If you’re taking a class with Professor Wilson, don’t expect to gain anything valuable for entering the world of entrepreneurship. His class is nothing but busy work—endless assignments that do little to prepare students for real-world business challenges. It’s widely known among students that his class is one of the most disliked in the entrepreneurship minor, yet somehow, he is the chair of the program.

I met with him to discuss ways to improve the minor, and when I brought up a different entrepreneurship class that every student loved and actually found useful, he became extremely negative about it, almost as if he was jealous of the professor who taught it. That professor is highly successful and widely respected, yet Wilson went out of his way to criticize his teaching style instead of acknowledging that students found real value in his class. It’s ironic because the class I praised is the only one students agree is worth taking in the minor, while Wilson’s is the most disliked—yet he’s the one in charge.

His attitude toward students is just as bad. He’s extremely dismissive, constantly disagreeing just for the sake of it, and shows zero interest in actually listening. Rather than encouraging students, he takes a negative and condescending approach to teaching, making the entire learning experience frustrating. If you want to be inspired, this is NOT the professor for you.

The entrepreneurship minor could be something great, but not with Wilson running it. If you actually want a useful, engaging course that helps you prepare for real-world business, stay far away from his class.

This has to be the worst class I've ever taken at UCLA. No laptops are allowed, which I've never encountered in any of my other classes. It's also a 3-hour class, and we only get a 5-minute break halfway through. The professor never ends early and uses every single second to ramble about useless information that I guarantee I will never use in real life. This class is required for my minor, so I have no choice, but many people dropped after the first day.

Eighty percent of the grade is based on exams and participation, and all the participation feels incredibly forced. Everyone just raises their hand to get a good grade, not because they actually care about contributing. The frequent quizzes are just memorizing random, arbitrary details from made-up case studies.

The professor is extremely unlikeable and unfunny, and he's strict about the no-laptop rule—he’ll even call you out and deduct participation points if you're using one. The TAs are just as frustrating, grading everything extremely harshly for no reason, and they talk loudly during the class, which is really distracting. I honestly don't know how I'll survive this class. If I had known I had to suffer through this abysmal experience, I wouldn't have pursued the entrepreneurship minor.

Has to be the worst professor at UCLA. He needs to read his reviews because I think most students would agree he is just a talentless professor who is terrible at his job. I have no idea how he even got a job here. His classes have a no electronics rule, so forget about taking notes on a laptop. His exams are just memorization and have nothing to do with concept. He is also just a completely rude, unlikeable, and nasty guy. Every minute in that class was a nightmare. Avoid this professor at all costs. Worst UCLA professor and class I have ever had.

This class wasn't as bad as everyone says on BruinWalk, but it was not great. I'd avoid it if you can. It's basically one long group project the whole time. He gives you feedback on each step, but most of the feedback is contradictory and stupid. He just tried to find something to say about the work and would never approve of the presentations even if they were up to par. It can be worse if you have a bad group, so be careful who you choose to be in a group with. It's doable, just not fun.

READ IF YOURE IN THE MINOR/ THINKING ABT IT

I have such mixed feelings about this class. If you’re in the entrepreneurship minor, you have to take it, and you will probably take it with Wilson, so you’re just going to have to grin and bear it. The structure of his class is actually really engaging and 3 hour lectures actually pass by pretty quickly, despite his no computers policy. This is because participation matters and it counts for your grade, so people are incentivized to speak. He uses study guides about the textbook as assignments which are pretty helpful for studying for his midterm and final, which are incredibly long and detailed. The final exam was 18 short answer questions (some with multiple parts), 12 short case questions, and 90 multiple choices questions.
The group work, which is a significant portion of your grade, is a tragedy, and be prepared for 1 or two people in the group (who you work with all quarter) to do ALL the work. People are more than happy to sit back and let you do all the leg work which makes for high blood pressure high stress, and copious amounts of tears all quarter. There is also a group presentation with a business pitch similar to Shark Tank. And because participation matters, it will feel like one, because other students will try and rip apart your idea to get their participation points in.
Wilson himself will probably make you feel stupid and bad about yourself, especially if you don’t agree with what he’s saying. But honestly, this seems to be a trend with all the middle aged white male management professors, which seem to be plenty in Anderson.

The concept behind this class is fundamentally sound in that it's supposed be a general course analizing (almost) every facet of launching and running a business venture. However, the execution is quite messy and questionable.
First, you need to spend $100+ in course material among case studies and simulations that are compulsory since your grade depends on them.
Second, exams don't really test your knowledge. Rather, they test your ability to write down as much stuff as you can in your cheat sheet and type it verbatim as fast as you can in the answer boxes.
In general, I would say that this class has taught me more buzzwords than useful suggestions on how to run a business.
Finally, I was disappointed that no industry professional was invited to share their personal experience on the matter.

The reviews for this class are blown out of proportion. There is a good amount of busy work involved and some of the class material is pretty dry but the case studies are actually really insightful. Professor Wilson is pretty chill imo it seems like he has great experience in the field.

these reviews are way too harsh; not too difficult if you just pay attention in class and study (and midterm is open-note and short answer based, which means you don't need to worry about memorization as much as understanding the ideas). prof. wilson is pretty experienced and intelligent, wouldn't say he's particularly harsh or anything like what the other review do

What I wish I knew Before Taking the Class
1. Required to purchase 100 dollars worth of class material
2. Midterm, Group Presentation, and Final (remember to write down every single thing he says in class and whatever is in the assigned reading/textbook)
3. Always ask TA for help you may be able to find a lot of helpful information on how to prepare for the exam
4. Utilize study guides when preparing for the exam
5. Always always always participate in class.
6. Professor in my opinion was pretty funny but some view him to be not so caring of students (I don't disagree)
7. Assignments don't have a clear guidelines so make sure to start early and ask questions to the TA
8. 3 hours (once a week). Attendance is mandatory.

If you decide to take the class, go for it! Just know it's not gonna be easy. The exams can be brutal and a class that's 3 hours long can definitely drain you.

Engaging class, easy to do well if you take solid/thorough notes. Group grades seemed very arbitrary to me so I think it really depends on your TAs because they would mark things down for virtually no reason other than responses not being a sentence longer, etc.