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Credit
hours follow the course title.
For
students starting the MBA program as of
Fall 2004, the concentration in Entrepreneurship is
12 credits. Students must take ENTP
429: New
Venture Creation and
at least 9 additional credits from the course list below.
For
students enrolled in the MBA program before
Fall 2004 , the concentration in Entrepreneurship
is 9 credits.Students must take ENTP
429: New
Venture Creation and
at least 6 additional credits from the course list below.
Concentrations: Entrepreneurship Course Listing
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ENTP 418: Enterprise Development
- 3.00
Course features new product launch by students and new business idea competition judged by actual venture capitalists. Students will also learn how to acquire control of an existing company, including valuation methods, sources of funding, tactics for finding companies to buy, and how to negotiate the purchase of a business. Also includes actual student negotiation with sellers of a company. Course is designed to accelerate career success through bold entrepreneurial strategies.
Offered as ENTP 418 and PLCY 418.
ENTP 420: Managing the Family Firm
- 3.0
The vast majority of U.S. firms are family controlled and present special problems in strategic management including the interaction of family and firm objectives, executive succession, management development and motivation, finance, estate planning, etc. This course explores solutions to these problems in the context of guiding the firm's growth through the threshold between personal and professional management. The course pedagogy is participative and experiential.
ENTP 427: Entrepreneurial Strategy
- 3.00
Creating and managing a new venture inside or outside a corporation is a task that few individuals are able to accomplish, even though many profess the desire. The primary goal of this course is to provide an understanding of entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial process. The course will broaden a basic understanding obtained in the functional areas (organization, strategy, finance) as they apply to new venture creation and growth. While most of the examples in class will be drawn from new venture formations, the principles also apply to new business development in corporate settings and to non-profit entrepreneurship. Offered as ENTP 427, PLCY 427.
ENTP 429: New Venture Creation
- 3.00
The primary goal of this course is to provide an understanding of entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial process. The course will broaden a basic understanding obtained in the functional areas as they apply to new venture creation and growth.
Offered as ENTP 429 and PLCY 429.
ENTP 444: Entrepreneurial Finance
- 3.0
The objective of this course is to introduce students to the issues of financial management and capital formation in new ventures. The course will address issues of estimation of cash requirements, development of pro forma financial plans, firm valuation and the process and tools used in raising debt and equity financing. Bootstrapping, angel investing, venture capital, strategic alliances and initial public offerings will be covered. The emphasis is on the entrepreneur and how he/she can assess financial needs and develop a sensible plan for acquiring financial resources in a manner that is consistent with their financial needs and other strategic goals. Prereq: BAFI 402.
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