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Assessing Entrepreneurship

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Assessing Entrepreneurship - Do you and your business concept have what it takes?

Objective: 

This course helps a potential entrepreneur with answering three major questions:

1.  Should I go into business?

2. What kind of business should I start?

3. How can I test my business idea?

This four week course reveals the reality of business ownership and helps you decide if entrepreneurship is right for you.  You will learn how to fully research a business idea and to create a feasibility study for a business concept/model before you invest resources.

Syllabus: 

Textbook
There is no required text for this course.  All assignments will be placed within the on-line course portal.

Students will be expected to have read the required material before class. Doing so will make the lectures much more profitable.

Coursework
Module 1: Entrepreneurs: Characteristics and Competencies


Module 2: Entrepreneurial Ideas: Creativity, Opportunity, and Feasibility

Module 3: Entrepreneurial Entry and Strategies: Paths to Business Ownership

Module 4: Entrepreneurial Marketing: Strategies for Making Small Business Big 
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Homework Assignments and Exams
We will assign four homework sets in this course. We assume that you will work on the problems as the material is covered in the lectures.

Grading
Typically, grading will be based on the assignments and classroom participation.

Suggested audience: 

Potential entrepreneurs and small business owners

Course prerequisites: 

None.

Class schedule: 
Repeats every week until Thu Sep 29 2011 .
Wed, Sep 7 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT