We emphasize development of the knowledge and skills needed to assess and pursue new venture opportunities. Students interact with and learn from a group of successful entrepreneurs and venture development experts. Working in a small team environment, students develop a business plan to support the initiation of a new venture. Additionally, students acquire the foundation knowledge, skills and abilities needed to effectively communicate in a computer-based electronic environment. T his seminar explores leadership from a practical point of view.
Students develop and practice skills in communicating and interacting with others.
We stress thinking, learning, and creating, and we focus on the manager and leader as human beings. The goal of the course is learning - learning how to learn, learning about yourself, and learning what you need to know to lead a fulfilling life. Topics include market structure and pricing strategies, revenue forecasting techniques and translation to cash flows, capital budgeting and capital structure decisions, economics of agency, markets and hierarchies and methods of risk management. The convergence of computing and communications technologies is having a dramatic impact on such organizational processes as new product development, resource acquisition, order fulfillment and customer service. A t the same time, barriers to trade and other forms of business around the world are falling.