Not worth the risk. If you get a lazy team, you'll end up with a boatload of work, stress, and disappointment. John Karonika is not a real educator. He gets paid for you to do his job. He's just a smart man with his doctrines who manipulated his way into this job. This class destroyed my immune system. You've been warned.

Horrible professor. Took online and he did not teacher a single day. He lead NO discussions. Had to take a lot of quizzes in which he tried to trick you with the answers. Two huge group projects and if your group slacks, you are all alone doing a 100+ page report all alone. AVOID HIM AT ALL COSTS LIKE THE PLAGUE.

Awful teacher!! avoid him at all cost. He makes groups members go against each other. Does not teach anything in class but stand there and pose for pictures

On the cover this class should be pretty easy. 2 group projects and simple weekly quizzes. However those 2 projects require a ridiculous amount of work. First project is a 100 page typed report you do in a group of 5 students. Chances are 1-2 people in your group won't do anything, that leaves 100 pages to be divided between 3-4 people.

He has pages of instructions that sometimes say to do the exact opposite of the example he gives you. I had to do 70% of the work myself because my group was AWOL, and accidentally made a bad citation (used wrong book title). One bad citation that he harshly interpreted as plagiarism and took 20 points off for. 84 - 64 on the biggest assignment.

One of the worst classes that I have ever taken in my life. This man does not understand left from right, yet spouts off about what he knows through verbose emails and ludicrous expectations. 2 major projects that cover absolutely nothing at all but are worth 60% of the grade. Dr. K, you are more useless than a pet rock

Online class seemed interesting, but the final project, which is 40% of the grade, had you come up with concepts to write about. The example posted was a C paper, and it was 91 pages long. On top of that there were restrictions on what you could have even written about. He was not helpful, and his grading was difficult. Worse class I have ever had.

Awful professor. Claims that learning is not a punishment but it is in his class. Super mean and rude. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS.

STAY AWAY! I cant stress enough how ridiculously difficult this class is. Ive never rated a professor but this one needs a huge caution sign. Hes rude and unclear about instructions. Weekly discussions are easy but his group projects of 100 pages are difficult because they contradict his examples and simply dont make sense. Stay away if you can

This professor contradicts everything he says with his rules. Be sure to watch out for your group members as well as well, this class requires loyal group members who are honest about your efforts on peer evaluations, which are test grades. The class requires a huge team effort towards the long and excessive projects.

DO NOT TAKE this class. I read the comments before I enrolled thinking it would be okay but i was wrong. The first assignment is opinion based, I followed all directions and he gave me a 0 and his comment was extremely rude. I worked hard and I am an A-B student so receiving this was shocking. He is terrible and I learned nothing. AVOID THIS CLASS!

worst teacher i've ever had. avoid at all costs. extremely rude and way too much work and you get nothing out of it. he should be fired, i don't understand how some of these comments are positive

Don't take this professor!!!! I expected this course to be interesting and insightful, what I didn't expect was to be belittled and made to feel like a fool. He has 2 major projects that are worth 60% of the grade and no joke, they are over 60+ pages long. This isn't a graduate level course so there's no reason to have such hefty projects.

OH MY GOD. PLEASE LISTEN TO ME. Do not take this class unless you're doing it in the summer. This professor is extremely tough. There are 2 60-90 page projects that will ruin your life. There are no clear instructions and you only see the requirements AFTER he has graded it. Projects are hard. STAY AWAY! Wouldn't curve my final grade up from a 89.9

To the person who wrote the review before me, congrats. You should find him and buy him a cookie. But to the rest of you, stay away. Aside from his grading methods, His smart-a** comments and snobby attitude make up his horrible class. Assignments teach you nothing. Mr. Karonika, if you're such an "entrepreneur", why are you still teaching?

If you want to take a class to drop your gpa, be my guest. The weekly assignments are easy and straightforward. However, his grading on the group projects is terrible and he cuts points off for stuff he never mentioned in the instructions of the project. To top it off, he's rude and makes comments that are unnecessary if he does not agree w/ you.

My team and I completed all class assignments fully and in advance. Unfortunately, directions for the two projects were unclear and he docked major points for things never mentioned in the project instructions. Weekly assignments are simple but answers can be broad. Your answer might be right but he may give you a 0. Subjective grading! DO NOT TAKE

vague class. horrible teacher. you won't learn about entrepreneurship in this class or in college unless youre starting your own business on the side. this class is a joke. the project is a joke. this teacher is awful, unhelpful, and there should never be an online entrepreneurship class. get full credit for all discussions, super easy but learned0

One of the most horrible classes I've ever taken. The professor does not care about your grade at all, no extra credit whatsoever. Save yourself and do not take this class. There are two group projects and if you end up with a bad team you're screwed. The professor is rude when you ask him for help.

