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Dec 26, 2024
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MKTG 2005 - Entrepreneurship Fundamentals Credits: 3 Hours/Week: Lecture NoneLab None Course Description: This course emphasizes basic elements that potential entrepreneurs must consider in preparation for launching a new business venture. It focuses on the tasks involved with the launch of a business, product, and /or service – financial planning, market planning and research, advertising, and project management. Students will also investigate ethics, succession planning, and other essentials needed to create a unique business plan. It stresses innovation in class projects and assignments related to the student’s knowledge and expertise in a particular interest area with business potential. Students present their completed projects to the class at semester’s end. MnTC Goals None
Prerequisite(s): None Corequisite(s): None Recommendation: MKTG 2050 and MKTG 2080 (or BMGT 1020 ).
Major Content
- defining entrepreneurship who are entrepreneurs and what is entrepreneurship?trends and their impacts - Internet and e-commerce process approaches intrapreneurship - corporate obstacles, strategies, structures and climate
- developing an effective business plan elements of a business plan assessment and evaluation of opportunities new venture development feasibility studies
- entrepreneurial perspectives entrepreneurial characteristics and behaviors risk confrontation steps to creativity and innovation - developing a creative climate
- environmental assessment assessment and preparation environmental scanning regulatory impact industry analysis
- ethics and social responsibility ethics and social responsibility ethical business decisions and managerial rationale opportunities for ethical entrepreneurial leadership
- financial preparation financial preparation and statements operating budgets capital budgeting
- legal structures sole proprietorships partnerships corporations (S-type & C-type) LLPs and LLCs franchising
- marketing research market research techniques marketing concepts market planning consumer behavior pricing
- legal issues patents trademarks copyrights bankruptcy
- sources of capital debt v. equity venture capital market risk capital
Learning Outcomes At the end of this course students will be able to:
- describe characteristics, behaviors, and cultures of entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship
- complete an environmental scan, industry analysis, and a market research plan draft
- assess strategic business opportunities at both local, regional, and global levels
- develop financial goals, strategies, and objectives for a written business plan
- explain appropriate quality management/quality improvement strategies for the business
- analyze the dollar value of a business in the event of a buyout, acquisition, or sale
- devise a succession plan for a business
- create a written business plan
- discuss legal and ethics issues and social responsibility challenges that entrepreneurs face
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