The course will include bootstrapping, and the characteristics and merits of financing with equity and debt, venture capital and angels. Students will learn how to prepare a financial plan including projecting sales and capital expenditures, designing pro-forma income statements, balance sheets and sources and applications of funds statements. Open to business graduate students, and business undergraduate juniors and seniors. The importance of laws and regulations on all aspects of a new venture will be explored. Patents, copyrights, contracts and regulations also will be discussed.
Electronic business is no longer an alternative, it's an imperative.
This course will examine how to launch new e-businesses both entrepreneurially and intrepreneurially. Market speed, valuation, planning, ethics and strategy will all be examined. Various e-business models will be explored. This course explores the issues surrounding family entrepreneurial ventures. It concentrates on the exploration of family succession and generational issues that are unique to business started by run by families.