The WORST professor Ive taken in all my years at UH. This is the first time I felt urged to write a review on a professor. This class is such a joke. The professor does nothing but send out announcement emails. Hes incredibly rude to all students and condescending. Not hard, but gives an insane amount of HW. 2 Ridiculous 70-130page group projects

It could not really be called His class, more like the ENTR department's and book's class. He sent out an announcement to everyone that asking for points to enter a new grade bracket is unethical, regardless if they asked. The irony and hypocrisy are incredible as he is scamming the university and with the announcement is attacking my own character

This is literally a self taught class, professor had ZERO online lectures, I only read the book when needed for quizzes. 4 quizzes, 2 peer evaluation, HUGE group project (about 90 pages long) JOIN GROUPS ASAP because your group really determines your grade in this class. This class could be easy if you really put in the work and HAVE A GOOD GROUP!!

He is a terrible professor, does not have any lectures, and only communicates to students through announcements. Insane amount of workload for a junior-level course. There are 2 60-90 page group projects and he grades them very tough. He is also very condescending in communication as well. DO NOT RECOMMEND.

Professor is bad with communication. Only gives weekly quizzes and two group projects. Toughest grader I've ever had, he's like the grammar police too. Only take this class if you know ppl for your group projects and if you're an ENTR major. Overall, I do feel like I learned a lot but as a non ENTR major, I don't think it was worth it.

only two group projects the entire semester, and no virtual meetings with him at all. while that may sound easy, the professor designs the projects to be incredibly time consuming, difficult, and group based. if you don't find a good group for this class, consider yourself screwed.

Horrible professor. The worst teacher I have ever had during my entire scholarly career. Very tough grader and there is an 80-page project that we have to do. Weekly quizzes are essays and not even quizzes. Disgusting class.

This is the worst professor I've ever had at University of Houston. He is very unreasonable with his grading and it's inconsistent. He gives 0s for minor infractions when it should just be a few points deducted. The two group projects are incredibly complex and he does not provide any guidance. DO NOT TAKE A CLASS WITH THIS PROFESSOR

This teacher is so bad. As your project are about innovative concepts, both of them, but even though your concepts are innovative and never seen to market. They are still not innovative. His examples do not make sense when he tries to explain them. Once he grades your project he does not do research on your market so he grades by how he feels .

Beware if enrolling in Dr Karonika's courses. You'll have to spend extensive time OUTSIDE of class. Syllabus/guidelines are very confusing. Weekly quizzes consist of discussions or mini-essays (DON'T forget the honor code on ALL of them). The 2 projects are unnecessarily extensive and stressful. Very strict on dishonesty... which can be anything.

This course is a nightmare. He expects u to complete a project n gives an 80 page example that is lacking on the explanation of the content. U have 2 guess n stress constantly. The quizzes n discussions r all Essays n even if u do everything right, u may still get points deducted 4 no reason. Archaic and barbaric. Avoid! Any good reviews r frauds.

The major project was unclear with links hidden in links that make it VERY easy to miss something. Points off for things I still can't find written anywhere. If you go off of project example, you will not get a good grade. TA that grades is very harsh. Nothing but confusion. Once again, another professor that does NOTHING but cash a paycheck. SAD!

80% of your grade is the group projects which are a nightmare. The example project that was sent to students consisted of a PDF that was 88 pages long, 8 of those pages were about baby diapers with lotion. Imagine having to type 8 pages about baby diapers, that shows the amount of detail he wants. Also groups are not cohesive.

The projects for this class were extensive, time consuming and ridiculous. The team projects make up most of your grade. If you do not get a good team, I suggest you drop the class. Weekly discussions or quizzes as well.

Guys if u want an F only then take this professor. He is the worst professor a very tough grader and your whole grade is dependant on the grade of your group people. Just don't take this class everrrr

DO NOT TAKE ANY COURSE UNDER THIS PROF. RUNNNN.....

This professor has a bunch of instructions that somehow makes it harder to do the project?!?! Very limited on choices and unnecessarily difficult. ONE OF THE WORST PROFESSORS EVER.

Professor Karonika made things much harder than they needed to be such as not letting students use the CTAP version of the textbooks. He even accused me once of plagiarism for that fact.. The overall structure of the course is very disorganized and was super confusing most of the time. I didn't take away much from this course at the end of the day.

You can tell when a professor's entire life revolves around this singular class. 0/10 do not recommend. Way too much work. Like, seriously, way too much. my group of FIVE literally had to meet three times a week every week and we were still fell behind on our group project (over 120pgs). Not to mention he's such a tough grader for discussion post

For an Entrepreneurship class, this professors goal is to kill creativity.He gives 2 major extensive projects that are mundane time consuming and end up being over 90-100 pages each for no reason.I passed with an A at the cost of my sanity.I could've used more time on other classes than this course. Please do not take this professor for this class.

Professor Karnoika was an okay professor. This course was an average course. You will have two group projects (up to five people) and weekly assignments. Make sure to choose good teammates for the project. Overall, this was an okay course. (Took it in Spring 2025)