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  • ENTR 3301 ENTR/NEW VENTURE MANAGEMENT

    ENTR 3301 Entrepreneurship and New Venture Development
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Corequisite(s): None
    This course focuses on the core principles of innovation-related entrepreneurship, and the processes involved with developing new ventures. The entrepreneur’s function in a start-up company or existing enterprise is examined. Topics include: a) recognition and quantification of market opportunity, b) integration of creativity and innovation with problem-solving and opportunity-recognition related to new products, c) assessment of risk associated with market position, d) the relationship of networking and perseverance, e) the role of venture capital or angel investors, and f) the different stages of ventures related to innovation and entrepreneurship.

  • ENTR 3302 ENTR CREATIV/OPPORTUNITY RECOG

    ENTR 3302 Entrepreneurial Creativity and Opportunity Recognition
    Prerequisite(s): ENTR 3301
    Corequisite(s): None
    This course focuses on the core principles that comprise the formal creative process wherein innovators and entrepreneurs diagnose problems and determine opportunities for a given market, recognize a deliverable product opportunity, and then propose an innovative and creative solution to meet potential demand. Topics include: a) the formal market-mapping process, b) developing a competitive matrix for any market, c) formalizing the specific stages of the creative process, business models, and quantifiable outcomes, d) product feasibility studies, and e) pro forma forecasting and sensitivity analysis given various assumptions.

  • ENTR 3303 DEV. BUSINESS PLAN/NEW VENTURE

    ENTR 3303 Developing the Business Plan for New Ventures
    Prerequisite(s): ENTR 3301
    Corequisite(s): None
    This course focuses on the development of a comprehensive business plan, executive summary, and slide presentation for an emerging or existing enterprise. Topics include: a) the eight facets of new ventures, b) the competitive matrix, c) the uses of funds schedule, d) pro forma cash flow and innovation or venture potential, e) investor capitalization sheets and legal formation, f) the business model for the product or service, g) the format and targeted uses for an Executive Summary, h) the business plan slide presentation (the pitch), and i) the format for attendees at public and private forums.

  • ENTR 3381 SPECIAL TOPICS

    ENTR 3381 Special Topics
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Topics are selected on basis of student need and academic qualifications of staff. If regular lectures are not given, a minimum of 30 hours of work for each hour credit must be included. Laboratory may or may not be included. This course may be repeated for credit.

  • ENTR 6301 ENTREPRENEURSHIP & NEW VENTURE

    ENTR 6301 Entrepreneurship and New Venture Development
    Prerequisite(s): None
    This course focuses on the core principles of economics, with an emphasis on the specific terminology, models, and concepts describing the micro-economic entity of the firm. It will also integrate the core tenets that drive the American market system of free enterprise. Topics will include: a) producer supply, buyer demand, and the four market structures of monopoly, oligopoly, monopolistic competition, and commodity-based perfect competition; b) marginal analysis of revenue, costs, profits, and productivity; and c) integrating pricing, revenue, and margins into decision making for the emerging entrepreneurial venture.