venture yet you have to make presentations each week and do readings, taking time away from making sales. All of our ventures are in predetermined and it's very hard to come up with something within days and try and make money with it in 10 weeks. Overall, avoid taking this class with her!

Le-Marie Thompson
BMGT461

Anonymous
04/07/2022

Professor Thompson is one of the least organized professors I've ever had. She has her TAs do all of the grading and her syllabus and course schedule are copied from a different Professor. Her ELMS page makes no sense and the grading system in this course is IMPOSSIBLE to follow. You essentially have no idea how you're doing the entire time and then you're graded based on how well others do. Her assignments are extremely confusing (the rubric almost never matches up with the assignment description) so it is so tricky to follow. And when you ask her a question in class, she seems like she has no idea what is going on. If you can avoid this class, AVOID IT! It is way too unconventional and I am not learning anything more than I would watching an episode of Shark Tank. If you have to take this course for the minor, do everything you can to have a different Professor. Seriously the worst class I've taken at UMD.

Maurice Boissiere
BMGT461

Expecting an A
Anonymous
03/28/2022

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. I cannot stress this enough. While Boissiere is nice and seems very knowledgeable about entrepreneurship this class is a waste of time. You are literally starting a business with strangers. We had to take a survey and submit a resume to be grouped based on some algorithm by someone they tell you nothing about no credentials, nothing. I indicated I did not want to work with any of the people in my group and was still placed in a group with them. You are taught through YouTube videos and readings that you can easily find on your own. Showing up to class is next to pointless. The class elms page is poorly structured and assignments aren't clearly defined. Grading is based on a 'karma point' percentile system that has never fully been explained, or based on your companies profits. If someone in your group doesn't contribute you are essentially on your own. The idea of running a company with strangers is AWFUL. Even if you go into it with friends some will care more than others and put in more effort even though equity doesn't reflect that. Creating and running a business is extremely time consuming and is ten times harder when you have to schedule things with other people, ask and value their opinions AND complete & submit useless class assignments. The idea of this class sounds exciting but you are better off taking another class where you can actually get your money's worth. You can start a business on your own and use resources like the Dingman center which are free. There are many resources on campus that you can utilize instead of this course. Honestly you can learn more from shark tank than this joke of a class. Seriously can't believe this course is a major requirement, it goes to show how little Smith cares about non finance/accounting majors. There's a lot of potential for a class on entrepreneurship and none of it is utilized here.

Brent Goldfarb
BMGT461

Expecting a B
Anonymous
10/31/2018

Interesting class overall, although I don't think it helps you become an entrepreneur. Course is graded on weekly assignments, including case studies and videos, which are discussed in class. During the semester a business is to be created and run throughout with randomly assigned team members. There are two ways to get an A in the course, by making a significant amount of profit or having more points by winning competitions based on the business through the semester. Several groups in all sections have to turn away from their first idea and pivot to another to survive. On the plus side, the lowest grade in the syllabus is a C with 0's for everything.

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