Entrepreneurship and Corporate Venturing

Abstract: Course Goals: a) Students will gain an understanding the economic, technological, societal, and global dimensions of entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship. b) Students will understand the major differences between personal entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship, which often occurs in larger mature organizations. c) Students will understand the relationships between personal goals, competencies, and experience to assess what they bring to all types of ventures. d) Students will understand and practice idea generation and screening including opportunity analysis trends, feasibility and competitive analysis. e) Students will understand the audiences, purposes, components and the processes of developing and evaluating business plans for new ventures. f) Students will understand the issues and tasks involved in setting up a venture, marketing and financing the venture, and evaluating venture performance. g) Student will understand how to monitor venture performance, manage growth, and sustain organizations. h) Students will understand the basics of entrepreneurial finance: raising funds, growth financing, financial evaluation of opportunities, and acquisition financing. i) Students will understand and appreciate the leadership skills necessary to successfully plan and launch a new venture in an established organization. j) Students will understand how resources can be maximized for both personal and corporate ventures.

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