NBA 5640

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NBA 5640
Designing New Ventures

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2021-2022.

Designing New Ventures is a comprehensive introduction to the key aspects of envisioning, starting and running a new business. New Ventures focuses both on concepts and frameworks in entrepreneurship and on "doing" entrepreneurship. Students will form teams, ideate new businesses, complete customer development, construct business models and work towards defining minimum viable products. Topics covered will include definition of the market, sales and distribution, competition, hiring and management of people, cash flow and financial management, making compelling pitches and raising capital. The course culminates in a capstone project of writing a business plan and presenting to a group of entrepreneurs and investors. This course is appropriate both for students interested in launching an entrepreneurial endeavor or students who will benefit from learning frameworks applied to the entrepreneurial process.

When Offered Fall, Spring.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  9115 NBA 5640   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to: Johnson and Graduate students Add/Drop Dates: Johnson Students – January 18th at 8:00am to February 7th at 11:59pm. You may add or drop a full semester class after February 7th with permission of the faculty. A late fee of $100.00 will be charged for each add or drop transaction. If you are dropping after March 21st you will also receive a "W" on your transcript in addition to the late fees. Deadline to change grading option: March 21st, 2022 Non-Johnson students may add themselves to the waitlists during their enrollment periods, however Johnson Students have priority into the classes and non-Johnsons will be enrolled: 1) IF seats are still available after Johnson students complete their enrollment period and 2) IF the instructor allows. There will be no enrollment from a wait list into a class if you have a time conflict or if it will create an overload.

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