New Venture Launch: The Entrepreneur is the companion course to New Venture Launch: The Business. While the Business course focuses on building and launching the venture itself, this course centers on the person leading the venture. Together, the two courses address the dual realities of entrepreneurship: designing a viable business and developing the capacity to lead it. Students may take this course whether or not they have completed New Venture Launch: The Business. For those who have taken the first part, The Entrepreneur deepens the work by shifting focus from the venture to the founder. For students entering directly, the course provides foundational preparation for the personal, leadership, and emotional challenges inherent in entrepreneurship, regardless of industry, business model, or stage. This course is designed for students who intend to lead a business directly or shortly after graduation, whether as a founder, through acquisition, or via another entrepreneurial path. It emphasizes the human side of venture creation: the mental, emotional, and interpersonal demands that accompany uncertainty, rapid change, and sustained pressure. Students will explore what it means to lead when outcomes are unclear, plans evolve, and setbacks are inevitable. Core themes include self-awareness, resilience, decision-making under stress, listening and communication, leveraging personal strengths, managing limitations, and building effective support systems. Particular attention is paid to the loneliness of leadership, the need to balance optimism with realism, and the importance of adaptability, both in the business and in oneself. Rather than offering a single model of "the right kind of entrepreneur," the course encourages students to understand how they show up as leaders and how their behaviors, values, and patterns influence teams and outcomes. Students will be challenged to reflect, experiment, and grow, recognizing that successful ventures often require founders to evolve as quickly as their companies do. By the end of the course, students should have a clearer understanding of their leadership identity, greater awareness of how they respond to adversity, and practical tools for navigating the ongoing personal challenges of entrepreneurial life. Admission is by application only.