Reviews of professor Jamey Darnell

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I had previously used wix to build a site but in this class Darnell uses tools that real entrepreneurs use. The bizlaunch tools blow wix away so kudos to Jamey for this choice. I learned more about how to run a business using the BizLaunch process than I have in any other entrepreneurship class. On the con side, he is a bit of nit picker grader

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I've been a Dean List student every semester, but this guy takes the cake. If your work, ideas, creativity, etc. doesn't exactly parallel with his own, you're going to be penalized for it. Irrefutably the toughest grader I've had in my four years at Penn State and plays off as being a good guy when really, he isn't. He scolds students too.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This man may have had some of the worst directions for his assignments. the class is practically all assignments, but the catch is they have terrible directions that make very little sense. I don't think I learned anything about entrepreneurship at all. you just make a business and that is what the class is. lots of annoying busy work!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Not qualified to teach an entrepreneurship course, as he has no real world experience with creating a business. Not sure why Penn State would hire someone as unqualified as him. Also, his fragile ego makes him an extremely nitpicky grader.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Jamey is a great guy, his classes are pretty mellow and you won't be bored. Weekly quizzes are pretty simple just read the text provided. Class is mostly based on very hands-on projects, you will definitely learn a lot. Take this class because it doesn't require "textbook learning".

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class was a lot of busy work in my opinion. Not a hard class if you followed all of the rubrics and made sure you understood what he was asking of you. So much work though, and time-consuming. Had to completely design a website, do analytics, survey people, among other things. Pretty sure the TA grades most stuff too.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I took Corporate innovation with him.  He was the worst teacher in the entire program. I didn't learn anything. Most of the class period was spent talking about how he took pride in his love of failing students. He is an extremely hard grader. He doesn't care about the students.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
You spend the entire semester creating a venture, where you have to create business models, a website for the venture using bizlaunch. You have to do surveys, set up an email, make social media for the venture. A lot of work and harsh grading. If you don't plan on taking the venture further after the course is over DO NOT take this course.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Took new venture creation with Jamey. Nice guy, knows what he's talking about since he's been an entrepreneur himself. The whole course is based off of BizLaunch, and there are stupid quizzes, but you make a start-up from scratch. I did learn a lot and there is a good amount of work, but nothing too bad. I would recommend him.